Tag: USA

(USA) President Biden’s Trump-Like Approach to H-1B Reform (CSIS)

Jack Caporal, Seán Arrieta-Kenna On February 24, President Biden issued a proclamation revoking President Trump’s pause on the entry of many legal immigrants to the United States, but the...

(USA/China) A Framework for U.S.-China Engagement (CSIS)

Stephanie Segal Charting a course for U.S.-China relations, currently described as at their “lowest point” since normalization in 1979, is arguably the most pressing foreign policy challenge...

(USA) C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard (CFR)

Speaker Lael Brainard Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; CFR Member Presider Roger W. Ferguson Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA; CFR Member Lael Brainard of...

(USA) Algorithms and housing discrimination: Rethinking HUD’s new disparate impact rule (Brookings)

John Villasenor and Virginia Foggo Last September, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a final rule fundamentally changing the framework for pursuing disparate impact claims under...

(USA) Charts of the Week: Overdraft fees; stagnant US child population growth; federal climate planning (Brookings)

Fred Dews In this Charts of the Week edition, a look at how some banks rely heavily on overdraft fees for profits, the demographic issues...

(USA/Saudi Arabia) US walks a tightrope on Khashoggi report (ORF)

NAVDEEP SURI In Saudi Arabia, the Biden administration is trying to walk a fine line between a robust interpretation of US interests and a softer...

(USA/Iran/Europe) The vital but delicate task of reviving the Iran deal (ORF)

RAKESH SOOD Time is running out for the Joe Biden administration, but there is an opportunity for Brussels to take a lead role https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-vital-but-delicate-task-of-reviving-the-iran-deal/

(USA) Democracy in America: A New Era of Social Media Regulation? (Chatham House)

Participants Suzanne Nossel, CEO, PEN America; Author, Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All; US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, 2009-11 Professor Jack...

(Europe/USA/Saudi Arabia) Not getting away with murder: How Europeans can shape US-Saudi diplomacy (ECFR)

Cinzia Bianco Europeans should resist the temptation to exploit the strain in the US-Saudi relationship for short-term, narrow, and self-interested gains https://ecfr.eu/article/getting-away-with-murder-how-europeans-can-shape-us-saudi-diplomacy/

(USA/Venezuela) New Atlantic Council poll: Insights on Venezuelan and Cuban American sentiments regarding US policy toward Venezuela (Atlantic Council)

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Florida is home to the United States’ largest Venezuelan population, with the result that Venezuelan policy often reflects the state’s...

(USA/North Korea) It’s time to get serious about a pressure strategy to contain North Korea (Atlantic Council)

Andrea R. Mihailescu As North Korea continues to expand its nuclear stockpile and modernize their missile technology, the new Biden administration must react accordingly. An...

(USA/Ukraine) Biden and Ukraine: A strategy for the new administration (Atlantic Council)

Anders Åslund, Daniel Fried, Melinda Haring, John E. Herbst, William B. Taylor, Alexander Vershbow Since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in 2014, the United States has...

(USA/Afghanistan) Inclusivity is key to salvaging the US–Taliban Doha deal (East Asia Forum)

Imtiaz Gul, CRSS Islamabad The deal struck by the United States with the Afghan Taliban in Doha on 29 February 2020 was de facto recognition...

(USA) With digital savvy, teachers can enliven America’s classrooms (Brookings)

Bruce Fuller While many teachers still endure remote instruction and the Zoom fatigue that comes with it, more and more are returning to schools. Over half the...

(USA) Understanding and mitigating climate change risks (Brookings)

Sanjay Patnaik and Dante Disparte Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development in Economic Studies,...

(USA) Getting the COVID-19 vaccine: Progress, and equity questions for the next phase (Brookings)

Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston Since we began writing about COVID-19 vaccines almost two months ago, problems that loomed large in the early going have eased...