Tag: USA

USA/AI OVERSIGHT – How the Biden administration should tackle AI oversight (Alex Engler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-the-biden-administration-should-tackle-ai-oversight/

USA – How is Biden’s presidential transition going? (Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Adrianna Pita, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/how-is-bidens-presidential-transition-going/

CHINA/USA – China slaps visa curbs on US diplomats, NGOs visiting HK, Macau (Al Jazeera)

China has announced that it is revoking visa exemptions for US diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau, after the United States imposed...

USA – US executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals (Al Jazeera)

The United States federal government has executed Brandon Bernard, a Black man from Texas involved in the 1999 killing of a couple, as appeals...

USA – US Congress still deadlocked on new COVID-19 aid bill (William Roberts, Al Jazeera)

Politicians in the United States Congress on Thursday remained far apart on the terms of a new COVID-19 economic relief package, making an agreement...

USA/TURKEY – US poised to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system: Sources (Al Arabiya)

Ankara's Russian S-400 missile defense system. (File photo: AFP) The US is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition last year of Russian...

USA/TURKEY – What Awaits US-Turkey Relations in the Biden Era? (Mustafa Gurbuz, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/what-awaits-us-turkey-relations-in-the-biden-era/

USA/LEBANON – Lebanon and the Biden Administration: Détente or More Sanctions? (Diana Moukalled, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/lebanon-and-the-biden-administration-detente-or-more-sanctions/

USA/JORDAN – Will Biden Help to Restore Jordan’s Position in the Middle East? (Curtis R. Ryan, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/will-biden-help-to-restore-jordans-position-in-the-middle-east/

USA/SYRIA – Biden Has a New Opportunity in Syria (Radwan Ziadeh, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/biden-has-another-opportunity-in-syria/

USA/IRAN – US B-52H bombers fly over Middle East in mission to deter Iran (Al Arabiya)

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is parked on the ramp at Al-Udaid Air Base, Qatar. (AP) In a new show...

USA – Federal authorities probe police killing of Black man in Ohio (Al Jazeera)

Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the police shooting of a 23-year-old Black man, who was killed last week as he entered his Columbus, Ohio, home...

USA – Trump is inciting domestic terrorism (Samer Shehata, Al Jazeera)

Donald Trump continues to question the integrity of the United States presidential election based on unsubstantiated claims and outlandish allegations. Such claims do more...

USA/UAE – US Senate backs massive arms sales to UAE after Trump veto threat (Al Jazeera)

The United States Senate has defeated an effort to block the Trump administration’s sale of $23bn in advanced fighter jets and drones to the...

USA – Trump administration plans to execute five inmates before Biden takes office (Al Arabiya)

Brandon Bernard, a former Texas street-gang member on death row for a crime he committed when he was 18. (Twitter) The Trump administration is planning...

USA/POLAND – US Army’s V Corps Forward Command Inaugurated in Poland (Jakub Bornio, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 20, authorities ceremonially inaugurated the formation of the Forward Command of the United States Army’s V Corps (HQ-F) in its new location,...