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- Facts
on U.S. Engagement in Pacific.
IIP Digital, August 1, 2014, 8 pages.
"The
Pacific islands are steadfast friends and neighbors of the United States,
and positive relations with the Pacific region are an enduring U.S.
foreign policy priority. The United States shares the values and
aspirations of its Pacific neighbors, and its ties to the Pacific island
countries are deep and long-standing." (From IIP Digital)
- Kerry,
John.
U.S. Vision for Asia-Pacific Engagement.
U.S. Department of State, August 13, 2014, 16 pages.
"I
want to talk to you today about four specific opportunities: creating
sustainable economic growth, powering a clean energy revolution,
promoting regional cooperation, and empowering people." (From U.S.
Department of State)
- Krasner,
Stephen D.
China Ascendant?
Hoover Institution, July 22, 2014, 3 pages.
"Will
the country's rise disrupt the international order the way Germany's did
in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
" (From the Hoover Institution)
- Lampton, David M.
The US and China: Sliding from Engagement to Coercive Diplomacy.
Center
for Strategic and International Studies, August 4, 2014,
2 pages.
"2010
is a year to remember in US-China relations. Since the second decade of
the 21st century, the very strategic foundation of the relationship has
undergone incremental erosion – five or so years later the cumulative
result is serious." (From the CSIS)
- 2013年國際宗教自由報告：台灣部分。
Taiwan 2013 International Religious Freedom Report.
OT-1407, July 29, 2014, 5 pages.
"The
constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and,
in practice, the authorities generally respected religious freedom.
Taiwan labor law, however, does not guarantee domestic service workers
and caretakers a right to a day off, effectively making it difficult or
impossible for such workers to attend religious services." (From
AIT)
- 美國在台協會處長馬啟思高雄分處喬遷儀式致詞稿。
Remarks by AIT Director Christopher J. Marut at
Opening of New AIT Kaohsiung Branch.
Office Friday, August 8, 2014 China Steel Building, Kaohsiung.
OT-1408, August 8, 2014, 4 pages.
"Kaohsiung
is a prosperous and resilient city, and AIT has always cherished being
part of this vibrant community.
Today I am honored to join my colleagues to dedicate our new AIT Branch
Office in this beautiful China Steel Building, which demonstrates our
commitment to southern Taiwan." (From AIT)
- Elwell, Craig K. and others.
Bitcoin: Questions, Answers, and Analysis of Legal Issues.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, July 29, 2014, 21
pages.
"Bitcoin
offers users the advantages of lower transaction costs, increased
privacy, and long term protection of loss of purchasing power from in flation. However, there are also a number of disadvantages
that could hinder wider use. These include sizable volatility of the
price of Bitcoins, uncertain security from
theft and fraud, and a long term deflationary bias that encourages the
hoarding of Bitcoins. " (From CRS Report)
- Fischer,
Stanley.
The Great Recession: Moving Ahead.
The Federal Reserve System, August 11, 2014, 20 pages.
"The
recession that began in the United States in December 2007 ended in June
2009. But the Great Recession is a near-worldwide phenomenon, with the
consequences of which many advanced economies--among them
Sweden--continue to struggle. Its depth and breadth appear to have
changed the economic environment in many ways and to have left the road
ahead unclear." (From the Federal Reserve System)
- Froman, Michael.
Growing the Development Dividend: U.S. Trade Policy and Global
Development in the 21st Century.
Office of the United States Trade Representative, July 29, 2014, 6 pages.
"That's
why, for the last 70 years, the United States has consciously opened up
its market – even at times asymmetrically – to help war-torn countries
rebuild and poor nations develop.
We have done this not only because it is consistent with our
values, but also because we have an interest in the stability that comes
with poverty alleviation and the new markets that come from the emergence
of a global middle class." (From the USTR)
- Wilson,
William T.
Market Solutions Should Be Central to U.S.'s Taiwan Policy.
Heritage Foundation, August 1, 2014, 12 pages.
"Largely
locked out of the free trade agreements proliferating across Asia, Taiwan
is quickly becoming ever more economically dependent on China. Taiwan has
also grown dependent on China for its outward-bound foreign direct
investment (FDI). Accession to regional economic agreements and economic
liberalization would allow Taiwan to create a more diverse, flexible
network of economic relationships and fully operationalize
its economy’s comparative advantages." (From the Heritage
Foundation)
- Bloomberg,
Michael.
"Not to Teach Students What
to Think, But to Teach Students How to Think."
Vital Speeches of the Day,
August 2014, pp. 254-257.
"Tolerance
for other people's ideas and the freedom to express your own are
inseparable values. Joined,
they form a sacred trust that holds the basis of our democratic
society." (From Vital Speeches
of the Day)
- Seghetti, Lisa and others.
Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, July 28, 2014, 15 pages.
"This
report opens with an analysis of the data of the recent surge in UAC
crossing the border. It then discusses current policy on the treatment,
care, and custody of the population. The processing and treatment of UAC
is detailed, with a discussion of each agency that is involved with the
population. The report then discusses both Administrative and
congressional action to deal with the current crisis." (From CRS Report)
- Department
of Defense.
Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass
Destruction.
U.S. Department of Defense, June 2014, 19 pages.
"The
Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
seeks to ensure that the United States and its allies and partners are
neither attacked nor coerced by actors with WMD. It outlines three end states: no
new WMD possession, no WMD use, and minimization of WMD effects. The strategy also establishes
countering WMD priority objectives for the Department of Defense (DoD), defines an approach
for achieving them, and identifies essential activities and tasks."
(From U.S. Department of Defense)
- CdeBaca, Luis.
Modern Day Slavery and What We Buy.
U.S. Department of State, July 24, 2014, 7 pages.
"And
it looks at the ongoing challenges of fighting human trafficking in about
190 countries and territories around the world. We've come a long way in
our shared fight, and we saw and we're very happy with the fact that
about 45,000 victims were identified by governments in the last year. But
up again the International Labor Organization (ILO)'s most recent
estimate – a conservative one – suggesting that there are over 21 million
trafficking victims in the world; people held in servitude even as we
speak. Clearly, we have a lot more work to do." (From U.S. Department
of State)
- Freund,
Caroline and Sarah Oliver.
The Missing Women in the Inequality Discussion.
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, August 5, 2014,
3 pages.
"A
clear but often overlooked feature of this discussion is that the fantastic
gains at the top of the distribution are almost entirely accruing to men.
One reason it is overlooked is that income and wealth inequality are
measured at the household level. But one person in the household
typically earns and controls the money, and that person is almost always
a man. The concentration of income and wealth in the hands of men should
reinforce the call to undertake greater redistributive policies."
(From the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics)
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