Tag: USA

(USA/Joe Biden) Biden’s Inaugural Address to a Divided America (James M. Lindsay, CFR)

Joe Biden gave the nation a much-needed civics lesson today in the guise of an inaugural address. His message was impossible to miss—America’s strength...

(USA/Joe Biden) Biden’s inaugural address—unity and truth (William A. Galston, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/20/bidens-inaugural-address-unity-and-truth/

(USA/Afghanistan) Writing Off Afghanistan: Does Biden Have a Choice? (Anthony Cordesman, CSIS)

The United States has now spent nearly a year reducing its military, diplomatic, and aid presence in Afghanistan. It has never made the full...

(North Korea/USA) Why Is North Korea Showing the World So Many New Missiles? (Doug Bandow, The National Interest)

Can Biden keep relations steady and at least avoid an escalation? https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/why-north-korea-showing-world-so-many-new-missiles-176663

(USA/Party System) Is America Stuck With Its Dysfunctional Party System? (Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest)

No expressed regrets about the assault on the Capitol or eleventh-hour resignations can hide the extent to which other members of Trump’s political party...

(USA/Yemen) Designating the Houthis a Foreign Terror Organization Is a Bad Idea (Daniel L. Davis, The National Interest)

It is not in America’s interest to further sink itself into the morass of Yemen’s civil war by picking one side against the other—and...

(USA/Russia/Iran) Can Russia Help Biden Get a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran? (Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi, The National Interest)

Though Moscow’s stance on Iran’s regional activities might be ambivalent, Russian competition with Iran in Syria, as well as their military-defense cooperation, will afford...

(USA/Pandemic) Joe Biden’s Coronavirus Relief Spending Plan: What To Make Of It (Milton Ezrati, The National Interest)

Joe Biden has put together a $1.9 trillion plan to relieve the pandemic’s economic stains. But will it work? https://nationalinterest.org/feature/joe-biden%E2%80%99s-coronavirus-relief-spending-plan-what-make-it-176654

(USA/US Military) Above Politics: The U.S. Military Will Always Defend the Constitution (Matthew R. Crouch, Ron C. Fairbanks, Christopher P. Mulder, The National Interest)

The American people can have confidence that their servicemen and women will continue to serve regardless of who is president, as has been the...

(USA/Trump Impeachment) Will the Senate Really Take Up Donald Trump’s Impeachment? (Rachel Bucchino, The National Interest)

A swift move by Pelosi to start the impeachment trial raises questions for Democrats who are prioritizing the president-elect’s agenda. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/will-senate-really-take-donald-trumps-impeachment-176700

(China/USA) Dual circulation is a strategic process, not a theory (Andrew Sheng, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/20/dual-circulation-is-a-strategic-process-not-a-theory/

(USA/Indonesia) Advancing the US–Indonesia defence relationship (Evan Laksmana, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/19/advancing-the-us-indonesia-defence-relationship/

(USA/Russia/Arctic Region) Pentagon nominee hopes US-Russia cooperation in the Arctic region will continue (TASS)

Nominee for appointment to be Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that he hoped cooperation of the US and Russia in the Arctic region...

(USA/Pentagon/Eastern Mediterranean) Pentagon nominee pledges to review US force posture in eastern Mediterranean if confirmed (TASS)

Nominee for appointment to be Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that if confirmed, he would make it a high priority to review US...

(USA/Russia/New START) Biden administration to seek extension of New START Treaty – secretary of state nominee (TASS)

The Biden administration plans to extend the New START Treaty, Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations committee holding a...