"Perhaps above all, said Michael Singh, a former George W. Bush administration aide, Biden will have to decide 'whether he is going to make the NSC the prime mover on all things national security' as Obama did, or delegate more authority to Cabinet agencies..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"'At the same time that Xi was hypocritically claiming to be the grand defender of the global system, Trump was attacking it viciously and putting forward a very nationalist jingoistic message. So that magnified the contrasts and widened the gap,' said [Danny] Russel, who is now vice president of international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"No matter who wins, the US sanctions strategy is sure to be impacted by the upcoming election. How will the results affect Washington’s current favoured foreign policy tool? Emil Dall speaks with Elizabeth Rosenberg of the Center for New American Security, Nicholas Turner of Steptoe & Johnson Hong Kong and Sascha Lohmann of the SWP..." Listen to the full episode here: Full Episode
"Lincoln Bloomfield, chairman emeritus at the Stimson Center, weighs in on major differences in foreign policy style between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump..." Watch the full interview here: Full Interview
"It is hard to believe that it is the 25th anniversary of the loss of Yitzhak Rabin. "He was the embodiment of modern Israel. He was the first Israeli leader who was native-born. He fought its wars and built the Israeli military from the time he was a young commander in the Palmach, defending Jerusalem in 1948, to being chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces in the 1967 war. But Rabin led his country not just in war, but [...]
"'If they talk about the Green New Deal, that would rely heavily on NASA to be a part of getting that implemented using technology in orbit,' said retired Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden, who served as NASA administrator in the Obama administration..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"In this week’s episode, host Mark Leonard is joined by Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, Jean Pisani-Ferry, ECFR Council Member and a senior fellow at Brussels-based think-tank Bruegel and Jonathan Hackenbroich, ECFR policy fellow for economic statecraft and the head of ECFR’s Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion to discuss how Europe could build up higher economic resilience. How can the Union best [...]
"When Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth data for the third quarter of 2020 is released on October 29, it will almost certainly break records. Many analysts project growth over 30 percent at an annual rate – roughly twice as high as any quarterly growth rate since World War II. "Yet despite this phenomenal-sounding growth, the economy will still be in a considerable hole, is actually slowing down, and presents a strong case for concern. Some basic math and data can help [...]
"In the final presidential debate Thursday night, Vice President Joe Biden called climate change an 'existential threat to humanity' that we have a moral obligation to address. Whoever leads the country for the next four years in January has an opportunity to substantially reduce carbon emissions while creating millions of new green tech jobs that could help revive and strengthen the American economy after the Covid-19 crisis..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"'The North Koreans are perhaps more inclined to teach a lesson and to housebreak a new Biden administration than they are to throw a monkey wrench into what’s already a kind of wild and crazy U.S. election,' Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for the region, said during a virtual panel earlier this month..." Read the full article here: Full Article