Tag: USA

EUROPE/USA/CHINA/CLIMATE CLUB – Europe should promote a Climate Club after the US elections (Guntram B. Wolff, Bruegel)

Time has come for Europe, the US and possibly China to create a global “Climate Club”. https://www.bruegel.org/2020/12/europe-should-promote-a-climate-club-after-the-us-elections/
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USA/MOROCCO – US moving ahead with $1bn arms sale to Morocco: Report (Al Jazeera)

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a $1bn weapons sale to Morocco, Reuters News Agency reported on Friday, a day after the United...
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USA/CHINA – Recalibrating US–China relations (Craig Seidelson, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/10/recalibrating-us-china-relations/
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USA – Georgia grassroots groups helped Biden win. Will the party listen to them on the issues? (Vanessa Williamson and Mohammed Memfis, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/12/11/georgia-grassroots-groups-helped-biden-win-will-the-party-listen-to-them-on-the-issues/
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USA/RUSSIA – Managing US sanctions toward Russia (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/11/managing-us-sanctions-toward-russia/
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USA/FED/COVID19 – What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do? (Jeffrey Cheng, Tyler Powell, Dave Skidmore, and...

https://www.brookings.edu/research/fed-response-to-covid19/
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USA/RACIAL JUSTICE/WORKER MOBILITY – Proposals for racial justice and worker mobility (Annelies Goger, Martha Ross, and Fred Dews, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/proposals-for-racial-justice-and-worker-mobility/
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RUSSIA/USA/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA – Russia condemns US recognition of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara (Al Arabiya)

Mikhail Bogdanov speaks to journalists on September 6, 2016. (Abbas Momani/AFP) Russia on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over...
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EUROPE/TURKEY/NATO/USA – EU leaders to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and US, says Merkel (Al Arabiya)

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli...
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TURKEY/USA – Turkey’s Erdogan says US sanctions over S-400 missile ‘disrespect ally’ (Al Arabiya)

President Tayyip Erdogan talks during a news conference following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 30, 2020. (Reuters) President Tayyip Erdogan said that...
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UZBEKISTAN/USA/AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan and Desire for Closer Relations Top Agenda of US-Uzbekistan Meeting (Umida Hashimova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Presidents Trump and Mirziyoyev at the White House in May 2018 (Source: Uz.usembassy.gov) The Eighth Annual Bilateral Consultations between Uzbekistan and the United States were...
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CHINA/USA – Early Warning Brief: Beijing’s Blunt Message to President-elect Joe Biden (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has sent a polite but blunt message to the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joseph R. Biden, urging...
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USA/HOMELAND SECURITY – Homeland Security Emerging Threats: Domestic Terrorism and White Supremacy (CFR)

Panelists discuss the history of emerging threats facing U.S. homeland security, particularly the rise of domestic terrorism and white supremacist extremism, and the framework that...
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USA/CHILD SLAVERY – U.S. Supreme Court Assesses Corporate Complicity in Child Slavery (David J. Scheffer, CFR)

Should U.S. companies be held responsible for child slavery on West African farms where cocoa beans are harvested? The top U.S. court’s decision could...
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USA/CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY – Biden’s Climate Change Policy: Why His Special Envoy Role Matters (Alice C. Hill and Madeline Babin, CFR)

Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a UN climate conference in 2019. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images President-Elect Joe Biden’s appointment of John Kerry to...
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USA/POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY REFORM – Police accountability reform is insufficient. To save lives, money, and time, states must diversify public safety services (Brandon P. Ruben,...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2020/12/10/police-accountability-reform-is-insufficient-to-save-lives-money-and-time-states-must-diversify-public-safety-services/
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