Tag: USA

USA – Will white women in Georgia put family or culture war first? (Isabel V. Sawhill and Morgan Welch, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/will-white-women-in-georgia-put-family-or-culture-war-first/

What does Saudi-Qatar reconciliation signal for the Biden administration? (Bruce Riedel and Adrianna Pita, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/what-does-saudi-qatar-reconciliation-signal-for-the-biden-administration/

Four lessons for U.S. legislators from the EU Digital Services Act (Bruna Martins dos Santos and David Morar, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/06/four-lessons-for-u-s-legislators-from-the-eu-digital-services-act/

USA – Last night in Georgia, Black Americans saved democracy (Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, David Harshbarger, and Anthony Fiano, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/01/06/last-night-in-georgia-black-americans-saved-democracy/

USA – How can we prevent Trump-like presidents in the future? (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/06/how-can-we-prevent-trump-like-presidents-in-the-future/

USA/INDO PACIFIC/INDONESIA – Climbing down from a summit of democratic expectations (Alexander R Arifianto, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/06/climbing-down-from-a-summit-of-democratic-expectations/

USA/GLOBAL FRAGILITY STRATEGY – How the Biden administration can get the Global Fragility Strategy right (Patrick W. Quirk and Richmond Blake, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/05/how-the-biden-administration-can-get-the-global-fragility-strategy-right/

USA – Under Susan Rice, will there be increased overlap between the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council? (Michael Sinclair, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/05/under-susan-rice-will-there-be-increased-overlap-between-the-domestic-policy-council-and-the-national-security-council/

USA – How Biden can rebuild a divided and distrustful nation (Foreign Affairs, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/05/how-biden-can-rebuild-a-divided-and-distrustful-nation/

USA/CHINA – Double U-turn? US exchange may yet delist China telecoms firms (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The New York Stock Exchange is considering proceeding in delisting three major Chinese telecommunications firms after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin criticized its shock decision...

USA – Georgia awaits results of high-stakes US Senate runoff elections (Chris Moody, Al Jazeera)

The votes are being counted in Georgia, where Republican and Democratic US Senate candidates faced off after running the most expensive and nationally consequential...

USA/RUSSIA/HACKING/INTELLIGENCE – FBI, CISA, ODNI and NSA blames Russia for SolarWinds hack (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113071/hacking/us-blames-russia-solarwinds-hack.html

USA/DOD – Two-Thirds of DOD’s Major IT Projects Are Behind Schedule, GAO Found (Mila Jasper, Defense One)

Defense officials say lack of talent is slowing the adoption of cybersecurity best practices. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/01/two-thirds-dods-major-it-projects-are-behind-schedule-gao-found/171169/

USA – After COVID, What Should American Foreign Policy Do? (William Inboden, Defense One)

The pandemic reminds us that American leadership can determine whether the arc of history bends toward something better or something worse. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/world-covid-made-what-should-american-foreign-policy-do/171162/

USA/CYBERSPACE – Everybody Spies in Cyberspace. The U.S. Must Plan Accordingly (Amy Zegart, Defense One)

Because all countries engage in espionage, intrusions like Russia’s latest data hack are devilishly hard to deter. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/everybody-spies-cyberspace-us-must-plan-accordingly/171112/

USA/TELEDYNE/FLIR – Teledyne buying FLIR to create unmanned and sensor heavyweight (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies Inc. is acquiring FLIR Systems Inc., the sensor and unmanned systems maker, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $8...