Tag: USA

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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Mapping rural America’s diversity and demographic change (DW Rowlands and Hanna Love, Brookings)

The release of 2020 Census population data provided much-anticipated insight into the demographic trends reshaping our nation, but it also unleashed a wave of...
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The contribution of human capital to economic growth. A cross-country comparison of Germany, Japan, and the United States (Martin Neil Baily, Barry P. Bosworth,...

Traditional growth accounting exercises, which adjust for variations in the age, gender, and educational attainment of the workforce, conclude that changes in human capital...
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How worried should we be if the debt ceiling isn’t lifted? (Wendy Edelberg and Louise Sheiner, Brookings)

The debt limit caps the total amount of allowable outstanding U.S. federal debt. The U.S. hit that limit on August 1, 2021, but the...
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On Russia’s Obstructionism at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Yesterday, the premier human rights conference of the Europe-Eurasia region should have opened in Warsaw, Poland.  Unfortunately, the...
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The United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council (US Department of State)

“We renewed our engagement with the European Union, a fundamental partner in tackling the full range of significant issues facing our world today.” – President...
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Department Press Briefing – September 28, 2021 (US Department of State)

JALINA PORTER, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON MS PORTER: Good afternoon and happy Tuesday. Thank you for joining today’s press briefing from the State Department. I have two...
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s Travel to Switzerland, Italy, and France (US Department of State)

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Geneva, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France from September 29 to October 6, 2021,...
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United States Announces $37 Million Contribution to Education Cannot Wait (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON On September 27, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced $37 million in new contributions to...
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If Biden Won’t Stand Up to Iran, Congress Should Stand Up to Biden (Gabriel Noronha, Andrea Stricker, Matthew Zweig, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

The Biden administration’s Iran policy is collapsing, and it is well past time for Congress to intervene using a key tool it crafted in...
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting A National Defense Strategy (Thomas Spoehr, Bradley Bowman, Bryan Clark, Mackenzie Eaglen, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

In July, Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, director of intelligence for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warned that “it’s only a matter of time” until China resorts to military...
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Are vaccines and Afghanistan routes back to US-Iran engagement? (Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council)

Efforts on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last week to catalyze a swift return to talks on the Iran nuclear...
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To Deter China, Relearn The Lost Art of Dissuasion (Bryan Clark, Dan Patt, Defense One)

In its upcoming defense strategy, the Biden administration will attempt to balance challenges from an increasingly capable Chinese military against fiscal constraints imposed by other domestic spending...
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Russian Gas, German Elections, and US sanctions (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in the prices on natural gas (see EDM,...
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More continuity than change in Biden’s Asia strategy (Nick Bisley, East Asia Forum)

The contours of US Asia policy under the Biden administration have become clearer through the recent high-profile visits to the region by Vice President...
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