Tag: USA

USA/CHINA – US-China relations: climate change crisis can unite squabbling great powers (Brian P. Klein, SCMP)

Unless the United States and China find a way to work together to address the most pressing issue of our time, a disaster...

USA/CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE – The Impact of the US Presidential Election on Central and South-Eastern European Security and Defence (LSE IDEAS)

Will US foreign and defence policy change in Central and South-Eastern Europe under Joe Biden’s presidency? President Trump's foreign policy struck a radically different note...

USA/IRAN – Key Influencers on the US Policy on Iran (Corey Hinderstein, RUSI)

The incoming Biden administration will face a difficult challenge to quickly implement a new US policy toward Iran. The most effective path will be...

ISRAEL/USA/EUROPE – Israel: Note that the Sleeping Transatlantic Giant is Waking Up (Oded Eran, Shimon Stein, INSS)

After years of a weakening transatlantic alliance, exacerbated by President Trump's four years in office, strategic cooperation between the European Union and the United...

USA – Nashville explosion: Possible human remains found near site, everything else we know (Al Arabiya)

A motor home parked on a street exploded in downtown Nashville at dawn on Friday, moments after a recorded message emanating from the vehicle...

USA – Explosion in Nashville may have been ‘intentional act’: Police (Al Jazeera)

An explosion in the United States city of Nashville on Christmas morning may have been an “intentional act”, local police said, as images showed...

USA – Kill the bill? Here is what might happen to US COVID aid measure (Al Jazeera)

United States President Donald Trump’s surprise opposition to emergency coronavirus aid and annual government funding passed by Congress has left Americans and global financial...

USA – Biden on trade: same policy, different tone? (Bryan Mercurio, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/25/biden-on-trade-same-policy-different-tone/

USA – Pentagon Targets Emerging Smart Technologies to Pilot in 2021 (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Companies are invited to apply to present relevant products during a solutions meeting next spring https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/12/pentagon-targets-emerging-smart-technologies-pilot-2021/170981/

USA – Veterans Affairs Publishes Employee Experience Journey Map (Frank Konkel, NextGov)

Agency officials believe positive employee experiences translate to improved service delivery to its veterans. https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2020/12/veterans-affairs-publishes-employee-experience-journey-map/171011/

USA – Trump Vetoes Defense Policy Bill Over Base Names, Unrelated Internet Law (Erich Wagner, NextGov)

The House has already scheduled a vote after Christmas to override the president’s long-threatened rejection of the annual Defense authorization act, which also includes...

USA – Former Presidential Adviser Advocates Tougher Software Vendor Standards After Breach (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The environment where updates for the company’s software were developed was reportedly protected by a password anyone could guess. https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/12/former-presidential-adviser-advocates-tougher-software-vendor-standards-after-breach/171024/

USA/GLOBAL SUMMITS 2021 – Up in the Air: Ten Global Summits That Will Test Joe Biden in 2021 (Stewart Patrick, CFR)

Summit diplomacy was a prominent casualty of COVID-19 during 2020. The pandemic forced the postponement of many high-level gatherings and the shift of others,...

USA/CYBER OFFENSE – No, the United States Does Not Spend Too Much on Cyber Offense (Robert K. Knake, CFR)

Contrary to arguments that the United States spends too much on cyber offense, more spending on offensive and defensive capabilities could be in the cards...

USA – The risk of John Kerry following his own China policy (Thomas Wright, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/23/the-risk-of-john-kerry-following-his-own-china-policy/

USA – Why is state and local employment falling faster than revenues? (Louise Sheiner, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/23/why-is-state-and-local-employment-falling-faster-than-revenues/