Tag: USA

(USA/China) ‘Wakeup call’: Report calls for massive AI investments to counter China (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden A congressionally mandated artificial intelligence report released Monday called for billions of dollars of U.S. investment, warning that China “possesses the might, talent,...

(USA) US Army’s newest tracked vehicle will undergo initial operational test in early 2022 (Defense News)

Jen Judson The Army has scheduled the initial operational test for its newest tracked vehicle to begin the second quarter of fiscal 2022, a spokesperson for the...

(USA) NORAD is using artificial intelligence to see the threats it used to miss (Defense News)

Nathan Strout The U.S. military command charged with watching and protecting North American airspace is now using artificial intelligence to detect the threats that previously...

(USA/Ukraine) US announces $125 million in military aid for Ukraine (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta and Howard Altman The Pentagon announced Monday a $125 million military aid package for Ukraine, the first of its kind under the Biden administration. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/03/01/us-announces-125-million-in-military-aid-for-ukraine/

(USA) New Senate defense appropriations chairman talks nuclear modernization, defense cuts and earmarks (Defense News)

Joe Gould If progressives aim to cut the U.S. Defense Department’s top-line budget or the ground-based leg of the nuclear triad, they’re likely see pushback from a...

(USA/China) Air Force general worried US won’t field sixth-gen fighter in time to beat China (Defense News)

Valerie Insinna Since September, when the U.S. Air Force disclosed that it had flown a full-scale demonstrator of its future fighter, the defense community has been hungry...

(USA) Report broadens conversation on space militarization and Space Force satellite defense (Defense News)

Nathan Strout Now more than ever, American war fighters depend on space-based capabilities for their missions. In response, adversaries have developed counter space weapons meant...

(USA/North Korea) Transition 2021 Series: A Gathering Storm—The Future of U.S.-North Korea Policy (CFR)

Speakers Victor D. Cha Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs and D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University; Senior Vice...

(USA/China) It’s time to set up a US–China Decarbonisation Working Group (China Dialogue)

Giridharan Ramasubramanian The climate ambitions of the US and China are converging, offering an opportunity to develop new engagement based on decarbonisation https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/its-time-to-set-up-a-us-china-decarbonisation-working-group/

(USA) Climate change is messing with Texas (China Dialogue, RMI)

Mark Dyson, Becky Xilu Li The extreme cold that stretched across half the United States earlier this month caused unprecedented power outages in the central part...

(USA) Progress on Restoring Voting Rights (Brennan Center for Justice)

Will Wilder This has been a big week for the movement to restore voting rights to people who have been convicted of a crime....

(USA) The Supreme Court Case Challenging Voting Restrictions in Arizona, Explained (Brennan Center for Justice)

Sean Morales-Doyle On March 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge to a pair of Arizona voting policies that make...

(USA/Saudi Arabia) Khashoggi’s murder: It is time for accountability (Al Jazeera)

Amrit Singh In 2018, Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul to pick up documents he...

(USA/Iran) US Intelligence and the Dilemma of Iran (BESA Center)

Erfan Fard The rogue regime in Tehran is the primary source of turmoil and instability in the Middle East. The regime thirsts for ever more...

(USA/Syria/Iran) Experts React: US airstrike in Syria targets Iran-backed militias (Atlantic Council)

William F. Wechsler, Kirsten Fontenrose, Barry Pavel, Barbara Slavin, Thomas S. Warrick, Borzou Daragahi, Abdulrahman al-Masri, C. Anthony Pfaff, Nader Uskowi, Mark N. Katz, Karim Mezran, Masoud Mostajabi On February 25, the US military carried out airstrikes in...

(USA/Russia) How to deploy economic tools against Putin’s aggression (Atlantic Council)

Brian O’Toole, Daniel Fried On February 22, the Biden administration took its first actions in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s long list of aggressive and repressive actions:...