Tag: USA

USA – Defense bill set to pass with state cybersecurity programs (OODA)

https://www.oodaloop.com/briefs/2020/12/07/defense-bill-set-to-pass-with-state-cybersecurity-programs/

USA – Microsoft Unveils Top Secret Cloud for Government (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Microsoft completed the buildout of a new, top secret cloud service for federal agencies, aiming to host some of the government’s most sensitive workloads. The...

USA/CHINA – Asian shares recede on fear of new US-China tensions, virus surge (Al Jazeera)

Asian shares retreated from a record peak on Monday after news reports of the United States preparing to impose sanctions on some Chinese officials...

CHINA/USA – China says it firmly opposes US sanctioning Chinese officials (Al Arabiya)

Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)’s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in...

USA/CHINA – Senior Chinese diplomat hopes US policy on China can ‘return to objectivity’ (Al Arabiya)

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, before signing the phase 1 of a trade deal between US and China,...

USA/RUSSIA – How Should Biden Deal with Moscow? with Rose Gottemoeller and David J. Kramer (Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Rose Gottemoeller and David J....

Rose Gottemoeller and David J. Kramer join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss priorities and approaches to the new administration’s diplomacy with Moscow....

USA/CHINA – Joshua Fitt Discusses U.S.-China Relations and the Incoming Biden Administration on i24 News (Joshua Fitt, CNAS)

On December 3, 2020, Joshua Fitt, a Research Associate with the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program, appeared on i24 News to discuss the intelligence challenges...

USA – Moving Beyond A2/AD (Chris Dougherty, CNAS)

The next National Defense Strategy should reconceptualize the military challenges China and Russia pose by moving beyond “anti-access/area-denial” or A2/AD. Instead, it should adopt...

USA/CHINA – Sanctions by the Numbers (Francis Shin, CNAS)

The United States has significantly increased its sanctions designations on Chinese individuals, entities, and ships in 2020. While the United States has imposed sanctions...

USA/IRAN – Special Event: The Biden Administration and the Future of U.S.–Iran Relations (CNAS)

As the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign continues, the next 50 days will shape U.S.-Iran relations before the Biden team takes office. With tensions...

USA – Biden picks California lawyer Xavier Becerra as health secretary (Al Jazeera)

United States President-elect Joe Biden has selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, according to media reports, a choice that...

USA – As water becomes more scarce, new futures trade provides buffer (Al Jazeera)

Water is joining gold, oil and other commodities traded on Wall Street, highlighting worries that the life-sustaining natural resource may become scarce across more...

USA/CHINA/HONG KONG – US plans to sanction more China officials over Hong Kong: Report (Al Jazeera)

The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification of elected...

USA – US election: Biden to nominate California Attorney Becerra for health secretary (Al Arabiya)

Xavier Becerra served 12 terms in Congress, representing Los Angeles, before becoming the attorney general of California in 2017. (AP) President-elect Joe Biden has picked...

USA/GULF STATES/IRAN – US must consult Gulf states on reviving Iran nuclear deal: Riyadh (Al Jazeera)

The Gulf states must be consulted before the United States revives a nuclear agreement with Iran, says Saudi Arabia, warning that this would be...

USA – Why should the US be afforded the ‘power of assassination’? (Clive Stafford Smith, Al Jazeera)

On November 16, the case of Bilal Abdul Kareem came on for argument before the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia. The...