Tag: USA

The Forever War is Over. Its 2001 Authorization Lives On (Tara Copp, Defense One)

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field Fla., April 24, 2014. U.S. AIR FORCE / STAFF SGT. JOHN BAINTER “Over the horizon”...

Hypersonics Test Shows the US Is Catching Up in the New Missile Race (Patrick Tucker, Defense News)

Artist's rendering of a hypersonic air-breathing missile. DARPA Last week’s successful demonstration of a hypersonic glide vehicle is a “step in the right direction” in closing...

One Senator’s Plan to Cut Through the Politics and Get Answers on Afghanistan (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrol through a city in Helmand province, Afghanistan,...

Here’s how the new continuing resolution will frustrate the Pentagon (Joe Gould, Megan Eckstein and Jen Judson, Defense News)

The short-term budget deal approved by Congress freezes billions of dollars in planned Pentagon acquisitions programs, as well as some of President Joe Biden’s...

HawkEye 360 wins radiofrequency mapping contract with intelligence agency (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

HawkEye 360 aims to make invisible radio communications visible with its emission-detecting satellites. (HawkEye 360) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a $10 million contract...

Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan (Leo Shane III, Defense News)

The U.S. Capitol is seen at dawn on Sept. 27. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Lawmakers avoided triggering a government shutdown on Friday with an emergency budget extension approved...

US Army tool empowers soldiers to virtually collaborate across regions (Adam Stone, Defense News)

Soldiers communicate with each other to complete virtual first‐person training at Fort Stewart, Ga., in 2016. The first‐person simulation was a part of the...

West Point researchers explore a virtual future for training (Adam Stone, Defense News)

The Army Cyber Institute at the U.S. Military Academy is working on a pair of research projects on virtual reality training possibilities. (West Point) At...

When Targeted Killings Become ‘Tragic Mistakes’ (Andrea Prasow, HRW)

On September 17, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, gave an extraordinary news conference in which he admitted that the United States had...

US Congress Should Create Pathway to Citizenship (Hina Naveed, HRW)

Earlier this month, I started work as the Aryeh Neier Fellow at Human Rights Watch. I feel I’m finally on the cusp of fulfilling...

US Government Should End Child Labor at Home (Margaret Wurth, HRW)

This week, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published its annual global report evaluating 131 countries and territories on their efforts to end the worst forms...

Will the Federal Reserve Support Inclusive Prosperity? (Simon Johnson, Project-Syndicate)

Lael Brainard, one of two female governors on the Fed board, has consistently argued that it is premature to raise interest rates until inflation...

The metachallenges of the metaverse (Tom Wheeler, Brookings)

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told listeners to his July 2021 quarterly earnings call that “I expect people will transition from seeing us as a...

Pláticas: How Mesa, Ariz. is combatting displacement with community conversations (Augie Gastelum and Ryan Winkle, Brookings)

Mesa, a city just east of Phoenix, Arizona, is part of the fastest growing metro area in the state and one of the most populous cities in...

Redistricting 2021: Red states, blue voters (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

After a COVID-19-related delay in getting out the census data, states across the country are now moving to draw new lines for congressional districts...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. You all spent some quality time in Pittsburgh, I hope. I don’t want to leave. It’s been great. What’s going on? QUESTION: So...