Tag: USA

(Turkey/USA/F-35) Turkey has hired an international law firm to help it win back its spot in the US-led F-35 fighter jet program, state media...

Turkey has hired an international law firm to help it win back its spot in the US-led F-35 fighter jet program, state media reported...
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(USA/US Army/Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin Awarded US Army Vehicle Protection System Contract (The Defense Post)

INDER SINGH BISHT Lockheed Martin will supply up to 20 Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) base kits to US Army combat vehicles under a contract...
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(USA/Antitrust/Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne) Antitrust Regulators Extend Review of Lockheed’s Proposed Purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber U.S. antitrust regulators have extended their inquiry of Lockheed Martin’s planned acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne requesting the companies provide additional information about the...
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(USA) The U.S. Puts Its Greatest Vulnerability on Display (Defense One)

Kori Schake In one of his first public speeches, in early 1838, Abraham Lincoln warned that the biggest threat to the United States came from within. “If...
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(USA/SolarWinds Hack) White House Prepping Multi-Part Executive Order on SolarWinds Hack (Defense One)

Mariam Baksh While it will take several months to fully understand the massive hacking campaign that compromised several federal agencies and private-sector companies, the Biden...
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(USA/Pentagon/Space Lasers) Space Lasers Will Revolutionize Military Communications, If They Work (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Satellites that use lasers to exchange data promise to make military communications faster and harder to intercept — if the Pentagon can figure...
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(USA) How to Teach Troops about the Constitution (Defense One)

As a veteran, I was mortified by the large number of U.S. military veterans involved in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/02/how-teach-troops-about-constitution/172117/
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(USA/Teacher Salaries/Economics) Analyzing teacher salaries using the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes dataset (AEI)

Andrew G. Biggs, Jason Richwine Studies relying upon household survey data have concluded that public school teachers receive substantially lower salaries than comparably-educated private sector workers....
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(USA/China/Global Vaccine Competition) The US-China global vaccine competition (AEI)

Derek Scissors, Dan Blumenthal American COVID-19 vaccine technology is the world’s best. Moreover, potential competitors face greater obstacles in efficacy, transparency, and production. https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-us-china-global-vaccine-competition/
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(USA/Philanthropy/Rural Communities) Five lessons for successful place-based philanthropy in rural communities (AEI)

Juliet Squire Place-based philanthropy can revitalize struggling rural communities that lack the financial resources to overcome national and international trends that have hollowed out their...
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(Afghanistan/USA) Expand demining to facilitate Afghan peace (AEI)

Michael Rubin The Afghan peace process continues amidst uncertainty about the speed and totality of American withdrawal, disappointment at Taliban noncompliance, and questions about where an intra-Afghan dialogue might...
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(USA/Pandemic/Economics) Claims about farm bankruptcies do not justify increasing aid for farms (AEI)

Vincent H. Smith, Eric J. Belasco Throughout the pandemic, amidst stimulus package debates and worries about crushing federal deficits, farming interests have persistently, and on occasion...
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(USA/Antitrust/Big Tech) 5 questions for Joshua D. Wright on antitrust and Big Tech (AEI)

 James Pethokoukis and Joshua D. Wright How has the American approach to antitrust evolved over the past 50 years? Will the government finally break up...
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(USA/Climate Change) The climate wolf at the door: Why and how climate resilience should be central to building back better (Brookings)

Robert E. Litan and John Fleming The Biden administration’s economic recovery strategy, widely known as “Build Back Better,” is expected to vastly improve our national response to...
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(USA) A strategic roadmap for reentry 2021 and beyond (Brookings)

William Burke-White As the Biden administration takes office, it confronts a radically transformed global landscape in which it must advance a range of U.S. priorities...
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(USA/AIAN People) American Indians and Alaska Natives are dying of COVID-19 at shocking rates (Brookings)

Randall Akee and Sarah Reber American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates and at younger ages than other groups. In...
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