Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, August 26. |
U.S. Forces Injured in Syria
U.S. service members were injured after an altercation with Russian forces in northeast Syria this week, according to a draft military statement and a person familiar with the matter, as Politico reports. |
Abrupt Shift in Testing
An abrupt shift this week in government testing guidelines for Americans exposed to the novel coronavirus was directed by the White House coronavirus task force, surprising and dismaying many public health experts, but the Trump administration says the revision does not reflect any effort to reduce testing, as the Washington Post reports. |
Promising Vaccine
Moderna Inc. said Wednesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine induced immune responses in people aged 56 years and older that were comparable to those seen in younger adults in a small study—a promising sign for a vulnerable age group, as the WSJ reports. |
CSIS Executive Education
Join CSIS’s Trade Guys for their next crash course on trade policy. This two-day program breaks down the fundamentals of how U.S. trade policy is formulated, the legalities of trade in an international arena, and the impact of Covid-19 on supply chains. Register here. |
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
$175 billion
Major international financial institutions (IFIs) have approved $175 billion in Covid-19-related support since January 27, an increase of $23.3 billion since July 14.
Source: CSIS |
Critical Quote
“We have yet to see any activity intended to prevent voting or to change votes, and we continue to think that it would be extraordinarily difficult for foreign adversaries to change vote tallies.”
— Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, said today in a speech by video to CSIS |
iDeas Lab
The Bottom Line is a short segment produced to conclude each episode of CSIS Economics’ series, Economy Disrupted. The most recent video examines the historical context of severe income inequality in the United States and the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable populations.
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: Eric Thayer/Getty Images.) People board buses at the Port Arthur Civic Center to evacuate the city ahead of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020 in Port Arthur, Texas. |
Recommended Reading
“The Greater Middle East: From the ‘Arab Spring’ to the ‘Axis of Failed States,” by CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman. |
This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., join CSIS’s Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette for a discussion on Beijing's newest economic policy framework—duel circulation—and what it tells us about the future of China's economic development trajectory.
Also at 9:00 a.m., CSIS's Korea Chair will host its ninth episode of “The Capital Cable” series. Joining them will be Markus Garlauskas, nonresident fellow with the Scowcroft Center for Strategic and Security’s Asia Security Initiative, to examine U.S. policy towards North Korea, inter-Korean relations, and more.
Later, at 12:00 p.m., the Hudson Institute will host “The Future of Belarus: Fraud or Freedom?” to analyze the current political situation Minsk and future of the country’s government. |
Video
Earlier today, CSIS expert Suzanne Spaulding hosted Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to discuss disinformation operations and how the government is working to counter them. Watch the full event here. |
Podcasts
This week's episode featured J.P. Morgan's Head of Global Research Joyce Chang to unpack tectonic shifts in world markets, strained relations between the U.S. and China, and the economic consequences of populism.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
One more from Steve Winwood, who recently recorded this hymn. |
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