Good Evening,
It's Tuesday, November 24th.
Note: The Evening will be “Gone Fishin’” until Monday, November 30. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Stay Safe! |
Dow Milestone
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 today for the first time, extending an eight-month rebound that has taken many analysts by surprise. The blue-chip gauge advanced 454.97 points, or 1.5%, to 30,046.24, continuing a recent winning streak that has put it on track for the best month since 1987, as the WSJ reports. |
Vaccine to Ship in Mid-December
Around mid-December, 6.4 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will be shipped out across the United States in an initial push after it receives an expected emergency authorization, officials leading Operation Warp Speed, the administration’s push to fast-track a vaccine, said on a call with reporters today, as the NYT reports. |
Tigray Massacre
Hundreds of people in a town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were stabbed, strangled, and hacked to death in an apparent ethnically based attack that may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, Ethiopia’s human rights watchdog said today, as the Washington Post reports. |
Coronavirus Crisis Update
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 & Spotify. |
Video Shorts
Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “Data Unpacked,” Testify,” “What's Happening,” “Preview,” and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel! |
In That Number
71%
President-elect Joe Biden won 17% of the nation’s counties, but those counties account for 71% of U.S. gross domestic product. President Donald Trump this year won 83% of counties, accounting for less than 30% of GDP.
Source: WSJ |
Critical Quote
“It’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it.”
— President-elect Joe Biden on his Cabinet nominations |
iDeas Lab
In the first episode of Data Unpacked, host Matthew Funaiole unpacks expert reactions to China's rising assertiveness. Using poll data from a CSIS survey, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair Mike Green illustrates measures the United States can take to shore up its capabilities.
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: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.) Travelers walk through New York’s LaGuardia Airport today. |
Recommended Reading
“International Financial Institutions’ Covid-19 Approvals Decline Even as G20 Leaders Call for Additional Support," by CSIS's Stephanie Segal and Joshua Henderson. |
This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., the Atlantic Council and the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC will host a conversation about the 1989 Ta’if Agreement and its potential lessons for the ongoing Afghan peace process.
And, at 11:00 a.m., the German Marshall Fund of the United States examines how Ukraine and Georgia can strengthen their partnership with NATO and reinforce the unity of the alliance and security in the region. |
Video
CSIS today hosted the second of five online debates as a part of the China Power Project’s fifth annual conference. The debate explored the following proposition: “One country, two systems” in Hong Kong is dead. Watch the full event here. |
Podcasts
Legendary ESPN reporter Wright Thompson joined me on The Truth of the Matter to discuss his new book, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon and the Things That Last. In this episode, you’ll learn that “Pappyland” is “barely a book about bourbon” but rather about so many other facets of American life. Among them: tradition and legacy, family and relationships, our public discourse and the power of brand.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
Yesterday, I wrote about “Songs of Our Own,” a Grateful Dead covers project by Jambase and Telefunken which asked an array of artists to cover Dead originals in honor of the band’s 50th anniversary in 2015.
I’m fascinated by this third generation of Deadheads, and the “Songs of Our Own” project is just one example of how the Dead’s music is resonating with people who weren’t even born when Jerry Garcia died in 1995. If you don’t think hip, young musicians are into the Dead, look no further than this cover of “Ashes to Ashes” by the West End Blend.
Talk about breathing new life and a bright new countenance into a song the Dead first performed in 1982…what a smile. |
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