Tag: USA

(USA/Saudi Arabia) After the Khashoggi report: How the US can respond and avoid blowback (Atlantic Council)

Kirsten Fontenrose The new US administration has been carefully timing three major movements on Saudi Arabia this week: the release of a declassified intelligence report...
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(USA/Iran) The real roots of Iranian anti-Americanism (AEI, The National Interest)

Michael Rubin The 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran shocked not only Americans but also the world. It was an unprecedented event. As...
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(USA/China) How American Free Trade Can Outdo China (Paulson Institute)

Henry M. Paulson Jr. The Trump years left the U.S. ceding ground for its exports. Biden can regain it, with the help of allies. https://www.paulsoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Updated-How-American-Free-Trade-Can-Outdo-China-WSJ.pdf  
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(USA/Saudi Arabia/Iran) Biden recalibrates approach towards Saudi Arabia but also warns Iran (ORF)

ANCHAL VOHRA Last week, American President Joe Biden hit the reset button on the US’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and its arch-enemy Iran upending his...
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(USA) How the rise of ‘citizen voice’ increased infrastructure costs: My long-read Q&A with Leah Brooks (AEI)

James Pethokoukis The cost of building interstate highways almost tripled between 1960 and 1980. Why was this the case? And is it possible for the...
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(USA) Tax bias and the child and dependent care tax credit (AEI)

Kyle Pomerleau Last month, Senator Mitt Romney introduced a proposal to enact a “child allowance,” a monthly payment to households with children. https://www.aei.org/economics/tax-bias-and-the-child-and-dependent-care-tax-credit/
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(USA) How Biden’s Jamal Khashoggi report could backfire (AEI)

Michael Rubin The Biden administration today fulfilled its pledge to release an unclassified version of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report on Saudi Arabia’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-bidens-jamal-khashoggi-report-could-backfire/
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(USA) When it comes to conspiracy theories, education matters (AEI)

Daniel A. Cox Political conspiracies are nothing new, but a new crop of wild claims and falsehoods have become prominent in the Republican Party. https://www.aei.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-conspiracy-theories-education-matters/
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(USA/Syria) What’s the significance of Biden’s first military strikes in Syria? (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adrianna Pita President Biden’s authorization of a U.S. retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed militias in Syria raises questions about his administration’s policies toward Iraq,...
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(USA) Beyond relief and stimulus: More jobs and more skills (Brookings)

HARRY J. HOLZER The U.S. labor market is now quite weak. Job creation in the past few months has slowed dramatically, as the COVID-19 caseload...
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(USA/Iran) Biden’s decision to strike Iran’s proxies is a good start (Brookings)

Ranj Alaaldin President Joe Biden’s decision to strike Iran-aligned groups in Syria last night follows a spate of rocket attacks launched against U.S. targets in Iraq this...
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(USA) America’s young people need jobs. The federal government should pay for them (Brookings)

Martha Ross, Thomas Showalter, and Nicole Bateman It’s hard to get a foothold in the labor market when it is crumbling beneath your feet. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/02/26/americas-young-people-need-jobs-the-federal-government-should-pay-for-them/
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(USA) 5 Reasons the US Should Cut its GHG Emissions in Half by 2030 (World Resources Institute)

Greg Carlock and Dan Lashof Climate change already affects millions of Americans, from worsening asthma and other respiratory problems to spurring destructive and costly hurricanes, wildfires, heat...
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(USA) Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water (World Resources Institute)

Lizzie Marsters, James Anderson and Todd Gartner Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas is a blue gem surrounded by rich forests of oak, hickory and short-leaf pine. https://www.wri.org/blog/2021/02/green-bond-forest-protection-central-arkansas-water
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(USA) Pulling Up the Inflation Anchor (Project-Syndicate)

ROBERT J. BARRO Rather than worrying about the prospects of higher long-term expected inflation, the US Federal Reserve is exuding confidence that it can maintain...
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(USA/Iran) With Iran, nuclear diplomacy comes first (Atlantic Council)

Mehran Haghirian Since Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, the new administration’s top foreign policy and national security figures have said repeatedly that the United...
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