Tag: USA

Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next? (David Wessel, Brookings)

The Federal Reserve faces substantial turnover at the top over the next year and a half. President Joe Biden has three slots on the...
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USA, Europe and Containment of China (Pascal Boniface, Valdai Discussion Club)

It’s in the interest of the European countries that Washington not take for granted an automatic solidarity in the event of war. Their interest is to avoid a new and uncontrollable escalation...
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US pushing for tougher sanctions on N Korea after missile tests (Al Jazeera)

The United States is pushing the UN Security Council to impose more sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang carried out a series of missile...
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US wholesale price inflation cools in final month of red-hot year (Al Jazeera)

First, the good news: wholesale price inflation in the United States downshifted in December. Now for the bad: the declaration capped off the largest calendar...
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CAIR urges US gov’t to probe group accused of ‘spying’ on Muslims (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

A prominent Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States has called on the US government to investigate a group it has accused of spying on...
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Comparing U.S. and Chinese Contributions to High-Impact AI Research (Ashwin Acharya, Brian Dunn, CSET)

While the large and growing number of Chinese artificial intelligence publications is well known, the quality of this research is debated. Some observers claim...
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Religion and Populism in the United States and Europe (Council on Foreign Relations)

Jocelyne Cesari Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham Tobias Cremer Junior Research Fellow in Religion and the Frontier Challenges, Pembroke College, Oxford Presider Irina A. Faskianos Vice President...
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Renewing America Series: The Growing Divide—Polarization in the United States (Council on Foreign Relations)

Speakers Edward B. Foley Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director, Election Law, Ohio State University; Author, Presidential Elections and Majority...
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States’ best chance for permanent broadband affordability requires action now (Blair Levin, Brookings)

When it comes to expanding broadband access, states have a lot on their plate right now. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, American Rescue Plan...
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Why the pandemic’s record-breaking quit rates are a boon to workers (Robert Maxim, Mark Muro, and Yang You, Brookings)

Workers quit their jobs in record-breaking numbers in November, the Labor Department reported last week. At first glance, such a large number of quits, followed by mediocre...
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The populist backlash in Chapter 11 (David Skeel, Brookings)

From a bankruptcy perspective, the pandemic has unfolded differently than many expected. Prior economic crises have caused sharp upswings in bankruptcy filings. The 2007-2009...
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Do sectoral training programs work? What the evidence on Project Quest and Year Up really shows (Harry J. Holzer, Brookings)

It is widely known that the earnings of workers without college degrees have stagnated in recent years and employment rates, especially among men, have...
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Want to restore trust in government? Start with customer experience (Sha Hwang and Annelies Goger, Brookings)

Confusing websites and long waits on the phone for accessing public services are eroding Americans’ trust in government. But it doesn’t have to be...
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Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: January (David Adesnik, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy....
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The US risks losing its influence in the Horn of Africa. Here’s how to get it back (Gabriel Negatu, Atlantic Council)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his freshly resigned Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, are arguably the most pro-US leaders in the Horn of Africa...
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Here’s how to get US-India trade on the right track (Mark Linscott, Atlantic Council)

When top US and Indian trade officials met in New Delhi in late November, they managed to agree to a sweeping joint statement that reflects the...
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