Tag: USA

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks at a Local Labor Roundtable (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  José, thank you so much, and thanks to all of you for spending the time this afternoon.  It’s really wonderful not just...
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Joint Statement on the Outcomes of the U.S. – Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue in Geneva on September 30 (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Russian Federation at the conclusion...
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We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic (Ed Yong, Defense One)

A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore. If the U.S....
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Strengthen U.S. Security Through Nuclear Arms Reductions (Rep. Ami Bera, Steven Pifer, Defense One)

Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, nuclear weapons pose a far greater threat to the safety and security of Americans than...
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Air Force Chief Anticipates ‘Something Special’ for B-21 Public Debut (Tara Copp, Defense One)

The Air Force has five B-21 Raider stealth bombers in development, but they won’t all roll out at once, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown...
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Defense Business Board Relaunches After Pentagon Review (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

The Biden administration has reassembled one of the Pentagon’s most influential advisory boards with a diverse group of business leaders, seven months after it...
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Biden’s Best Chance to Get Back on Course with Europe (Kurt Volker, Defense One)

The U.S.-UK-Australia pact to cooperate more closely on security in the Indo-Pacific, including the U.S. decision to sell nuclear submarines and share related technology...
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US Army makes headway on Synthetic Training Environment (Adam Stone, Defense News)

The first iteration of the Army’s virtual training environment is in the hands of some troops, giving an early glimpse of the tool’s promise...
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Boeing gets nod to start building Germany’s P-8 anti-submarine aircraft (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Boeing has inked a contract with the U.S. Navy to produce five P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft destined for the German sea...
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US Army trains forces across military on tools to fight drones (Adam Stone, Defense News)

Part of the U.S. Army’s lead role in standardizing anti-drone strategies across the armed forces is a joint training effort on a suite of...
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How to account for small business interests in President Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review Initiative (Reeve T. Bull, Brookings)

On his first day in office, President Biden issued a memorandum titled “Modernizing Regulatory Review,” which made it clear that his administration would be...
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Beyond VC: Financing technology entrepreneurship in the rest of America (Aia Sarycheva and Mark Muro, Brookings)

Regions across the country, striving to foster dynamic, diverse growth, are launching initiatives aimed at supporting the scale up of the technology and advanced-economy...
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USAID’s local staff are an overlooked resource to advance locally led development (Justin Fugle, Brookings)

Last week’s House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on locally led development highlighted the bipartisan consensus about its numerous benefits. Subcommittee chairman Rep. Joaquin Castro...
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Student outcomes at community colleges: What factors explain variation in loan repayment and earnings? (Cody Christensen and Lesley Turner, Brookings)

Community colleges play an important role in providing access to higher education and promoting economic mobility by offering postsecondary opportunities to a wide range...
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Women, work, and families: Recovering from the pandemic-induced recession (Betsey Stevenson, Brookings)

More than a year and a half after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic brought the U.S. economy to a screeching halt, the employment...
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USA-Iran: Why Is the Deal Stalled? (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

It is not easy to isolate the nuclear programme from the general package of contradictions between the United States and Iran. At one time,...
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