The Evening: CDC Thanksgiving Recommendation, Europe Decline, Renegade and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, November 19th.
** CDC Issues Thanksgiving Recommendation
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended against traveling or gathering for the holiday, urging Americans to consider celebrating in their own households instead. In the agency’s first news briefing in months, officials said they were alarmed to see 1 million new cases reported across the United States within the past week, as the
Washington Post reports ([link removed]) .
** Restrictions Working In Europe
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In a rare hopeful sign amid the grinding slog through a pandemic that has claimed more than 1.3 million lives across the globe, Europe’s new restrictions appear to be slowing the spread of the coronavirus in some of the worst-hit countries. The World Health Organization said today that new case rates were falling for the first time in months across the region by about 10 percent, as the
NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to extend several emergency loan programs established jointly with the Federal Reserve that are set to expire on December 31. The Fed’s corporate credit, municipal lending, and Main Street Lending programs won’t be renewed, Mnuchin said today, as the
WSJ reports ([link removed]) .
** Climate Corner
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In the latest episode of Theories of Change, host Sarah Ladislaw talks with Archie Young, the United Kingdom's lead climate negotiator since 2016, about the future of climate negotiations in light of this year’s delayed COP meetings and the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Listen on Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) and Spotify ([link removed]) .
** Coronavirus Crisis Update
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The Coronavirus Crisis Update podcast brings you the latest updates and analysis from CSIS experts and the leaders directing the global response. Past guests include NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, White House Chief of Staff-designate Ron Klain, IHME Director Chris Murray, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), Former FDA Comissioner Peggy Hamburg, and more. Listen on Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) & Spotify ([link removed]) .
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** In That Number
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** 162,000
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As of Wednesday, the seven-day average of new cases across the country had surpassed more than 162,000, an increase of 77 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
Source: NYT ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “Amid this critical phase, the CDC is recommending against travel during the Thanksgiving period.”
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— Dr. Henry Walke, Covid-19 incident manager, CDC
** iDeas Lab
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Many of the China's Rocket Force brigades ([link removed]) fielding short-range DF-15B and DF-11A missiles are clustered in coastal provinces along the Taiwan Strait. They would thus be the most likely to engage in a potential Taiwan contingency.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
** Optics
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(Photo credit: Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks following a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
** Recommended Reading
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“The Coming NEV War? Implications of China’s Advances in Electric Vehicles ([link removed]) ,” by CSIS’s Scott Kennedy.
** This Town Tomorrow
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Tomorrow, at 11:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , the CSIS Economics Program hosts Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Brent McIntosh for a discussion on the new Common Framework and what it will mean for countries hit hardest by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
And, at 8:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center hosts a expert panel to discuss policy harmonization alternatives to competing carbon border adjustment mechanisms.
Later, at 10:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , the Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Kennan Institute holds a Facebook Live chat with Igor Zevelev, former director of the MacArthur Foundation's Moscow office, on crises in the post-Soviet region.
** Video
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The CSIS Korea Chair today hosted Denis McDonough, former White House chief of staff, for a discussion of the Biden administration's policy priorities. Watch
the full event here ([link removed]) .
** Podcasts
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Die Welt
On the most recent episode of Smart Women Smart Power, host Beverly Kirk talks to Bonnie Glick, the former deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). They discuss USAID’s digital strategy, the future of 5G in emerging markets and the threat of Huawei, and the role USAID plays in contributing to global network security.
Listen on Spotify ([link removed]) , Google Play ([link removed]) , & Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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This is a smile. All the episodes of Daryl Hall’s web program “Live From Daryl’s House” are big smiles. Aaron Neville, Joe Walsh and Billy Gibbons, just to name a few, have stopped by to jam out their hits with Daryl and his band.
A couple of weeks ago Tommy Shaw of Styx popped in. I think you’ll enjoy the results ([link removed]) as much as I do.
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