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International Relations

China isn’t complying with WTO commitments, Intellectual Property Alliance official says

By Bing Xiao on October 3, 2019 business, china, trade, US, USTR, WTO

USTR convened a public hearing on China’s compliance with the WTO commitments.

Conflicts and Terrorism Immigration International Relations

U.S. sees only “modest success” in return of refugees to northern Iraq, USAID official says

By Joe Snell on October 1, 2019 Iraq, modest success, refugee, U.S. Agency for International Development, US

The U.S. has had only “modest success” in encouraging the return of refugees to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain and Western Nineveh, according to an official on the U.S. Agency for International Development.

International Relations

Strong alliances, global investments key to China challenge

By Joe Snell on October 1, 2019 china, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Pentagon, US

An assistant secretary of defense warns that the cost to the U.S. of complacency toward China could be “extremely high.”

Cybersecurity International Relations Privacy and Civil Liberties

Gallagher calls for stricter regulation of surveillance sales to China

By Apoorva Mittal on October 1, 2019 china, Human Rights, surveillance, Technology, US

Rep-Gallagher and human rights experts discuss the regulating supply of American technology to China when it is used to spy on Uyghur Muslims and commit humanitarian abuses.

Conflicts and Terrorism International Relations

Defending Taiwan: What Should the US Do?

By Xiumei Dong on August 27, 2016 china, Military, national security, Taiwan, US, weapon

The challenge for the U.S. is to maintain diplomatic relations with China while meeting the commitments under the Taiwan Relations Act. “The fundamental problem is not the Chinese weapon or China’s strategy. The fundamental problem is political…We don’t even recognize the Republic of China, which is Taiwan’s official name, we don’t even recognize it as a real country,” said Ian Easton, a research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, where he conducts research on defense and security issues in Asia.