Good Evening,
It's Tuesday, November 16th.
Note: The Evening will be “Gone Fishin’” until Thursday, November 18. |
Biden Administration to Purchase 10 Million Covid Pills
The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that it is purchasing 10 million courses of Pfizer’s covid pill, a multibillion-dollar investment in a medication that officials hope will help change the trajectory of the pandemic by staving off many hospitalizations and deaths, as the Washington Post reports. |
Violence on Polish Border
Violence erupted at the Poland-Belarus border on Tuesday, as migrants desperate to cross into the European Union threw stones at Polish border guards who responded with water cannon and tear gas, as CNN reports. |
Iran Resumes Production of Centrifuge Equipment
Iran has resumed production of equipment for advanced centrifuges at a site the United Nations’ atomic-energy agency has been unable to monitor or gain access to for months, as the WSJ reports. |
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. |
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
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At least three people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bombers allied to the Islamic State set off two powerful explosions near Uganda's parliament in Kampala.
Source: WSJ |
Critical Quote
“I think it’s incumbent on Republicans to join our Democratic colleagues in finding paths forward—paths forward on methane and other issues. And I think it’s incumbent on our Democratic colleagues to welcome us.”
— Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), House’s Conservative Climate Caucus Chairman |
iDeas Lab
Adopting a commercial open system for acquisition would increase competition and make integrating innovative technology easier for the Department of Defense. New analysis from CSIS tracks the frequency that the terms “open systems” or “open architectures” appear in the president's budget.
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: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images.) U.S. President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2021. |
Recommended Reading
“A Nuclear Iran Is Not Inevitable” by CSIS's Eric Brewer. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., join the CSIS Southeast Asia Program for an event previewing the landscape of the 2022 presidential elections in the Philippines.
Later, at 11:00 a.m., join the CSIS Americas Program for a discussion on the regional dimensions of collaboration over security concerns ahead of the 2022 Summit of the Americas.
Also, at 4:30 p.m., Washington Post Live hosts a virtual discussion on the weaponization of misinformation, efforts to hold social media companies accountable, and the push for more media literacy to combat the spread of conspiracy theories. |
Video
Today, the CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda hosted a discussion on the humanitarian aspects of Lebanon’s current crisis. |
Podcasts
Today's episode of Babel examines Saif Gaddafi's political ambitions in the upcoming elections in Libya, the unique aspects of Libya's society and revolution, and the memory of the Gaddafi regime in Libya.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
Now this is a real smile. On November 25, Peter Jackson’s 3-part documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” begins streaming on Disney+, and the world is in for something special. To produce “Get Back,” Jackson, best known for the epic “Lord of the Rings” films, poured through 57 hours of footage and 130 hours of audio that were recorded in 1969 while the Beatles spent 14 days putting together the album that would become “Let It Be.”
For the past 50 years, this never-before-seen footage has sat untouched in the Beatles’ vaults. Here’s a clip of what Get Back is going to look and sound like. |
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