WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S INTERIM NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIC GUIDANCE MEANS FOR THE U.S. MILITARY
There is now an opportunity to renew America’s faith in the non-partisan nature of the military and its undying allegiance to the Constitution, not political party, platform, or presidential personality, writes Todd Schmidt.
THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA: Good Neighbors At Last?
In Latin America, while the Trump administration whistled against the winds of global change, the Biden team needs to see that the days of dictating policy there are over, writes Abraham Lowenthal.
U.S.-MEXICO TRADE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BILATERAL CONFLICT
Mexico’s new Electricity Law appears to contravene provisions of several Mexican trade agreements, including the USMCA, opening the door to bilateral conflict, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
AN UPDATE ON U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS AND MEXICO’S ECONOMY AND SECURITY
The approval of a new national security law in Mexico promises to disrupt security cooperation between Mexico and the United States, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
CAN BIDEN SIMPLY REJOIN THE DEAL WITH IRAN?
Not without some major changes, writes Abraham Wagner.
HOW SHOULD BIDEN-HARRIS MANAGE KEY TECH POLICY CHALLENGES?
Tough decisions lie ahead in tackling a multiplicity of technology policy challenges, so President-elect Biden will need to marshal the force of government, American society and industry, and the world’s democracies to set a fresh agenda for the decade ahead, writes Lulio Vargas-Cohen.
GOOD BIDEN-KIM RELATIONSHIP NECESSARY TO AVOID A NUCLEAR CRISIS
In order to avoid a nuclear catastrophe with North Korea, the incoming Biden administration should build good relations by sending the right signals to Kim Jong-un, writes Jongsoo Lee.
U.S. ATTACKING IRAN—A WAR THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNDER TRUMP'S WATCH
It is unlikely Trump will order an attack on Iran in his final days as president, writes Abraham Wagner.
DEMOCRACIA EN EE.UU: LAS ELECCIONES 2020
El apoyo a Trump aumentó en el sector de los votantes latinos en Florida (principalmente cubano-americanos, venezolanos-americanos y colombo-americanos) y en Texas, (especialmente a lo largo de la frontera con México), pero los votantes latinos en otras partes del país, que provienen principalmente de México y Centroamérica, continuaron votando por los demócratas a una tasa superior al 60%, escribe Abraham Lowenthal.
BIDEN’S OPPORTUNITY TO REPUDIATE THE TRUMP DOCTRINE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
President Trump’s doctrine left a destabilized Middle East for the incoming Biden administration to stabilize, writes Ibrahim al-Marashi.
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