Tag: USA

Release of Revitalized Guidance on U.S. Foreign Policy on Human Rights Defenders (US Department of State)

Today, the United States is releasing revitalized and more robust public-facing guidance on U.S. government policy on human rights defenders, which will be supplemented...
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Joint Statement on the Sixth U.S.-Republic of Korea Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea at the...
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Eleventh Round of the Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (US Department of State)

The United States and Canada will hold the eleventh round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime on December 9, 2021.  The...
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Future of U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation in Aerospace (Stimson Center)

The strategic environment in Japan’s neighborhood has evolved rapidly over the past few decades, presenting new challenges for U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation. Gen. Shunji “Bert”...
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Assessing the State of Digital Skills in the U.S. Economy (Stephen Ezell, ITIF)

An increasingly digitalized global economy requires ever-more digitally skilled workforces for nations to remain productive. Unfortunately, domestic and international assessments of digital skills show...
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DOD Could Save Hundreds of Millions Annually Through Better IT Asset Management (Gary Winkler, Nextgov)

IT asset management (ITAM) presents one of the biggest challenges to the federal government, and the Defense Department is no exception. The lack of...
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The Ironclad U.S. Commitment to NATO (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministerial in Riga, Latvia, November 30-December 1, 2021.  During...
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The United States and Latvia: A Strong Alliance (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministerial in Riga, Latvia, November 30-December 1, 2021.  During...
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What Should Be the Aim of President Biden’s Democracy Summit? (Anders Åslund, Just Security)

President Joe Biden’s plan for a virtual Summit for Democracy on Dec. 9-10 offers an important opportunity, considering the global decline in democracy since 2005. It is high...
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Europe’s telcos want U.S. tech giants to help fund network costs (Foo Yun Chee, Reuters)

U.S. tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing Europe's telecoms networks because they use them so heavily, chief executives of Deutsche...
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U.S. Commerce chief to make pitch for chips funding in Michigan (David Shepardson, Reuters)

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will on Monday make a pitch in Michigan for Congress to approve $52 billion to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing...
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Classified document sheds light on US-Germany Nord Stream 2 conciliation effort (Georgi Gotev, Euractiv)

A classified document which was made public reveals how Berlin is working with Washington to avoid US sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Germany...
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NSO blacklisting: It is time for the US to end its Cold War ways (Eitay Mack, Al Jazeera)

On November 3, the United States Department of Commerce announced it was blacklisting the Israeli technology firm, NSO Group. The decision to add the...
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Blinken calls for negotiations amid Ethiopia military escalation (Al Jazeera)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greatly concerned about Ethiopia’s military escalation and called for urgent negotiations over the crisis, a US State...
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A new US policy on Africa: Genuine reset or same old rhetoric? (Abhishek Mishra, ORF)

Last week, United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during his three nation—Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal—sojourn to sub-Saharan Africa unveiled a new United States...
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It’s difficult for Biden, Powell to address surging inflation (Wen Sheng, Global Times)

To prevent rising inflation from impeding his political ambitions as the 2022 midterm elections draw near, US President Joe Biden this week asked major...
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