Tag: USA

Biden adviser to meet Saudi crown prince on Yemen: US officials (Al Jazeera)

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is travelling to Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to press the kingdom...

Secretary Blinken’s Travel for the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 29 to serve as a co-chair, alongside Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and...

The Department Unveils its First-Ever Enterprise Data Strategy (US Department of State)

The release of “Enterprise Data Strategy – Empowering Data Informed Diplomacy” is a milestone in the Department’s transformation into a more data-centric organization. The Enterprise...

Evolution of Indo-US Relations: From Estranged Democracies to Engaged Democracies (Rup Narayan Das, VIF)

From being what Dennis Kux, the US diplomat and author, called ‘estranged democracies’, India –U.S.A relationship has been transformed to ‘Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership’....

US Democrats face consequential week on infrastructure overhaul (Al Jazeera)

The United States Congress is set to consider two pieces of key infrastructure legislation in the coming days, in a week for Democrats that is expected...

Meng’s homecoming a rare chance to reset China-US relations (Global Times)

Meng Wanzhou Photo:AFP While many observers expect the return of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to create a relatively favorable atmosphere for US-China relations,...

AI Education in China and the United States. A Comparative Assessment (Dahlia Peterson, Kayla Goode, Diana Gehlhaus, CSET)

A globally competitive AI workforce hinges on the education, development, and sustainment of the best and brightest AI talent. This issue brief compares efforts...

US export controls leave Chinese researchers struggling to buy scientific instruments (Angeli Mehta, Chemistry World)

An analysis by Chinese researchers suggests that over 40% of items on the US export control list are scientific instruments required by China’s laboratory...

The geography of AI. Which cities will drive the artificial intelligence revolution? (Mark Muro and Sifan Liu, Brookings)

AI R&D and new firms are rising as shares of the U.S. total Share of AI-related projects in federal R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and...

The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty (Jason Jabbari, Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Brookings)

With COVID-19’s disruptions in employment, child care, and education, it is unsurprising that child poverty substantially increased in 2020—roughly 1.2 million more children were living...

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican Foreign Secretary and Central American Foreign Ministers (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power met yesterday with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, Foreign Ministers...

Jordan and America’s decades-long friendship (Bruce Riedel and Bill Finan, Brookings)

For over 70 years, Jordan has been an important ally in the Middle East for the United States, a connection built largely on the...

Biden should end America’s longest war: The War on Drugs (John Hudak, Brookings)

The War on Drugs, not the war in Afghanistan, is America’s longest war. It has used trillions of American taxpayer dollars, militarized American law...

Zelenskyy slams UN inaction over Putin’s Ukraine war (Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. September 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his September 22 address...

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman With Michael Wilner of McClatchy Washington Bureau (US Department of State)

WENDY R. SHERMAN, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE HARRY S. TRUMAN BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. QUESTION:  All right, so joining us is Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State,...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at Top of Meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Nations (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  (In progress.) – from Asia, good evening.  Thank you all for being willing to meet on short notice in this hybrid format. ...