Tag: USA

USA/MEXICO – A dangerous backtrack on the US-Mexico security relationship (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/21/a-dangerous-backtrack-on-the-us-mexico-security-relationship/

USA/MISINFORMATION – How Biden can take the high road on misinformation (Alex Engler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/21/how-biden-can-take-the-high-road-on-misinformation/

CHINA/USA – China takes a page from the US Cold War playbook (William H Overholt, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/21/china-takes-a-page-from-the-us-cold-war-playbook/

USA/CHINA – US to earmark $1.9bn to replace Huawei, ZTE telecoms gear: Report (Al Jazeera)

US policymakers will back a $1.9bn programme to remove telecommunications network equipment that the US government says could threaten national security as part of...

USA/IRAN – US prepared to ‘react’ if Iran tries to avenge Qassem Soleimani killing: Top General (Al Arabiya)

Washington is "prepared to react" if Tehran launches an attack to mark the first anniversary of the killing of powerful Iranian General Qasem Soleimani,...

US CONGRESS/COVID RELIEF LEGISLATION – US Congress agrees deal on COVID relief legislation (Al Jazeera)

After months of negotiations, United States legislators have agreed on a long-awaited COVID-19 relief bill that will boost unemployment payments and aid to small...

USA/GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM – Biden and fixing the global trading system (East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/21/biden-and-fixing-the-global-trading-system/

USA/MEXICO/ASYLUM SEEKERS – Keeping up appearances: Asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border (Lexie Harrison-Cripps, Al Jazeera)

Since the introduction of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – also known as “Remain in Mexico” policies – in 2019, asylum seekers hoping to...

USA/RUSSIA/CYBER – US President-elect Biden’s options for Russian hacking: sanctions, cyber retaliation (Al Arabiya)

President-elect Joe Biden’s team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of US government agencies and...

ASIA/USA – Asia Is Waiting for Biden (Alon Levkowitz, BESA Center)

While President Donald Trump’s Asia policy was not a central issue in the 2020 US presidential election, it had a huge impact on the...

CHINA/USA – China’s Green Gambit (Minxin Pei, Project-Syndicate)

China's ambitious climate pledges have drawn praise the world over. But China will demand a high price for its contributions and can be expected...

USA/CHINA – A Conversation With Chairman Kimberly Reed (CFR)

Chairman Kimberly Reed discusses how the Export-Import Bank is working to modernize U.S. business competitiveness in the face of contentious trade and business practices by...

CHINA/USA/MULTILATERALISM – Multilateralism under stress in Sino-US trade conflict (Song Hong, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/19/multilateralism-under-stress-in-sino-us-trade-conflict/

CANADA/USA – Huawei exec’s lawyers open new front in extradition trial: Report (Al Arabiya)

Canada would violate international law by extraditing a Huawei executive to the United States, her lawyers argue in new documents cited by the Canadian...

USA/YEMEN – President-elect Joe Biden can help end the war in Yemen (Khaled H. Alyemany, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/president-elect-joe-biden-can-help-end-the-war-in-yemen/

USA/ITALY/POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY – How political uncertainty hurts the US economy: Lessons from Italy (Carlo Bastasin, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/18/how-political-uncertainty-hurts-the-us-economy-lessons-from-italy/