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It's Wednesday, December 1st. |
First U.S. Omicron Case
The first United States case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported in California on Wednesday, marking the arrival of a potentially dangerous new phase of the two-year pandemic, as the NYT reports.
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Pandemic Treaty
Less than a week after the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization, global leaders on Wednesday agreed to start negotiations to create an international agreement to prevent and deal with future pandemics—which some have dubbed a “pandemic treaty,” as the Washington Post reports.
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Russia Expels Some U.S. Diplomats
Russia ordered U.S. Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to leave the country by January 31, a move that comes a day before diplomats hold talks to address the worsening relationship between the two countries, as the WSJ reports.
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CSIS and DINSN Announce the 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Diversity in National Security Network (DINSN), is pleased to announce the 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List. |
Executive Education
Register for “The Defense Enterprise Today” course to learn about the current state of and future challenges facing the defense enterprise, including classic defense activities as well as 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
6%
Despite donation pledges, Africa's Covid-19 vaccination supply is short, and just 6 percent of the continent's 1.2 billion people have been inoculated.
Source: Washington Post |
Critical Quote
“Get boosted now.”
— Dr. Anthony Fauci |
iDeas Lab
CSIS's Global Health Policy Center has launched the first of three videos about pediatric HIV in Kenya. Education, peer mentorship, and efforts to better tailor medicines and services to fit children’s unique needs can enable and inspire young people living with HIV to enjoy safe, healthy lives.
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: Scott Olson/Getty Images.) People embrace as they visit a makeshift memorial outside of Oxford High School on December 1, 2021 in Oxford, Michigan after four students were killed and seven people were injured when a gunman opened fire at the school. |
Recommended Reading
"Advancing U.S.-China Health Security Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition" by CSIS's Scott Kennedy and CFR's Yanzhong Huang. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 10:30 a.m., join CSIS, USAID, and UN OCHA for the DC launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2022—one of six sequential global launches centered around climate change and humanitarian action.
Later, at 3:30 p.m., join the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program for a conversation on the EU's new Strategic Compass, the state of EU-NATO cooperation, and expectations for the future of the relationship.
And, at 8:30 a.m., Brookings hosts a discussion on the North Korea variable in U.S.-South Korea cooperation, U.S.-China strategic competition and its impact on the Korean Peninsula, and the future role of the U.S.-South Korea alliance. |
Video
Yesterday, the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program hosted Varun Sivaram, Senior Director for Clean Energy & Innovation to the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, for a discussion on the First Movers Coalition. |
Podcasts
Today, Coronavirus Crisis Update hosted Dr. Richard Lessells, one of the experts on the front lines of discovering and investigating the Omicron variant in South Africa.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
For the second consecutive year, Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters’s producer Greg Kurstin have teamed up to record “The Hanukkah Sessions,” their musical gift to the world during the 8 nights of Hannukah. In each episode, Grohl and Kurstin cover a song by a notable Jewish artist. This year, “Night Two” is a cover of the Ramones's “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Joey Ramone (Jeffery Hyman) and Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi) were two Jewish guys from Queens. Happy Hanukkah! |
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