Tag: USA

Over-compliance with US sanctions hurting Iran’s ‘butterfly kids’ (UN News)

Over-compliance with United States-imposed sanctions against Iran is harming the right to health, and people with a rare skin disease are among those affected, many of them children, experts appointed by the UN...
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Reimagining local public finance: Equitable reform of taxes, fines, and fees (Tonantzin Carmona, Brookings)

As a result of the American Recovery Plan Act (ARP), many cities and counties are seeking to make transformative investments while prioritizing equity in...
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Leveraging the Biden-Harris climate agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (Anthony F. Pipa and Kaysie Brown, Brookings)

In November, at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference, the U.S. will join the community of nations keeping alive the promise to meet the...
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How pandemic-era fiscal policy affects the level of GDP (Louise Sheiner, Sophia Campbell, Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, and Eric Milstein, Brookings)

Fiscal policy, including both automatic stabilizers and pandemic-related tax and spending legislation, played a significant role in cushioning the blows to the economy of...
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We’re at the perilous beginning of an uncertain era in US-China relations (Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council)

The United States and China represent the most significant—and potentially most perilous—bilateral relationship in human history. Given that reality, neither side is managing their...
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The Powell Doctrine’s wisdom must live on (Christopher Preble, Atlantic Council)

The death of Colin Powell offers a somber opportunity to reflect on his legacy of public service. Of the many things that Powell may...
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China welcomes US firms to expand investment, official says amid rising positive signs (Chi Jingyi, Global Times)

China welcomes US companies to expand investment in China and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, a senior Chinese official said on Monday, adding to growing...
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DDS Security Clearance Tool Evolves into ‘SITH’ Insider Threat Program (Aaron Boyd, Defense One)

An automated background investigations prototype developed by the Defense Digital Service is being retooled to focus instead on identifying insider threats, including a rebranding...
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Australian small boat with US comms package in testing for Marine Corps urgent need (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The mashup of an Australian small boat designed for safety and an American sensors and communications suite that helped Marines secure the Kabul airport...
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The US must separate nuclear deterrence from biological weapons (Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber, Defense News)

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call in terms of the security, economic and public health devastation infectious diseases can cause. In addition to...
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Senate appropriators back 5 percent boost in defense spending for FY22 (Leo Shane III, Defense News)

Senate appropriators on Monday unveiled plans for about $24 billion in extra military spending this fiscal year above the president’s budget request, the latest blow for...
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Northrop Grumman has developed a next-generation signals intelligence architecture (Mark Pomerlau, Defense News)

Northrop Grumman executives say the company is now offering a next-generation signals intelligence architecture that has won at least one contract. Bill Thompson, director of...
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US, Georgia sign military training pact amid Russian threat on the Black Sea (Joe Gould, Defense News)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Georgian counterpart on Monday signed an agreement to extend U.S.-led military training for the embattled Black Sea ally as...
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Did the US-UAE-Israel trilateral dialogue foreshadow a new Quad with India? (Navdeep Suri, ORF)

The October 13 meeting in Washington DC between Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Israel’s...
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Erdogan says US, not Turkey, proposed F-16 sale (Al Monitor)

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that the United States had offered to sell dozens of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to...
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National IPR Center Report Highlights Industry Adoption of Anti-Counterfeit Measures (Morgan Stevens, Center for Data Innovation)

In January 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a report, Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods, that offered 11 steps the...
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