Tag: USA

(USA) The Next Steps For the Pentagon’s AI Hub (Chris Bassler, Bryan Durkee, Defense One)

JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER As the two-year-old Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shifts from a projects-and-products shop to the Pentagon’s hub for AI services and support, its leaders are working...

(USA) Northrop Grumman Says It Will Walk Away From Cluster Bomb Contract (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Unexploded submunitions of a cluster bomb that hit a remote area in Azerbaijan. AZIZ KARIMOV/GETTY IMAGES Northrop Grumman said Thursday that it would walk away from...

(USA) New Biden Directive Shields Federal Scientists From Political Interference (Eric Katz, Defense One)

Biden's National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy JOSHUA ROBERTS/GETTY IMAGES President Biden signed a measure on Wednesday that seeks to ensure career federal employees can conduct scientific work...

(USA) The Pentagon’s Chance to Get Serious About Climate Change (Sharon Burke, Defense One)

U.S. Army 1st Special Force Command Staff Sgt. Eric Reyes checks the depth of a river that was caused when heavy rains fell on...

(USA/China) Beijing’s Warning Shot to Biden (Defense One)

Happier times: Mike Pompeo, who as Secretary of State met with China's State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Beijing in 2018, has been banned from...

(USA) Buy American, Again (Jack Caporal, CSIS)

On January 25, the first Monday following his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) to strengthen Buy American provisions. This step, as part...

(Usa/ Oil and Gas Policy) Biden Makes Sweeping Changes to Oil and Gas Policy (Ben Cahill, CSIS)

President Joe Biden has followed through on a campaign pledge by introducing a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and...

(USA/Pandemic) Transition 2021 Series: Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic (CFR)

Panelists discuss the challenges of ending the COVID-19 pandemic and what steps the Biden administration should take to curb the spread, including increased and improved...

(USA) What steps is the Biden administration taking on racial equity? (Andre M. Perry and Adrianna Pita, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/what-steps-is-the-biden-administration-taking-on-racial-equity/

(USA/Ukraine) The Biden presidency and Ukraine (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/28/the-biden-presidency-and-ukraine/

(USA/New START) Enhancing Strategic Stability: New START and Beyond (Steven Pifer, Arms Control Association, Brookings)

Arms control offers a tool to enhance U.S. security. After extending the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the Biden administration should...

(USA) How our outdated privacy laws doomed contact-tracing apps (Jessica Rich, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/28/how-our-outdated-privacy-laws-doomed-contact-tracing-apps/

(USA) A momentous victory for global anti-corruption efforts (Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/28/a-momentous-victory-for-global-anti-corruption-efforts/

(USA) 4 ways the Biden administration can improve the employment-based immigration system without Congress (Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Emily Hindle, and Hun Lee, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/4-ways-the-biden-administration-can-improve-the-employment-based-immigration-system-without-congress/

(USA/Israel/Palestine) Biden to Israel and Palestine, the show must go on (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

It is now Biden’s turn to revive the peace procession. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/28/biden-to-israel-palestine-the-show-must-go-on

(USA/Iran) The Dangers of Lifting Sanctions on the Islamic Regime of Iran (Arvin Khoshnood, BESA Center)

Now that President Biden has been installed in the White House, the Islamic regime in Iran is hopeful that US sanctions on the country...