Tag: USA

(Pakistan/USA) Pakistani daily criticizes US action against Ansarullah (IRNA)

Leading Pakistani English daily criticizing US action against Ansarullah says it would have no impact on ending the Yemeni conflict. https://en.irna.ir/news/84184748/Pakistani-daily-criticizes-US-action-against-Ansarullah

(Israel/Iran/USA) Returning to the Nuclear Agreement: Implications for Israel (Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine, INSS)

Senior members of the incoming US administration have stressed that they intend to advance a return by the United States to the nuclear deal...

(Israel/Iran/USA) Israeli Policy on Iran vis-à-vis the Biden Administration (Shimon Stein, Shlomo Brom, INSS)

Once President-elect Biden enters the White House, Israel will have to work with a president whose policy on Iran is expected to differ from...

(Iran/USA) Biden team’s familiarity with Iran unprecedented: Expert (IRNA)

The fact that the selection of a team, including those who are familiar with Iran-related affairs, by President-elect Joe Biden is unprecedented when it...

(Iran/USA) US shedding crocodile tears on chemical weapons victims (IRNA)

The United States has accused the Islamic Republic of Iran of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), but in fact, the Iranian people are...

(USA) Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump (The New Arab)

US Vice President Mike Pence told House leaders on Tuesday he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all...

(USA/Taiwan) US calls off UN envoy’s Taiwan visit to focus on Biden transition (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Taiwan says it ‘respects’ US decision, but analysts say island might be quietly relieved https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/us-calls-off-un-envoys-taiwan-visit-to-focus-on-biden-transition

(USA) Top US generals condemn Capitol assault in rare message to troops (Al Jazeera)

US Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff warn any act that disrupts the constitutional process is against the law. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/top-us-generals-condemn-capitol-attack-in-message-to-troops

(USA) US gov’t carries out first execution of female inmate since 1953 (Al Jazeera)

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31am after receiving a lethal injection at a federal prison in Indiana. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/us-carries-out-its-1st-execution-of-female-inmate-since-1953

(USA) YouTube suspends Trump channel, removes video (Al Jazeera)

Homepage of Trump’s channel featured a month-old video of Trump casting doubt on the voting process. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/youtube-suspends-trump-channel-removes-video

(USA) Parler: Amazon defends booting messaging app over violent content (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Amazon suspended Parler after it was used by Trump supporters to organise storming of US Capitol last week. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/13/bb-parleramazondefendsbooting-messaging-app-over-violent-content

(USA) The Effort to Disqualify Trump Is Worth It (Eric Posner, Project-Syndicate)

By opening the door for Donald Trump's possible disqualification from future office-holding, a second impeachment would be justified, even if conviction and removal by...

(USA/China) Can America Lead Again? (Yuen Yuen Ang, Project-Syndicate)

The US president-elect has advanced a vision of America that is back in charge of the liberal international order. But while that would go...

(USA/Indo-Pacific) Biden’s Approach to the Indo-Pacific (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

While the new US president is likely to reverse many of Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions, one area likely to remain untouched is the...

(Cold War/USA/China/Tech Tensions) What the Cold War can teach Washington about Chinese tech tensions (Brendan Thomas-Noone, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/what-the-cold-war-can-teach-washington-about-chinese-tech-tensions/

(USA) With House Republicans flouting COVID-19 guidelines, proxy voting remains an essential option (Jackson Gode and Molly E. Reynolds, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/12/with-house-republicans-flouting-covid-19-guidelines-proxy-voting-remains-an-essential-option/