- Obama, Barack.
Remarks
by President Obama to the People of Cuba. 
The White House, March
22, 2016, 10 pages.
“I want to share with
you my vision of what our future can be. I want the Cuban people -- especially
the young people -- to understand why I believe that you should look to the
future with hope; not the false promise which insists that things are better
than they really are, or the blind optimism that says all your problems can go
away tomorrow. Hope that is rooted in
the future that you can choose and that you can shape, and that you can build
for your country. I'm hopeful because I believe that the Cuban people are as
innovative as any people in the world..”
(From the White House)
- Tong, Kurt.
Taiwan's
International Role and the GCTF.
US Department of
State, March 2, 2016, 2 pages.
“We want Taiwan to embrace a leadership
role and to work with us to find innovative ways to ensure appropriate
recognition of Taiwan’s contributions. Both Taiwan and the world benefit from
Taiwan’s meaningful participation in regional and global discussions. Expanding
Taiwan’s role on the international stage can be challenging, but working
together we have made significant progress in recent years. And I am confident
that through innovative mechanisms such as the Global Cooperation and Training
Framework, we will continue to expand our international cooperation in the
future.” (From the US Department of State)
- Gitter, David and
Robert Sutter.
Taiwan’s Strong but Stifled Foundations of National Power.
The National Bureau of Asian Research, Special
Report #54, January 2016, 32 pages.
“This report examines the key factors
underpinning the size, nature, and resilience of national power in Taiwan and
draws implications for cross-strait relations.” (From the National Bureau of Asian
Research)
- Pilger, Michael.
ADIZ
Update: Enforcement in the East China Sea, Prospects for the South China Sea,
and Implications for the United States.
U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission, March 2, 2016, 15 pages.
“On November 23, 2013, China established an air
defense identification zone (ADIZ)* in the East China Sea. China’s ADIZ
encompasses the Senkaku Islands, which Japan administers but over which both
countries claim sovereignty. This report seeks to assess the extent to which
China has enforced its ADIZ in the East China Sea, and to consider the
potential conditions and implications of a Chinese ADIZ in the South China
Sea.” (From the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)
- Barfield, Claude.
TPP: What
it means for the digital economy.
The Cipher
Brief, February 12, 2016, 2 pages.
“The entire E-Commerce chapter comes under the
full scope of the TPP dispute settlement system. If the TPP is ratified by the TPP member
states and comes into force, it will have far-reaching strategic implications
for both the world trading system and the future of the Internet. Even before expected expansion to other
Asian and non-Asian nations, the TPP already covers one quarter of world trade
and about 40 percent of world GDP.” (From the Cipher Brief)
- Jackson , James K.
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing
Oil Prices.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service, February 25, 2016, 13 pages.
“This report provides an estimate of the initial impact of
the changing oil prices on the nation’s merchandise trade balance.” (From CRS
Report)
- Hudak, John.
What the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Means for the Middle East.
The Brookings
Institution, February 22, 2016, 20 page.
“This report provides a
detailed overview of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It begins with a
discussion of how American presidential elections work and the sequence of the
electoral processes that will occur over the coming months. Second, it will discuss
what makes this election so unique, even by American standards. Then, it will
describe the major issues being discussed in the campaign, specifically those
that matter most to the Middle East. Finally, after providing individual
candidate profiles of the leading candidates in both the Democratic and
Republican parties, it will offer some conclusions about what type of foreign
policy can be expected from the next American administration.” (from the Brookings Institution)
- Inserra, David.
Top Four Homeland Security Priorities for the
Next Administration.
The Heritage Foundation, March 16, 2016, 4
pages.
“In 2017, a new President will face significant challenges
at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rectifying these shortcomings is important
if the U.S. is to remain secure and prosperous. The following are the top four
DHS priorities for the next Administration.” (From the Heritage Foundation)
- Kandel, William A.
U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service, February 17, 2016, 35 pages.
“This report provides an examination of family-based
immigration policy. It outlines a brief history of U.S. family-based
immigration policies, discusses current law governing admissions, and summarizes
recommendations made by previous congressionally mandated committees charged
with evaluating immigration policy. It then presents descriptive figures on
legal immigrants entering the United States during the past decade and
discusses the sizable queue of approved immigrant petitioners waiting for an
immigrant visa. It closes by discussing selected policy issues.” (From CRS
Report)
- Fallows, James.
How America Is Putting Itself Back Together.
The Atlantic, March 2016, 15 pages.
“Three years of reporting, traveling by small
plane to dozens of towns and small cities, uncovered revival and reinvention
that belie the popular perception of a nation in decline.” (From the Atlantic)
- Kahn, Robert.
Energy Prices and Crisis Risks.
Council on
Foreign Relations, March 2, 2016. 7 pages.
“The author testified
before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, describing the crisis risks
generated by persistently low oil and gas prices. He argued that the risks are
especially acute for energy exporters such as Venezuela and Nigeria, and that
such countries need sizable policy adjustments in the immediate future.”(From the Council for Foreign Affairs)
- Kerr, Paul K. and others.
Iran-North Korea-Syria Ballistic Missile and
Nuclear Cooperation.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service, February 26, 2016, 13 pages.
“This report focuses primarily on unclassified and
declassified U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) assessments over the past two
decades. These assessments indicate that there is no evidence that Iran and
North Korea have engaged in nuclear-related trade or cooperation with each
other, although ballistic missile technology cooperation between the two is
significant and meaningful, and Syria has received ballistic missiles and related
technology from North Korea and Iran and also engaged in nuclear technology
cooperation with North Korea.” (From CRS Report)
- Rohac, Dalibor.
The EU’s Refugee Crisis: Not Quite Over Yet.
American Enterprise Institute, March 9, 2016,
3 pages.
“The European Union (EU) and Turkey reached an
agreement to curb irregular migration to Greece. In return, the government in
Ankara is receiving €6 billion to cover the costs linked to the presence of
almost 2 million refugees and asylum seekers in the country, most of whom have
arrived from Syria.” (From American Enterprise Institute)
- Salaam-blyther, Tiaji.
CRS Insight: Zika Virus: Global Health
Considerations.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service, February 9, 2016, 4 pages.
“Zika is a virus that is primarily spread by
Aedes mosquitoes—the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue, chikungunya, and
yellow fever. Zika transmission has also been documented from mother to child
during pregnancy, as well as through sexual intercourse, blood transfusions,
and laboratory exposure. Scientists first identified the virus in 1947 among
monkeys living in the Ugandan Zika forest. Five years later, human cases were
detected in Uganda and Tanzania. The first human cases outside of Africa were
diagnosed in the Pacific in 2007 and in Latin America in 2015.The ongoing
outbreak in Latin America began in Brazil in May 2015 and has since spread to
26 countries and territories in the region.” (From CRS Report)
- Wike, Richard.
Broad Support for Internet freedom around the
world.
Pew Research Center, February 23, 2016, 3
pages.
“In a relatively short period of time, the
internet has become an influential arena for public debates about political and
social issues. And around the world, many consider free expression in
cyberspace to be a fundamental right.” (From Pew Research Center)
- Science of Innovation 2016.
The
National Science Foundation, March 2016.
“From 3-D bioprinting that could one day generate heart
tissue to origami-inspired structures built for medicine and space exploration,
a new set of educational videos continues an exploration begun three years ago
inside the creative process that leads to innovation. Six new stories in the ‘Science
of Innovation’ video series highlight how innovation can turn fundamental
science and engineering ideas into significant societal and economic impacts.‘Science of Innovation’ is produced by NBC Learn in
partnership with the National Science Foundation and the United States Patent
and Trademark Office.” (From The National Science Foundation)
- Litan, Robert.
Here's
Proof the U.S. Is on the Verge of Huge Innovations.
Fortune, March
1, 2016, 3 pages.
“Whether through solo entrepreneurs,
entrepreneurial teams, companies boosted by accelerators, or firms generated by
high tech studies, the convergence of
multiple parallel technologies is likely to lead to more rapid innovation than
the pessimists predict. That’s the good news. The potentially bad news is that
faster innovation means more technology-induced labor market churn, and thus
more displacement of the kind that has led to so much worker anxiety much in
evidence during the Presidential campaign so far.” (From Fortune)
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