Tag: USA

US will not normalise or upgrade diplomatic ties with Syria (Al Jazeera)

The United States has no plans to “normalise or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and also does not...
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The DOD’s Hidden Artificial Intelligence Workforce. Leveraging AI Talent at the U.S. Department of Defense (Diana Gehlhaus, Ron Hodge, Luke Koslosky, Kayla Goode, Jonathan...

This policy brief, authored in collaboration with the MITRE Corporation, provides a new perspective on the U.S. Department of Defense’s struggle to recruit and...
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Austin, Milley Say White House Was Advised to Keep US Troops in Afghanistan (Tara Copp, Defense One)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley had cautioned the White House that a full withdrawal of forces would likely result in a Taliban takeover—but...
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An Army Pilot Just Re-Invented Flight Training for the Digital Era (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

A novel idea from an Army helicopter pilot could change the way pilots across the military and civil aviation advance their flying skills. It...
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records (Isaac Arnsdorf, Defense One)

Former President Donald Trump empowered associates from his private club to pursue a plan for the Department of Veterans Affairs to monetize patient data,...
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Playing Defense Against Terrorism Is Totally Fine (Luke Hartig, Defense One)

If you’ve turned on any cable-news channel or opened any newspaper or magazine since most of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last month, you can see a clear narrative emerging: The...
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Space Force issues $47.5 million for prototype data transport service (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Sev1Tech a $47.5 million contract to demonstrate a prototype data transport capability that will help connect its space...
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Defense Department shakeup must not derail homeland missile defense priorities (Howard Thompson, Defense News)

News broke last week that as part of a reorganization within the Department of Defense, the position of deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and...
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The Need for a Congressional Inquest into America’s Longest War (Sarosh Bana, BESA Center)

Events in Afghanistan have come full circle, with the Taliban—whose government fell to US military advances in 2001 —regaining power and taking possession of...
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Disappointed by the US, Turkey cautiously looks to Russia (Resul Serdar Atas, Al Jazeera)

After US President Joe Biden refused to grant a one-on-one meeting with his Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),...
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China blasts US for being stumbling block in space arms control (Global Times)

Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) cannot be delayed any longer, Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Li Song, said when addressing...
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An update on the effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship (Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Brookings)

Over the past 18 months, the United States experienced the most rapid economic downturn in its history and the most severe pandemic in more than a...
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11 facts on the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (Mitchell Barnes, Lauren Bauer, and Wendy Edelberg, Brookings)

Despite the headwinds created by the Delta COVID-19 variant, the economy is recovering. Economic growth during the pandemic has generally surpassed consensus expectations while...
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The way back: Assessing economic recovery among Black Americans during COVID-19 (Bradley Hardy and Trevon D. Logan, Brookings)

While all Americans, regardless of socioeconomic background, have been affected by COVID-19, Black Americans from economically disadvantaged communities have been hit particularly hard by...
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The risks of US-EU divergence on corporate sustainability disclosure (Addisu Lashitew, Brookings)

Sustainability disclosure is in vogue, with more than 80 percent of major global companies reporting on some aspects of their social and environmental impacts. This is...
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US economic statecraft adrift as China seeks to join mega Asian trade deal (Joshua P. Meltzer, Brookings)

China’s decision to formally seek to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the world’s most important Asian trade deal, presents the U.S....
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