Tag: USA

Pentagon Will Add a Climate-Policy Czar (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

The Pentagon will reorganize its policy shop to elevate the mission of combating and responding to climate change, the department’s policy chief said Friday. While...

New White House Cyber Director Wants to Fight Like Cobra Kai (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The first U.S. National Cyber Director wants the government to take a tougher, more proactive approach to those who threaten America’s networks: degrade their...

Vulnerabilities Grow as Utilities Link Control Systems to the Internet (Patience Wait, Defense One)

The global electric utility sector is facing an increasingly dangerous cyberthreat landscape, even though there hasn’t been a publicly witnessed disruptive attack over the...

Biden tells Macron US ‘clumsy’ in Australian submarine deal (Sylvie Corbet and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press, Defense News)

Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday that the U.S. had been...

Joint Statement of the Ministerial Meeting in Bogotá on the Causes and Challenges of Migration (US Department of State)

The text of the following Joint Statement was released by the Governments of Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El...

The US should provide a fair, just business environment for Chinese companies: FM (Global Times)

The US should provide a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from various countries, including Chinese companies, to operate in the country,...

US to face backlash in forming ‘united front’ with new cyber bureau to suppress China, Russia: expert (Xu Keyue, Global Times)

The US is stepping up its pace in grabbing its discourse power globally on cyberspace and other emerging technologies with its move to form...

Rebuilding US-Chinese cooperation on climate change: The science and technology opportunity (David G. Victor, Brookings)

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, during the runup to what became the Paris Agreement, it was cooperation between the United...

2020 Census: Big cities grew and became more diverse, especially among their youth (William H. Frey, Brookings)

While there is much discussion about the future of big city populations, the 2020 Census shows that, when looking at the 2010-2020 decade, many...

From anti-vaxxer moms to militia men: Influence operations, narrative weaponization, and the fracturing of American identity (Dana Beth Weinberg and Jessica Dawson, Brookings)

In spring 2020, several Facebook groups coalesced around opposition to coronavirus- related lockdowns. These online groups quickly devolved to hotbeds of conspiracy theories, malign...

‘Striketober’ can be a turning point for the US Labour movement (Anthony Pahnke, Al Jazeera)

Typically, the US is not considered a hotbed of labour unrest. Yet this is precisely what we are seeing as, during the month of...

The United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Afghanistan (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE As part of our enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan, the United States announced today nearly $144...

Joint Statement on U.S.-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and Designations Dialogue (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and India on the occasion of the...

The US needs to reinvent its alliances. Today’s threats demand it (Harry I. Hannah, Atlantic Council)

When it comes to working with allies, business-as-usual won’t cut it anymore for the United States—especially in the face of growing Chinese and Russian...

Tsai confirms US military presence in Taiwan, ‘to face consequences for breaking red line’ (Global Times)

In a recent interview with CNN published on Thursday, Taiwan's regional leader Tsai Ing-wen confirmed for the first time that US troops are present...

OMB Issues 11 Action Items for 2021 Data Strategy With 2 Months Left in the Year (Aaron Boyd, Nextgov)

The Office of Management and Budget issued a late release of the Federal Data Strategy 2021 Action Plan. With little more than two months left...