Tag: USA

USA – Why We Need a New ICBM (Shane Praiswater, Defense One)

An unarmed Minuteman III, the current version of the ICBM, launches during a developmental test at 12:33 a.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020,...

USA – The Hidden Dangers in Biden’s Foreign Policy (Ryan P. Burke, Defense One)

President-elect Joe Biden is a product of the 20th-century U.S. foreign policy establishment and a Cold War-era hegemonic ideologue who voted for the Iraq war. He...

USA – Two Recent Accidents Ground US Navy Scout Helicopter Drones (The Defense Post)

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2020/12/07/us-navy-grounds-mq-8c-helicopter-drones/

CHINA/USA – Encircling China is arduous and thankless for the US (Global Times)

Sailors wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gears conduct chemical decontamination aboard the guided-missile destroyer Chengdu (Hull 120) during a 3-day maritime training exercise from...

JAPAN/FRANCE/USA/UK/CHINA- Japan, France, US, UK make hypocritical naval moves against China (Zhang Junshe, Global Times)

The guided-missile frigate Yulin (Hull 569) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command fires its rocket-propelled depth...

USA/CHINA – Is the gap between US, Chinese internet service companies narrowing? (Gao Rui, Global Times)

File photo A major transition the coronavirus pandemic has brought to the world in 2020 is "to go online." While transforming people's lifestyle, the shift...

USA/TAIWAN – Taiwan says faces daily threats as US notifies of $280m arms sale (Al Jazeera)

Taiwan faces daily military threats from “authoritarian forces”, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $280m arms sale...

USA – US virus talks drag on liability as Congress prepares stopgap aid (Al Jazeera)

United States politicians are giving themselves more time to sort through their end-of-session business on government spending and COVID-19 relief, preparing a one-week stopgap...

USA – US to approve Arizona mine land deal Indigenous group opposes (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration is set to approve a controversial land swap this month that would give Rio Tinto Ltd and partners...

USA – America Passed the Trump Stress Test (Eric Posner, Project-Syndicate)

After four years of President Donald Trump's contempt for established political norms, it is tempting to say that American constitutional democracy has suffered long-term...

USA – Jerrold Post: One of the CIA’s truly great innovators (Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/07/jerrold-post-one-of-the-cias-truly-great-innovators/

ISRAELI PALESTINIAN CONFLICT/USA – Why the discourse about Palestinian payments to prisoners’ families is distorted and misleading (Shibley Telhami, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/07/why-the-discourse-about-palestinian-payments-to-prisoners-families-is-distorted-and-misleading/

USA – Happiness and aging in the US: Why it is different from other places and why it matters (David G. Blanchflower and Carol...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/07/happiness-and-aging-in-the-us-why-it-is-different-from-other-places-and-why-it-matters/

USA – More economic relief and stimulus: Why and how (William G. Gale and Grace Enda, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/more-economic-relief-and-stimulus-why-and-how/

RUSSIA/USA – Russia-linked hackers actively exploit CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw, NSA warns (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112006/apt/cve-2020-4006-vmware-russian-hackers.html

IRAN/USA – Iran’s top banker says US blocking COVID-19 vaccine purchase (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

The United States is actively trying to prevent Iran’s efforts to buy a COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX, a global initiative undertaken by the World...