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It's Monday, May 10th. |
FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-Olds
U.S. health regulators have for the first time cleared a Covid-19 vaccine’s use in children, paving the way for many to be immunized before summer camps and the start of the next school year, as the WSJ reports.
Dive Deeper: "Why Vaccine Confidence Matters to National Security,” by CSIS’ Katherine Bliss, Stephen Morrison and Heidi Larsen.
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Pipeline Hackers Identified
The F.B.I. confirmed on Monday that the hacking group DarkSide was responsible for the ransomware attack that closed a U.S. pipeline providing the East Coast with nearly half of its gasoline and jet fuel, as the NYT reports. |
Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel Following Jerusalem Clashes
The militant group Hamas fired seven rockets at Jerusalem and dozens more at southern Israel on Monday evening after violent clashes near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem between Israeli police and Arab protesters left more than 300 Palestinians injured, as the Washington Post reports. |
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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
78
An estimate in early May indicates that the Taliban already controlled 78 out Afghanistan’s 407 districts, and it is actively fighting the central government in another 193.
Source: Long War Journal |
Critical Quote
"The terrorist organizations in Gaza crossed a red line and attacked us with missiles at the entrances to Jerusalem. We did not want to escalate, but those who chose to escalate will be hit forcefully."
— Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu |
iDeas Lab
In sub-Saharan Africa, the devastating impact of the Covid-19 crisis has heightened the risks that adolescent girls and young women face of HIV and gender-based violence. A video from the CSIS Global Health Policy Center highlights the urgency of stepping up for women and girls to address these challenges.
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: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images.) Israeli security forces walk past the Dome of the Rock as they clear the grounds of Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque compound from Palestinian protesters on May 10, 2021. |
Recommended Reading
“Real-World Options for Afghanistan,” by CSIS’ Anthony Cordesman. |
This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Europe Program will meet with Greek Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos to discuss reasons behind growing instability in the Eastern Mediterranean and Greece’s priorities as NATO prepares to update its Strategic Concept this summer.
Then, at 9:30 a.m., the CSIS Global Health Policy Center will host a virtual event to discuss lessons from PEPFAR’s DREAMS partnership and policy options to elevate global attention to the health and development of adolescent girls and young women.
Later, at Noon, the German Marshall Fund will discuss the state of Germany’s domestic political landscape and the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of September’s federal elections. |
Video
The CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative, the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Bridging the Gap is hosting the 2021 Future Strategy Forum, an initiative to connect scholars who research national security with its leading practitioners. Watch Day 1 here. |
Podcasts
On the latest episode of The Trade Guys, Bill and Scott comment on the new Deputy Director General appointments at the WTO and we discuss developments at USTR on the Trips waiver for Covid vaccines.
Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Smiles
How does Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann celebrate his 75th birthday? In major Hawaiian style, that’s how. For the past several decades, Kreutzmann has made his home on the island of Kaua'i. For his 75th, Kreutzmann reunited his post-Grateful Dead band Billy and the Kids for a weekend of music on the island and the results were a whole bunch of smiles.
In this clip (scroll your curser to 1:15 in where the music begins) you’ll see Carlos Santana, guitarist/singer Billy Strings, saxophonist James Casey and Billy & The Kids—Kreutzmann, guitarist Tom Hamilton (JRAD/Ghost Light), keyboardist Aaron Magner (the Disco Biscuits) and bassist Reed Mathis (Electric Beethoven)—perform an extended “Scarlet Begonias.” The ensemble deviated from the usual move into “Fire On The Mountain” and instead worked “Scarlet” into an “Iko Iko” sung by Strings. What a gift! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3Mc-UZvGE
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