- Florick, Davis.
China's Role in
Central Asia.
Center for
Strategic and International Studies, May 2, 2017, 32 pages.
“From Washington’s perspective,
developing cooperative mechanisms with Beijing offers the best opportunity to
stem Moscow’s advance. However, identifying the best means to partner with
China requires careful analysis of how the PRC has worked to achieve its own
objectives in Central Asia. Equipped with a more comprehensive knowledge of
where China and the US may partner is prudent given the complex nature of
trilateral relations among Beijing, Moscow, and Washington, particularly given
potential changes associated with the Trump Administration. Ultimately, strengthening
ties with the PRC and the four Central Asian states to counter Russian
aggression is within reach but will require comprehensive analysis and a
strategic approach that leverages Chinese and US strengths.” (From CSIS)
- Green, Michael and
others.
Countering
Coercion in Maritime Asia: The Theory and Practice of Gray Zone Deterrence.
Center for
Strategic and International Studies , May 9, 2017, 298 pages.
“In the past decade, tensions in Asia
have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its
neighbors and the United States. This study reviews deterrence literature and
nine case studies of coercion to develop recommendations for how the United
States and its allies and partners could counter gray zone activity.” (From
CSIS)
- McBride, James.
How Does the U.S.
Spend Its Foreign Aid?
Council on Foreign
Relations, April 11, 2017, 8 pages.
“With President Donald J. Trump advocating for deep cuts to U.S. foreign
aid, debate has renewed over the role of foreign assistance funds in boosting
growth, promoting democracy, and saving lives.”
(From Council on Foreign Relations)
- Negroponte, John
and others.
Building a Better
Future: A Blueprint for Central America’s Northern Triangle.
Atlantic Council, May 5, 2017, 52 pages.
"To many Americans, the difficult issues facing Central America’s
Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—may seem distant. But
the future of the United States is tied to these countries as some of our
closest neighbors. Geography alone demonstrates that their stability and
prosperity is critical to our national interest.” (From Atlantic Council)
- O'Rourke, Ronald.
China Naval
Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues
for Congress.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service , May12, 2017,
107 pages.
“China is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited
but growing capability for conducting operations beyond China’s near-seas
region. The question of how the United States should respond to China’s
military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, is a
key issue in U.S. defense planning.”(From CRS report)
- Stanton, Joshua
and others.
Getting Tough on North Korea: How to Hit Pyongyang Where
It Hurts.
Foreign Affairs, May/June 2017 Issue, 11 pages.
“To protect the United States and its allies from the North Korean threat
and prevent further nuclear proliferation, the Trump administration must end
the incoherent policy of simultaneously sanctioning and subsidizing Pyongyang.
Instead, it should crack down on the foreign financial dealings of North Korean
officials and companies and the foreign states that help them. The world is
facing its greatest nuclear emergency since the Cuban missile crisis.” (From
Foreign Affairs)
- American-Made Innovation Sparking Economic
Growth.
The
Science Coalition April 25, 2017, 50 pages.
“This is the third Sparking Economic Growth report published
by The Science Coalition. Each volume of the report has highlighted a different
set of companies created from federally funded university research, totaling
302 companies to date. The reports are intended to showcase one of the ways
that federal investment in basic scientific research helps stimulate the
economy.” (From the Science Coalition)
- Ker,
Michelle.
U.S. Financial Exposure to China.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission, May 9, 2017, 18 pages.
“China’s direct financial
linkages with the United States have been growing but remain very modest when
compared to the two countries’ trade linkages. Beijing has taken steps to
gradually open its financial sector to foreign investors, but U.S. investors
have displayed little interest since the reforms are happening as Chinese
policymakers impose tighter restrictions on foreign currency conversions and
outbound capital flows. Economic and financial developments in China can affect
U.S. financial markets more substantially through indirect channels, as was
evident in the reaction of U.S. equities to China’s stock market crashes in
2015 and 2016. More broadly, the impact of China’s slowing growth and economic
reforms on trade, commodities demand, and investor confidence affects global
financial markets, which in turn influence U.S. financial markets.”(From U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission)
- Rainie,
Lee and Janna Anderson.
The
Future of Jobs and Jobs Training.
Pew Research Center, May 3, 2017, 95 pages.
“As robots, automation
and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption
of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs
will be created to meet new demands. There are two uncertainties: Will
well-prepared workers be able to keep up in the race with AI tools? And will
market capitalism survive?” (From Pew Research Center)
- Timeline: U.S. Postwar Immigration Policy: 1952–2015.
Council on Foreign Relations, April 27, 2017, 22 pages.
“Immigration has been an
important element of U.S. economic and cultural vitality since the country's
founding. This interactive timeline outlines the evolution of U.S. immigration
policy after World War ”(From Council on Foreign Relations)
- Funk, Cary
and Brian Kennedy.
Public Divides Over Environmental Regulation
and Energy Policy.
Pew Research Center, May 16, 2017, 19 pages.
“Amid major debates over
energy and environmental policy changes, Americans tilt toward supporting
government regulations as the best way to encourage renewable energy
development, believe that reliance on solar and wind power are effective in
minimizing pollution, and are less convinced that pro-coal and pro-oil policies
are viable antipollution strategies.” (From Pew Research Center)
- Connable, Ben and
others.
Beating the
Islamic State: Selecting a New Strategy for Iraq and Syria.
Rand, May 8, 2017,
98 pages.
“This report assesses the current strategy and presents three options for
a new strategy. Each of these options, derived from subject-matter-expert
input, represents a broad strategic approach to defeating IS. Continuous
counterterror focuses on containing and suppressing IS while accepting ongoing
instability in Iraq and Syria. Practical stability seeks to reestablish the
pre–Arab Spring order in Iraq and Syria, building stable states at the probable
expense of democracy and human rights. The report recommends the third option:
Legitimated stability. This approach pursues a long-term strategy that seeks to
address the root causes of the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, reconciling the
disenfranchised Sunni Arab populations with their governments, and thereby removing
the conditions that allowed IS to emerge and thrive.”(From Rand)
- Gordon, Deborah.
From Standard To
Smarter Oil.
Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, May 1, 2017, 2 pages.“Making ‘smarter oil’ involves making better decisions. This involves
challenging traditional thinking in order to better understand oil. Oil
resources vary quite a bit and will continue to change over time. Closely
following and increasing data transparency through the oil supply chain are
critical to realistically assessing lifecycle impacts from the oil sector. Oil
innovation must keep pace and address these impacts or oil may someday find
itself out of a job.” (From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
- Ladislaw, Sarah
and others.
U.S. Oil in the Global Economy:
Markets, Policy, and Politics.
Center for Strategic and International
Studies, April 20. 2017, 12 pages.
“This article provides highlights from a one-day
CSIS workshop held March 22, 2017, with government, industry, financial, and
policy experts exploring the role of U.S. tight oil production in the global
energy landscape. The workshop addressed a limited set of key issues concerning
the role of U.S. oil in the global markets and is being followed by two related
CSIS workshops dealing with societal and environmental risks in U.S. onshore
development and the global natural gas markets.” (From CSIS)
- Atkinson, Robert D.
Robots,
Automation, and Jobs: A Primer for Policymakers.
Information Technology and Innovation
Foundation, May 8, 2017, 2 pages.
“There is
considerable confusion about the potential effects of emerging technologies
such as robotics and artificial intelligence on employment. This primer
outlines 13 key points to understand about that interaction.” (From ITIF)
- Castro, Daniel and others.
10
Steps Congress Can Take to Accelerate Data Innovation.
Information Technology and Innovation
Foundation, May 15, 2017, 20 pages.
“To unlock the benefits of
data-driven innovation, policymakers should support publishing data the
government already collects, collecting more data that can be put to valuable
use, and encouraging industries to make better use of data.” (From ITIF)
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