Tag: USA

(Saudi Arabia/USA/Qatar) Saudi carves path out of US partisan politics with Qatar detente (Patricia Sabga, Al Jazeera)

The sight of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the United States Capitol on Wednesday laid bare an American political landscape that has become destructively...

(Iran/UK/USA) Iran bans COVID vaccines from UK, US (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech on Friday,...

(USA/Taiwan/China) ‘A cudgel against Beijing’: US ambassador to UN to visit Taiwan (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

It began with a surprise phone call and will end with a surprise trip, but the Trump Administration’s close relationship with Taiwan will reach...

(USA) What happens after the Trump-inspired storming of Congress? (Al Jazeera)

On January 6, 2021 – a day that will be marked in the history books – supporters of Donald Trump stormed the United States...

(USA) The delusion of American exceptionalism (Andrea Mammone, Al Jazeera)

On January 6, Vice President Mike Pence convened the two chambers of Congress to count electoral votes and officially certify Joe Biden as the...

(USA) A very American riot (Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera)

If the past four years of the Donald Trump presidency had dented America’s carefully cultivated – if inaccurate – reputation as a bastion of...

(USA/CHINA/RUSSIA) The Biden Transition and U.S. Competition with China and Russia: The Crisis-Driven Need to Change U.S. Strategy (Anthony H. Cordesman with the assistance...

The U.S. needs to fundamentally reassess its approach to competing and cooperating with China and Russia. Its present path has tilted more and more...

(USA) Remove and Ban Trump Now (Jan-Werner Mueller, Project-Syndicate)

Although it is a serious matter to deny individuals their basic civil rights, outgoing US President Donald Trump richly deserves such a punishment. For...

(USA) The Return of US Intelligence (Kent Harrington, Project-Syndicate)

For four years, the Trump administration has undermined the credibility and morale of the US intelligence community, leaving President-elect Joe Biden's national-security team with...

(USA) Invoke the 25th Amendment to save the country from Donald Trump (John Hudak, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/07/invoke-the-25th-amendment-to-save-the-country-from-donald-trump/

(USA) Rethinking social insurance: Policies to protect workers and families (Wendy Edelberg and Stephanie Lu, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/07/rethinking-social-insurance-policies-to-protect-workers-and-families/

(USA/China) Why the United States should compete with China on global clean energy finance (Chuyu Liu and Johannes Urpelainen, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/why-the-united-states-should-compete-with-china-on-global-clean-energy-finance/

(USA) Will Trump be removed from power after Capitol attack? (John Hudak and Adrianna Pita, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/will-trump-be-removed-from-power-after-capitol-attack/

(USA) Donald Trump acknowledges Biden election win: Full transcript (Al Jazeera)

I’d like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness...

(USA) Top Democrats in US Congress seek Trump’s removal after riot (William Roberts, Al Jazeera)

Democratic leaders have called for Donald Trump to be removed from office after a group of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol. House of Representatives...

(USA) The day Trump finally lost it (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

I realise this was a chilling and nauseating day but I also found “Black Wednesday” somewhat entertaining. It felt like watching the last episode...