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- Blumenthal, Dan and
Eddie Linczer.
Tale of the Tape: Comparing Chinese and American strategies in
Asia.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, November 10,
2014,
11 pages.
"The
key questions are: What is each country trying to accomplish? What is
each country’s strategy? How well is each side implementing its strategy
and what are the obstacles in the way of the outcomes for each
country?" (From American Enterprise Institute)
- Katzman, Kenneth and others.
The "Islamic State" Crisis and U.S. Policy.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, October 22, 2014, 24
pages.
"The
Islamic State is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist
group that has expanded its control over areas of parts of Iraq and Syria
since 2013. It threatens the governments of both countries and
potentially several other countries in the region, and has drawn
increased attention from the international community. There is debate
over the degree to which the Islamic State organization might represent a
direct terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland or to U.S. facilities and personnel
in the region." (From CRS
Report)
- Kerry,
John.
Remarks on U.S.-China Relations.
U.S. Department of State, November 4, 2014, 12 pages.
"It's
important to remember that not too long ago U.S.-China ties were centered
on a relatively narrow set of bilateral and regional matters. But today,
thanks to focused diplomacy on both sides, the leadership President Obama
and President Xi have displayed, our nations are collaborating to tackle
some of the most complex global challenges that the world has ever
seen." (From U.S. Department of State)
- Obama
in Australia on U.S. Policy in Asia-Pacific Region.
IIP Digital, November 15, 2014, 11 pages.
"So
I’m here today to say that American leadership in the Asia Pacific will
always be a fundamental focus of my foreign policy. It won’t always make
the headlines. It won’t always be measured in the number of trips I make
-- although I do keep coming back. (Laughter.) But day in, and day out,
steadily, deliberately, we will continue to deepen our engagement using
every element of American power -- diplomacy, military, economic,
development, the power of our values and our ideals." (From IIP
Digital)
- Ratner, Ely.
Can China Make Peace in the South China Sea?
Center for American Progress, November 11, 2014, 5 pages.
"Senior
Fellow Dr. Ely Ratner argues that in recent
years, China become not only more assertive but has also been
increasingly engaging in unilateral coercion to advance its claims in the
South China Sea." (From the Center for American Progress)
- Romberg,
Alan D.
Cross-Strait Relations: Portrayals of Consistency.
(Calm on the Surface, Paddling Like Hell Underneath)
Hoover Institution, October 21, 2014, 26 pages.
"While
in reality adjusting to an evolving situation both on Taiwan and in
cross-Strait relations over the past few months, all parties have sought
to portray their approaches as consistent and undisturbed by 'some
situations' that could have thrown things off course." (From the
Hoover Institution)
- Remarks by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Kurt Tong at the Asian
Venture Capital Journal Taiwan Forum.
OT-1409, November 20, 2014, 7 pages.
"Today
I will be talking quite a bit about investment in Taiwan, the value of
that, and some of the things that the Taiwan authorities might be able to
do to improve the investment environment and attract more investment into
Taiwan. At the same time, we
are also working on that in the United States." (From AIT)
- 美國在台協會處長馬啟思台灣捐贈國際對抗伊波拉疫情物資儀式致詞稿。
Remarks by AIT Director Christopher J. Marut
Taiwan Ebola Response Donation Ceremony.
OT-1410, November 25, 2014, 3 pages.
"I
am pleased to be with you here today to help recognize Taiwan’s
contribution of protective equipment to the international response to the
Ebola outbreak in West Africa." (From AIT)
- Kreutzer,
David W.
Impacts of Carbon Taxes on the US Economy.
Heritage Foundation, September 16, 2014, 10 pages.
"Carbon
taxes are bad for the economy as economic analysis by both the Heritage
Foundation and the U.S. Energy Information Administration have
projected." (From the Heritage Foundation)
- Runde, Daniel F. and Conor
M. Savoy.
The Economic Impact of the Ebola Outbreak.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 13, 2014, 2
pages.
"Ebola
is quickly moving from a regional public health crisis to a regional
economic and political crisis that threatens to overwhelm the fragile
development gains made by Sierra Leone and Liberia over the past "
(From the CSIS)
- Watson, K.
William.
Will Nonmarket Economy Methodology Go Quietly into the Night?
U.S. Antidumping Policy toward China after 2016.
Cato Institute, October 28, 2014, 17 pages.
"This
paper presents some of the alternative scenarios that might unfold as the
2016 expiration date approaches. There are a number of ways for U.S.
antidumping authorities to retain the capacity to discriminate against
Chinese exports while claiming to be in compliance with WTO rules."
(From the Cato Institute)
- Department
of Defense.
2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap.
Department of Defense, June 2014, 16 pages.
"Climate
change will affect the Department of Defense's ability to defend the
Nation and poses immediate risks to U.S. national security. The Department is responding to
climate change in two ways: adaptation, or
efforts to plan for the changes that are occurring or expected to occur;
and mitigation, or efforts that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (Roadmap) focuses on the Department's
climate change adaptation activities." (From Department of Defense)
- "Executive Summary." from Exploring
the Digital Nation: Embracing the Mobile Internet.
Department of Commerce, October 2014, 4 pages.
"This
report is the latest edition of our Digital Nation series, and it is
based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau at the request of NTIA.
Against this backdrop of data, today’s Internet-connected society raises
a range of significant policy issues, including questions about spectrum
use, universal service, copyright, privacy, security, and the economy
itself." (From Department of Commerce)
- Kandel, William A.
Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy
Overview.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, October 29, 2014, 13
pages.
"Most
agree that revision of the system of permanent legal immigration should
be one of the major components of a comprehensive immigration reform
(CIR) proposal, along with increased border security and enforcement of
immigration laws within the U.S. interior, reform of temporary worker
visas, and options to address the millions of unauthorized aliens
residing in the country.
Congress is considering proposals to alter the legal immigration system—either
in the form of CIR or in the form of incremental revisions aimed at
strategic changes." (From CRS
Report)
- Duggan,
Maeve.
Online Harassment.
Pew Research Center, October 22, 2014, 8 pages.
"Harassment—from
garden-variety name calling to more threatening behavior— is a common
part of online life that colors the experiences of many web users. Fully
73% of adult internet users have seen someone be harassed in some way
online and 40% have personally experienced it." (From Pew Research
Center)
- Higginbottom, Heather.
The U.S. Government Response to the Ebola Outbreak.
U.S. Department of State, November 12, 2014, 7 pages.
"The
United States has responded both here at home and abroad, implementing a
whole-of-government strategy to lead the global effort to halt the Ebola
epidemic. State and USAID are working in concert with the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and
other supporting agencies to stop the spread of the virus and prevent
further transmission into other countries." (From U.S. Department of
State)
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