A limited and not yet peer-reviewed study said the AstraZeneca vaccine provided only “minimal protection” against contracting mild to moderate infections of a new coronavirus variant that is widespread in South Africa. The variant has since been found in at least 30 countries, as the Washington Post reports.
Myanmar’s military leader said on Monday his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, as Reuters reports.
The Biden administration said it would resume cooperating with the United Nations Human Rights Council and would seek to overhaul the group, which critics say focuses on Israel while ignoring others, as the WSJ reports.
CSIS is now accepting applications for the Spring 2021 Belt and Road Executive Course. Drawing insights from leading experts and the CSIS Reconnecting Asia Project, this course reveals how China's $1 trillion foreign policy effort is impacting commercial and strategic realities on the ground.
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The country is now averaging about 1.4 million vaccinations a day, and about 9.5% of the U.S. population has been given at least one dose.
Source: WSJ
“I’ve said to him all along that we need not have a conflict. But there’s going to be extreme competition.”
— President Joseph Biden on Chinese President Xi Jinping
A new video from the CSIS Trade Commission on Affirming American leadership recommends three elements of a new trade policy that will help establish a comprehensive trade policy appropriate for the 21st Century.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
(Photo credit: Sarah Silbiger/AFP/Getty Images.) Members of the National Guard enter a gate of barbed wire fencing on U.S. Capitol grounds on February 8, 2021 as the Senate is scheduled to begin the second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump on February 9.
“Cheap Talk: China’s Central Bank Still Struggles to Speak to Markets,” by CSIS’s Scott Kennedy.
Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., CSIS will meet with nuclear weapons policy expert Amy Woolf and Moscow State Institute of International Relations senior research fellow Andrey Baklitskiy to discuss the future of U.S.-Russia arms control.
Then, at 11:00 a.m., the CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative will host a conversation with Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden on defense in the 21st century and the impact of Covid-19 on women in STEM and defense.
Later, at 12:00 p.m., the CSIS Africa Program will explore the dynamic ties U.S. cities have with the continent and highlight how these interactions enrich the vibrancy of local industries.
Last Friday, the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda explored differing perspectives on the most pressing humanitarian issues of the day and the internal and external roadblocks the Biden administration must navigate as they seek to improve humanitarian outcomes. Watch the recording here.
On the latest episode of Into Africa, CSIS’s Judd Devermont brings on three experts to discuss conflict mining and the cobalt industry in Africa, as well as the upcoming Somali presidential elections.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Billy Joel is such a monumentally talented musician that his band rarely ever was recognized for their superhuman abilities. In Springsteen’s E Street Band, Clarence Clemmons, Little Steven and Max Weinberg were/are big names, not to mention Ms. Patti Scialfa. With Joel, the names of bandmates like Liberty DeVitto and Mark Rivera aren’t widely recognized.
But check out Joel’s drummer Liberty DeVitto and Mark Rivera on sax in this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRP1dF7Qlac.