Tag: USA

Recalibrating U.S. Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned From Spain (Kim Cragin, Michael Bartlett, Will Crass, Lawfare)

As the United States seeks to avoid overreliance on military forces to fight terrorism abroad, law enforcement agencies—international and domestic—will play an even more...

Maximizing Highway Infrastructure’s Potential with GIS (Stephen Goldsmith, Government Technology)

Andrew Heath, state traffic engineer for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), opens our conversation with an intriguing mix of futurism and pragmatism. His view of...

Imran Khan: US must engage with Taliban or face chaos (Peter Oborne, David Hearst, Middle East Eye)

The United States has to “pull itself together” and deliver an aid package to Afghanistan or face the collapse of a country which would...

The US needs nothing from Ukraine except deterrence of Russia — government official (TASS)

Washington needs nothing from Kiev, except adversarial relations with Moscow, its total deterrence and creation of an antipode image, Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the...

It’s Not Misinformation. It’s Amplified Propaganda (Renée DiResta, Defense One)

One Sunday morning in July of last year, a message from an anonymous account appeared on “Bernie or Vest,” a Discord chat server for fans of Senator...

Army awards Boeing Chinook contract despite lingering technical issues (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $391 million contract to build the first lot of five CH-47F Block II aircraft for the active...

Needed: A transatlantic agreement on European strategic autonomy (Hans Binnendijk and Alexander Vershbow, Defense News)

The United States has resisted European Union calls for a greater degree of European strategic autonomy in the realm of defense and security. The...

Taliban, US conclude ‘candid, professional’ talks in Doha (Al Jazeera)

Delegates from the Taliban and the United States have held “candid and professional” talks in the Qatari capital, according to a US official, with...

China-US trade talks spark cautious optimism (Xie Jun, Global Times)

A phone call between senior Chinese and US trade officials on Saturday sparked cautious optimism among some analysts over the possibility of both sides...

Biden has patience for the age (Erin Hurley, The Interpreter)

In the 2021 Lowy Institute Poll nearly seven out of 10 Australians expressed confidence in US President Joe Biden to do the right thing in world...

Better to define China-US relationship as equal ‘stake-holders’ (Wen Sheng, Global Times)

Following a 9-month-long review of Donald Trump's China policy centering on containing the world's second largest economy by launching a relentless trade war, the...

In Afghanistan Evacuation, Air Force Once Again Rises to an Enormous Challenge (John Venable, The Heritage Foundation)

The air evacuation out of Afghanistan was, in a word, amazing. Despite immense obstacles, U.S. Air Force airmen were able to rise to the challenge...

Joe Biden’s China Trade Strategy Would Make U.S. More Like China (Tori K. Smith, The Heritage Foundation)

With the Biden administration’s China policy under wraps for months, no one quite knew what to expect from U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s speech at the...

How China’s Economic Freedom Deficit Distorts Markets Beyond Its Borders (Anthony B. Kim, The Heritage Foundation)

In an attempt to lay out the Biden administration’s approach to charting the course of the U.S.-China economic relationship, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai underscored that...

Why Work Matters and How the Safety Net Should Encourage It (Leslie Ford, The Heritage Foundation)

Like all Americans, low-income individuals desire and deserve opportunities for themselves and their children. For the past 25 years, federal cash-welfare assistance has supported...

Does Joe Biden Really Want To Reform the U.N. Human Rights Council? (Brett D. Schaefer, Danielle Pletka, The Heritage Foundation)

The Biden administration entered office with an impassioned promise of commitment to the primacy of democracy, alliances, and human rights. Many welcomed what they...