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It's Thursday, October 7th. |
Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech asked federal regulators on Thursday to authorize emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a move that could help protect more than 28 million people in the United States, as the NYT reports. |
Short-Term Debt-Limit Extension
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats and Republicans had reached an agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early December and that the Senate could pass the measure as soon as later Thursday, putting off a possible government default for several months, as the WSJ reports. |
CIA Creates New Mission Center to Counter China
The CIA is creating a new center focused exclusively on gathering intelligence about China and countering its espionage against the United States, as the Washington Post reports. |
Executive Education
Apply now for a CSIS course on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The course draws insights from leading experts and the Reconnecting Asia Project and explains what the BRI is, what it is not, and how it is impacting commercial and strategic realities on the ground. |
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
120,000
Over 120,000 American children have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid-19, a study says.
Source: NYT |
Critical Quote
“The pathway our Democratic colleagues have accepted will spare the American people any near term crisis.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) |
iDeas Lab
The number of Russian diplomat expulsions has significantly increased over the past several years, with some surprisingly occurring in NATO countries that have strong cultural, religious, and historical affinities with Russia.
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: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks with reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 7th, 2021 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats and Republicans are nearing a deal that will temporarily raise the debt ceiling through early December. |
Recommended Reading
"Could a Carbon Tax Save the Build Back Better Agenda?" by CSIS's Joseph Majkut. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., join the CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative for the 11th annual South China Sea Conference, which focuses on key developments over the past year in the region and examines the potential paths forward.
Later, at 11:30 a.m., the Environmental and Energy Study Institute hosts an event on major challenges—climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and pollution—facing the U.S., and how policymakers are finding and implementing solutions to these challenges.
Then, at 1:00 p.m., the Wilson Center hosts the latest installment of the History and Public Policy series focusing on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson and his long-term impact on U.S. foreign and domestic policy. |
Video
CSIS's Jonathan E. Hillman, director of the Reconnecting Asia Project, hosted a discussion earlier today on allied infrastructure strategy in the Indo-Pacific. |
Podcasts
In this episode, the Trade Guys discuss Ambassador Katherine Tai's remarks at CSIS's public event yesterday, the state of the U.S.-China bilateral trade and economic relationship, and provide suggestions to President Biden on the best path forward.
Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
“I can see very well
There's a boat on the reef with a broken back
And I can see it very well
There's a joke and I know it very well
It's one of those that I told you long ago
Take my word I'm a madman, don't you know.”
Like so many of you, and music fans in general, I think that scores of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s songs are masterpieces. I can easily name about 40 of them off the top of my head.
But there’s something about Elton’s song “Madman Across the Water” that has captured my imagination. It’s startling to think that the tune first hit the scene in 1971 on the same album as “Tiny Dancer” and “Levon,” two of Elton’s most beloved tracks.
Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile, an immense talent in her own right, has chosen to cover “Madman” over the years to stunning effect. Yesterday, Carlile performed a version of “Madman” on the Howard Stern Show. I can’t stop listening to it.
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