Tag: USA

TURKEY/USA/EUROPE – Turkey’s Erdogan says hopes to ‘turn new page’ in ties with US, EU in 2021 (Al Arabiya)

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to “turn a new page” in its ties with the United States and European Union,...

CHINA/USA/ISRAEL – “China is National Security Threat No. 1″ to the United States – and to Israel? (Assaf Orion, INSS)

The United States Director of National Intelligence recently cast China as the number one threat to the US, described Beijing’s modus operandi, and called...

USA/MIDDLE EAST/PALESTINIANS – The Battle for Washington’s Foreign Policy Has Begun (Lenny Ben-David, JCPA)

https://jcpa.org/the-battle-for-washingtons-foreign-policy-has-begun/

USA – The 2010s saw the lowest population growth in U.S. history, new census estimates show (William H. Frey, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/22/the-2010s-saw-the-lowest-population-growth-in-u-s-history-new-census-estimates-show/

USA – How should CBO treat the “Most Favored Nation Model” interim final rule for Medicare Part B drugs? (Steven M. Lieberman, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2020/12/22/how-should-cbo-treat-the-most-favored-nation-model-interim-final-rule-for-medicare-part-b-drugs/

USA – How misinformation is distorting COVID policies and behaviors (Jonathan Rothwell and Sonal Desai, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-misinformation-is-distorting-covid-policies-and-behaviors/

USA – Restoring trust: 5 steps to reduce congressional conflicts of interest (Ty Gellasch, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/restoring-trust-5-steps-to-reduce-congressional-conflicts-of-interest/

USA / CYBER CONFUSION – Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion (Brandon Valeriano, CFR)

Things did not end well for the Trump’s administration’s cybersecurity efforts. After Chris Krebs, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),...

USA – Black US Air Force service members face discrimination: Report (Al Jazeera)

Black service members in the United States Air Force are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions and be discharged for...

USA/SUDAN – US reinstates Sudan’s sovereign immunity after removal from terror list (Al Arabiya)

The United States on Tuesday reinstated Sudan’s sovereign immunity, as the US Congress passed legislation formalizing the move, following the ending of Sudan’s designation as...

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE/MARKET BASE SOLUTIONS – Market-based solutions to climate change have failed to deliver (David G. Victor and David Dollar, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/market-based-solutions-to-climate-change-have-failed-to-deliver/

USA/AUTOMATION/MIDDLE CLASS – Opportunity, policy, and the future of automation (Marcus Casey and Ashleigh Maciolek, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/21/opportunity-policy-and-the-future-of-automation/

USA/HURRICANES – New research exposes the harsh realities of hurricanes in a warmer world (Eric Gesick, Sadie Frank, and David G. Victor, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/planetpolicy/2020/12/21/new-research-exposes-the-harsh-realities-of-hurricanes-in-a-warmer-world/

USA/HOUSE DEMOCRATS – Why did House Democrats underperform compared to Joe Biden? (William A. Galston, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/12/21/why-did-house-democrats-underperform-compared-to-joe-biden/

USA/MUNICIPAL BONDS – Why the surge in taxable municipal bonds? (Lorena Hernandez Barcena and David Wessel, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/21/why-the-surge-in-taxable-municipal-bonds/

USA – The pendulum is the pits: Can the United States make enduring regulations? (Philip A. Wallach, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-pendulum-is-the-pits-can-the-united-states-make-enduring-regulations/