Good Evening,
It's Monday, November 15th. |
Infrastructure Signed
President Biden signed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law on Monday afternoon, as the NYT reports.
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Virtual Summit With China
President Biden’s China policy, a mix of confrontation and cooperation, will face a stress test when he meets virtually Monday evening with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the leaders attempt to build on signs of easing hostility, as the WSJ reports.
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UK Raises Terrorism Threat Level
The British government raised its terrorism threat warning to its second-highest level on Monday, after police labeled two attacks in the past month — a car explosion outside a Liverpool hospital, and the fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker — terrorist incidents, as the Washington Post reports.
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Executive Education
Register for the Defense Enterprise Today course to gain key insights into the current state of the defense enterprise and the challenges the defense enterprise faces in the future. The course will focus not just on classic defense activities but also on the intelligence community, irregular warfare, and gray zone competition.
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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
2 million
About two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have been placed in lockdown in Austria as the country faces a surge in cases.
Source: BBC |
Critical Quote
“It is time to put down the gavel — it is time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter.”
— U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) |
iDeas Lab
North Korea is attempting to reverse the Covid-19 border shutdown with China by developing import disinfection facilities, such as Uiju Airbase—now the Uiju disinfection facility—as shown above on October 24, 2021.
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: LEONID SHCHEGLOV/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images.) Migrants head towards the Polish Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on November 15, 2021. |
Recommended Reading
“The Battle for Coal at COP26” by CSIS's Nikos Tsafos. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., join the CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda for a discussion on the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.
Then, at 12:00 p.m., join CSIS for a book event and panel discussion featuring Major General Arnold L. Punaro (USMC, Ret.), author of The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force, along with Senator Sam Nunn, Congressman William “Mac” Thornberry, and Jen Stewart.
And, at 4:30 p.m., the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program discusses EU taxation priorities in the post-Covid economy with Gerassimos Thomas, Director-General of the Taxation and Customs Union at the European Commission. |
Video
Last Friday, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center held a discussion highlighting the effects of Covid-19 on the global response to HIV/AIDS and the prospects of an integrated response to these dual pandemics.
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Podcasts
This week, The Asia Chessboard examines the intersection of strategy and logistics in the Indo-Pacific with David Berteau, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness.
Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
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Smiles
Some of my favorite music out of New Orleans and Louisiana more broadly is a genre known as “Swamp Pop,” that is indigenous to the Acadiana region of South Louisiana. Guitarist and singer/songwriter Tab Benoit is the current king of Swamp Pop. Here’s a good example of why. |
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