Tag: USA

(USA) What would US media say if Capitol riot took place in a rival country? (Lu Yuanzhi, Global Times)

Imagine if the Capitol riots took place in a country whose government the US is hostile toward, the following is probably how US media...

(USA) Bullish US stock performance underlines bubble risks (Global Times)

No matter how bad things get, investors in the US stock market seem to be seeing only good news supporting the crazy upward march. On...

(USA) U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021: Space, SOF, Civilians, and Contractors (Mark Cancian, CSIS)

Part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021. Beyond the traditional military services, military forces include the new Space Force as well as Special Operations Forces...

(China/USA) – China to slap countermeasures on unjustified extraterritorial application of foreign laws amid US bullying sanctions (Global Times)

China's commerce ministry issued its first order of the year on Saturday, unveiling rules that include the adoption of necessary countermeasures against unjustified extraterritorial...

(USA) Twitter’s ban on Trump strips US of ‘moral high ground’ in criticizing others on freedom of speech: observers (Global Times)

Social media's permanent silencing of US President Donald Trump again exposed the country's double standards, and stripped Washington's "moral high ground" in lecturing other...

(USA) Is US entering an ideological ‘Civil War’? (Hu Xijin, Global Times)

Washington's unprecedented battle to ban some social media accounts and opposition against such moves may become a "Civil War" in the country in terms...

(Libya/USA) Libya minister: ‘Hopes greatly lifted’ by Biden’s victory (Al Jazeera)

The powerful interior minister of Libya’s United Nations-recognised government, seen as a contender for the post of prime minister, has expressed hope that bringing...

(USA) Progress on US jobs reverses in December as labor market remains in bad shape (Jason Furman and Wilson Powell III, PIIE)

The US economy lost 9 million jobs in 2020, the second worst year since 1940 for job loss on a percentage basis. Overall, the...

(USA) What Next for the MAGA Insurrection? (J. Bradford DeLong, Project-Syndicate)

Having been fed a steady stream of lies by Donald Trump and right-wing media outlets like Fox News, many of those who stormed the...

(Brexit/Europe/USA) The Brexit Boon to Europe and the US (Melvyn Krauss, Project-Syndicate)

More than four years after the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom has finally left the European Union, and the timing could not be better....

(USA) C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Richard Clarida (CFR)

Speaker Richard H. Clarida Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; CFR Member Presider Steve Liesman Senior Economics Reporter, CNBC Vice Chair Richard Clarida discusses U.S. monetary policy and...

(USA) The top economic issues in 2021 (Stephanie Aaronson, Wendy Edelberg, and Fred Dews, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/the-top-economic-issues-in-2021/

(USA) No, it’s not a coup — It’s a failed ‘self-coup’ that will undermine US leadership and democracy worldwide (Charles T. Call, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/08/no-its-not-a-coup-its-a-failed-self-coup-that-will-undermine-us-leadership-and-democracy-worldwide/

(USA) The ‘thugs’ that stormed the Capitol just joined a long list of others (Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/08/the-thugs-that-stormed-the-capitol-just-joined-a-long-list-of-others/

(USA) Around the halls: How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol (Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Marsin Alshamary,...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/08/around-the-halls-how-leaders-and-publics-around-the-world-are-reacting-to-events-at-the-capitol/

(USA) Charts of the Week: The racial wealth gap; the middle-class income slump (Fred Dews, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2021/01/08/charts-of-the-week-the-racial-wealth-gap-the-middle-class-income-slump/