Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, July 29 |
Death Toll Tops 150,000
More than 150,000 people have died in the United States from the coronavirus, as the NYT reports. |
Fed Chief: New Surge Weighs on Economy
The head of the Federal Reserve said Wednesday that rising numbers of coronavirus cases since mid-June are beginning to weigh on the economy, reinforcing that the fate of the recovery depends on the pandemic, as the Washington Post reports. |
Military Plans to Move 12,000 from Germany
The U.S. military plans to move nearly 12,000 troops from Germany, relocate its major European headquarters to Belgium, and send F-16 fighters to Italy to implement President Trump’s decision to shrink the U.S. military footprint in the NATO ally, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday, as the WSJ reports. |
CSIS Executive Education
Rolling applications are still open for the CSIS and Syracuse University’s joint Executive Master’s in International Relations, a first-of-its-kind degree allowing working professionals in the nation’s capital to benefit from the strengths of the #1 graduate school in public affairs and the #1 think tank in the United States. |
Video Shorts
Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “Testify,” "What's Happening,"
"Preview," and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel!
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In That Number
217
California, Florida, and North Carolina on Wednesday set new state records for coronavirus-related deaths reported in a single day. California reported 197 new deaths Wednesday, while North Carolina reported 45 and Florida reported 217.
Source: Washington Post |
Critical Quote
“Republicans should go back to school and learn."
— President Donald Trump |
iDeas Lab
Amy K. Lehr, director of the Human Rights Initiative at CSIS, summarizes her testimony covering the impact of surveillance technologies on freedom of religion in China and elsewhere.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia. |
Optics
(Photo credit: Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images.) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building. |
Recommended Reading
“Decoupling Kabuki: Japan’s Effort to Reset, Not End Its Relationship with China,” by CSIS’s Scott Kennedy and Matt Goodman. |
This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., CSIS’s Korea Chair will be holding their seventh event in the Capital Cable Series featuring The Honorable Cho Taeyong, a current member of the National Assembly of Korea, about the U.S.-South Korea alliance and inter-Korean relations.
Later, at 2:00 p.m., CSIS’s president Dr. John Hamre will be joined by Mr. Peter Brown, who is with the European Parliament’s Liaison Officer in Washington, DC, to discuss the role that standards-setting plays in the prosperity of the United States and other countries.
And, at 9:00 a.m., The Center for Global Development will be holding a webinar on "Supporting African Health Systems in the Time of COVID-19: A View from Japan."
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Video
This week, CSIS’s iDeas Lab produced a video highlighting the heavy burden that Covid-19 is placing upon women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Watch the video, featuring women in Lusaka, Zambia, here. |
Podcasts
 On the most recent episode of The Engine Room of Democracy, host John J. Hamre interviews Jim Dubik, a retired three-star officer from the U.S. Army, to evaluate how democracies control military establishments.
Listen on Spotify, Google Play, & Apple Podcasts.
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Smiles
Every once in a while I come across a music clip of something that I just didn’t know existed, and it’s a treasure. Today is one of those days. Elton performing “Madman Across the Water” live at BBC Studios in ’71. This is one for the ages. |
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