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(USA/National Defense Strategy/Emerging Technologies) How the next National Defense Strategy can get serious about emerging technologies (Atlantic Council)

Justin Sherman, Evanna Hu In December, physicists at Hefei’s University of Science and Technology of China published a paper in Science with huge national-security implications. They claimed, as the journal Nature put...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Canada/Nuclear Energy) How a HALEU bank could work (Atlantic Council)

Stephen S. Greene Advanced nuclear power generation technologies that focus on modular construction, factory fabrication, shorter construction times, and passive safety could work in concert...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Greece) US-Greece relations in the Biden era: Why the road to rebuilding the transatlantic alliance runs through Athens (Atlantic Council)

George Pagoulatos and Katerina Sokou For Europe, Joe Biden’s presidency brings high hopes for reinvigorating the transatlantic partnership. For the United States, succeeding in this...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Digital Dollar) How Janet Yellen can help deliver the digital dollar (Atlantic Council)

Josh Lipsky, JP Schnapper-Casteras US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen set Twitter ablaze during her confirmation hearing when she suggested that policymakers might “curtail” cryptocurrencies. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-janet-yellen-can-help-deliver-the-digital-dollar/

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Climate Change) Air commission adopts landmark rule to cut methane from oil and gas pneumatic devices (EDF)

Today, the Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) unanimously approved a landmark rule requiring oil and gas operators to install zero-bleed or zero-emission pneumatic devices...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/China) Biden on China: decoupling or competitive re-coupling? (East Asia Forum)

Yan Liang, Willamette University The Trump presidency somewhat decoupled the US and Chinese economies: relations have been damaged by tariff wars, the closing of consulates,...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/US Diplomacy) The Future of U.S. Diplomacy (CFR)

Panelists discuss how diplomacy can be used to advance U.S. interests, and the function and responsibilities of ambassadors and embassies abroad. Speakers Jendayi E. Frazer Adjunct Senior Fellow...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/US Diplomatic) Can the State Department Bring More Diversity to the U.S. Diplomatic Corps? (CFR)

Robert McMahon President Joe Biden’s nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a veteran Black diplomat, as UN envoy at a cabinet-level rank marks the administration’s first major...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/China/Taiwan) Why a Cross-Strait Crisis Will Be Averted in 2021 (CFR)

David Sacks Many prominent analysts believe that a crisis over Taiwan is brewing and that the chances of a war between China and Taiwan, which has the...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Summit for Democracy) The Democracy Summit must be paired with a democracy strategy (Brookings)

Patrick W. Quirk The Biden administration has rhetorically placed strengthening democracy abroad at the center of its foreign policy. As part of this push, the...

Uncategorized February 20, 2021

(USA/Defense Department) Threats abound as defense agencies make long-term move to hybrid work patterns (Defense News)

Jim Richberg The advent of a new presidential administration typically marks a transition period and adjustment of focus across the government. This sentiment is especially...

Uncategorized February 19, 2021

(USA/China/Taiwan) Cotton: Give China ‘crystal clear’ warning not to invade Taiwan (Defense News)

Joe Gould It’s time for the United States to be “crystal clear” it will not allow China to invade Taiwan and will end its longstanding “strategic ambiguity”...

Uncategorized February 19, 2021

(USA/Pentagon/Nuclear Modernization) Pentagon Deputy Hicks should say ‘yes’ to nuclear modernization, ‘no’ to a ‘no first use’ policy (Defense News)

Matthew Kroenig , Mark Massa , and Raphael Piliero On Feb. 9, the Senate confirmed Kathleen Hicks as the deputy secretary of defense after her testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee...

Uncategorized February 19, 2021

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