Tag: USA

US can’t form a small clique within WTO to contain China (Huo Jianguo, Global Times)

This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thanks to China's continuous reform and opening-up efforts to...

China’s Control Over its Pace with the US (Wang Wen, Valdai Discussion Club)

In the third decade of the 21st century, China has more control over the pace of development than ever before. Unlike Japan, China cannot...

Is a Russo-US De-Escalation Feasible? (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The stakes were high when Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation held a two-hour, bilateral video-conference...

Xi demands respect at the US–China virtual summit (Olivia Cheung, East Asia Forum)

On 15 November 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden held their first virtual meeting. According to the White House’s readout, Biden...

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists: 2020 data (David Wessel, Lorena Hernandez Barcena, and Nasiha Salwati, Brookings)

The lack of diversity in the economics profession has drawn increasing attention in recent years, but much of the focus has been on academic...

Remarks By President Biden At The Summit For Democracy Opening Session (White House)

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, hello everyone, and welcome to the first Summit for Democracy. This gathering has been on my mind for a long time for...

Biden Says Further Meetings Planned To Lower Temperature Along Ukraine-Russia Border (RFE RL)

U.S. President Joe Biden says he hopes to announce a meeting soon between the United States, its major allies in Europe, and Russia for...

Iraq official says US-led combat mission in the country has ended (Al Jazeera)

The United States-led coalition’s combat mission countering ISIL (ISIS) in Iraq has officially ended, according to Iraq’s national security adviser. The announcement on Thursday by Qassim al-Araji...

Virginia Republican governor-elect pledges to remove state from regional carbon market (Reuters)

Virginia's Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin this week pledged to remove the state from a regional cap and trade carbon market using "executive action." Virginia Republican...

U.S., Israel to discuss military drills for Iran scenario (Phil Stewart, Reuters)

U.S. and Israeli defense chiefs are expected on Thursday to discuss possible military exercises that would prepare for a worst-case scenario to destroy Iran's...

French envoy says Australia “in denial” over subs row, trust regained with U.S. (Reuters)

France has restored "a degree of trust" with ally the United States but not with Australia after a debacle over Canberra's cancellation of a...

UK, Canada join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games (David Ljunggren and Yew Lun Tian, Reuters)

Canada joined Australia, Britain and the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Wednesday, with China calling the...

Ukraine Looms Large in Biden-Putin Dialogue (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a one-on-one video-conference, on December 7—their fifth direct dialogue (three by...

What Americans still want from government reform: A fall 2021 update (Paul C. Light, Brookings)

President Joe Biden celebrated the first anniversary of his 2020 victory facing good news and bad about public demand for government reform and his...

How Biden can make his internet freedom agenda a success (Jessica Brandt, Brookings)

As it convenes its much-anticipated Summit for Democracy this week, the Biden administration was set to launch a new Alliance for the Future of...

ASEAN running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition (Shuxian Luo, Brookings)

Following the latest incident in the South China Sea, in which Chinese coastguard vessels blocked and water-cannoned Philippine ships carrying resupplies to Second Thomas Shoal, the...