Tag: USA

USA – Senate Passes Bill to Stop Scams and Fraud Around Student Debt Relief (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that explicitly renders any unauthorized access to the Education Department’s information technology systems or agency-issued identification devices for fraud...

USA – Trump and Section 230: What to Know (Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

President Trump has threatened to veto a major defense funding bill over a law that protects social media companies from liability for what their...

USA – What to expect from a Biden FCC on Section 230, net neutrality, and 5G (Darrell M. West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Caitlin...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/03/what-to-expect-from-a-biden-fcc-on-section-230-net-neutrality-and-5g/

USA – There are too many ways to lose unemployment compensation (Lauren Bauer, Wendy Edelberg, and Stephanie Lu, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/03/there-are-too-many-ways-to-lose-unemployment-compensation/

USA/ROK – Resetting US–ROK security cooperation under Biden (Anthony Rinna, East Asia Forum)

Wasting no time outlining its position on the US Indo-Pacific alliance network, the incoming Biden administration has asserted that it plans to place renewed emphasis on...

USA/IRAQ – US ‘withdrawing some Baghdad embassy staff’ amid regional tension (Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera)

The United States embassy in Baghdad is withdrawing some of its staff ahead of the first anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian...

PYRAMIDAL BUSINESS GROUPS – Using regulation to dismantle pyramidal business groups: Evidence from the US, Japan, Korea and Israel (Assaf Hamdani, Konstantin Kosenko, Yishay...

Large business entities are often perceived as valuable players in the economy and the product of bold entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation. Nevertheless, they are...

USA – Tribes Mount Organized Responses to COVID-19, in Contrast to State and Federal Governments (Lisa Hardy, Gwendolyn Saul and Kerry F. Thompson, The...

As the months roll by, the pandemic continues to hit Indigenous nations hard. But this phenomenon is not new. Epidemics have been part of...

USA/CHINA – US bans cotton imports from China producer, citing ‘slave labour’ (Al Jazeera)

The administration of United States President Donald Trump raised the economic pressure on China’s western region of Xinjiang, banning cotton imports from a powerful...

USA/CHINA – Threat to China firms on US exchanges grows with bill’s progress (Al Jazeera)

The United States House of Representatives passed legislation to kick Chinese companies off US stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the...

USA – CDC warns US of COVID-19 ‘rough times’ as hospitalisations surge (Al Jazeera)

The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned the country faces “rough times” amid a deepening COVID-19 pandemic that...

USA – Biden, top Democrats back bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill (Al Jazeera)

President-elect Joe Biden swung behind a bipartisan COVID-19 relief effort in the United States Congress and his top congressional allies cut their demands for...

KURDS/USA – What Biden can and cannot do for the Kurds (Yerevan Saeed, Al Jazeera)

Many Kurds across the Middle East welcomed Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the recent elections in the United States. The former vice...

USA/IRAQ/IRAN – How could a US drawdown in Iraq aid ISIS, lead to greater Iranian presence? (Al Arabiya)

In a quest to root out ISIS group hideouts over the summer, Iraqi forces on the ground cleared nearly 90 villages across a notoriously...

TPP – What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? (James McBride, Andrew Chatzky, and Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Summary The TPP was a massive trade agreement signed by twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, that together comprised 40 percent of...

USA – How should Facebook and Twitter handle Trump after he leaves office? (Mishaela Robison and Darrell M. West, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/02/how-should-facebook-and-twitter-handle-trump-after-he-leaves-office/