Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, October 13th. |
U.S. to Reopen Land Borders
The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions at the borders with Canada and Mexico starting in November for fully vaccinated travelers, as the NYT reports.
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J & J Booster
Recipients of Johnson & Johnson vaccine may need a booster shot—and while they could benefit from a second dose of the original vaccine, they may derive even greater protection if the boost comes from a different vaccine technology, as the Washington Post reports.
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Accelerating Inflation
U.S. inflation accelerated last month and remained at its highest rate in over a decade, with price increases from pandemic-related labor and materials shortages rippling through the economy, as the WSJ reports.
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Executive Education
Delve into China’s domestic and elite politics, its growing international influence, and its economic development trajectory with CSIS scholars in a three-day hybrid course. Apply today for Dynamics and Implications of China’s Rise, a CSIS Executive Education course. |
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
5.9%
The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that its beneficiaries will see a 5.9 percent increase in their benefit checks starting next year—the largest boost to benefits in close to four decades.
Source: Washington Post
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Critical Quote
“Reaching [net-zero emissions by 2050] requires investment in clean energy projects and infrastructure to more than triple over the next decade.”
— Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency Executive Director |
iDeas Lab
Preview CSIS's Sixth Annual Global Development Forum, which begins tomorrow and will examine key global challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic including economic recovery, nearshoring of supply chains, digital transformation, strategic competition, and the energy transition.
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 Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images.) Employees of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission conduct a manual count of votes following the parliamentary elections in Baghdad's Green Zone area on October 13, 2021. |
Recommended Reading
"U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Peering into the Abyss—The Budget and Strategy Overview" by CSIS's Mark F. Cancian. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development hosts its Sixth Annual Global Development Forum to examine some of the key challenges that have emerged or have been exacerbated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
And, at 9:30 a.m., join the CSIS Korea Chair for a special discussion with Amb. Ivo H. Daalder on security in Northeast Asia, extended deterrence and non-proliferation issues, and public opinion and the U.S.-ROK alliance.
Then, at 4:00 p.m., Washington Post Live hosts CSIS expert Suzanne Spaulding for a virtual discussion on "Securing Cyberspace." |
Video
Today, CSIS President and CEO Dr. John J. Hamre hosted a conversation with James D. Taiclet, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation. |
Podcasts
This week on ChinaPower, Dr. David Finkelstein joins CSIS's Bonny Lin to discuss the PLA’s new joint doctrine and how it will impact China’s military modernization.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
It would be downright irresponsible to talk about the Stones and Ronnie Wood, and to not also show an example of the guitarist that immediately preceded Wood, Mick Taylor.
Taylor was the Stones’s guitarist opposite Keith Richards from 1969 until 1974. Taylor, who had been a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, was an ideal musical fit for the Stones. Stepped in the blues and masterful on slide guitar, Taylor proved to be the perfect compliment to riff-master Richards.
And Taylor played on the Stones’s greatest records: Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973), and It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974).
But enough of my words, watch this and again, turn it up LOUD.
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