Tag: USA

USA/IRAN – US blacklists four companies for helping export of Iranian petrochemical products (Al Arabiya)

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on companies, accusing them of supporting the sale of Iranian petrochemicals as Washington increases pressure on Tehran...

USA/IRAN – Biden rejoining the Iran nuclear deal will allow Tehran to fund militias through oil (Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Al Arabiya)

If President-elect Joe Biden rejoins the Iran nuclear deal, he will likely suspend some sanctions on Tehran while keeping in place sanctions on non-nuclear...

USA/CITIES – How mapping trees in America’s cities could fight inequality and slow climate change (Jad Daley, WEF)

Heat is a silent killer, taking more lives each year than any other form of extreme weather. Trees reduce neighbourhood temperatures by as...

USA/MEXICO/BRAZIL – Leaders of Mexico, Brazil congratulate Biden on US election win (Al Jazeera)

The leaders of Latin America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, congratulated Joe Biden on Tuesday on his election victory after a long delay...

CHINA/TAIWAN/FIJI/USA – The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific (Sheldon Chanel, Al Jazeera)

The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed,...

USA – Joe Biden rallies for Georgia Democratic Senate candidates (Chris Moody, Al Jazeera)

President-elect Joe Biden travelled to Georgia on Tuesday to campaign for two Democratic Senate candidates facing runoff elections that will determine control of the...

USA – America’s Normalcy Delusion (Jorge G. Castañeda, Project-Syndicate)

After four years of President Donald Trump’s bald-faced lies, juvenile bullying, gratuitous cruelty, and perilous volatility, many voters were attracted by President-elect Joe Biden's...

USA/CHINA – How 2020 Shaped U.S.-China Relations (Elizabeth C. Economy, Yanzhong Huang, Jerome A. Cohen, Adam Segal, and Julian Gewirtz, CFR)

This year, tensions between Washington and Beijing flared over many issues. As the Biden administration prepares to take over, what lies ahead for one...

BLACK SEA/USA – The Black Sea: How America can avoid a great-power conflict (Philip Breedlove and Michael E. O’Hanlon, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/15/the-black-sea-how-america-can-avoid-a-great-power-conflict/

USA/ENVIRONMENTAL DEREGULATIONS – The Trump administration’s major environmental deregulations (Cayli Baker, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/15/the-trump-administrations-major-environmental-deregulations/

USA – Just before COVID-19, American migration hit a 73-year low (William H. Frey, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/15/just-before-covid-19-american-migration-hit-a-73-year-low/

USA – Dr. Robert Dallek on the U.S. Presidency and the 2020 election (Michael Fullilove, Lowy Institute)

In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Professor Robert Dallek, the distinguished presidential historian. Professor Dallek is a prize-winning author...

USA/SWEDEN – FBI investigating Nordic banks over possible anti-money laundering breaches (Al Arabiya)

Danske bank signs are seen on a bank's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark October 22, 2019. (Reuters/Nikolaj Skydsgaard) The US Justice Department and the FBI are...

USA/RUSSIA – Russia playing political games, stalling progress in Mediterranean: Pompeo (Al Arabiya)

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday blasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over comments that the US is playing political games in...

USA/CISA/FEDERAL AGENCIES – CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Turn Off SolarWinds Products (Aaron Boyd, Nextgov)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ordered all government departments by noon Monday to identify and shut off instances of SolarWinds Orion software running or connected...

USA/PENTAGON – Pentagon Risks Falling Short on Electromagnetic Spectrum Goals, GAO Finds (Mila Jasper, Nextgov)

The Defense Department is failing to address challenges related to managing the electromagnetic spectrum—which the agency says is essential for facilitating control in operations—due...