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November 9, 2023
Unpacking the IPEF: Biden's Indo-Pacific Trade Play - Council on Foreign Relations

The Joe Biden administration’s first major trade initiative, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), is generating its most intensive round of discussions yet this month. With the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit around the corner, the Biden administration is racing to finish negotiations on the trade pillar to signal to China that it remains deeply engaged in

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November 9, 2023
Trilateral Security Cooperation: Implementing the Spirit of Camp David - Council on Foreign Relations

On August 18, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met at Camp David for the first stand-alone trilateral U.S.-South Korea-Japan summit. The Camp David Summit represented the start of a new era of trilateral partnership for the three countries and resulted in The Spirit

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November 8, 2023
State & Defense Dept. Officials Testify on U.S. Support for Israel - C-SPAN

November 8, 2023 2023-11-08T15:29:45-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNDM1XC8wMDNcLzE2OTk0NzU1NjZfMDAzLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Dana Stroul testified on U.S. support for Israel amid its war with Hamas before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Several topics were addressed, including securing pathways for humanitarian aid, ensuring the safety and

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November 8, 2023
China's Rise in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas Conflict | ChinaPower Project - ChinaPower Project

Skip to content China’s Rise in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Conversation with Dr. Dawn Murphy November 8, 2023In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Dawn Murphy to discuss China’s engagement with the global south, particularly the Middle East. Murphy lays out drivers of China’s engagement with

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November 8, 2023
A Turning Point for Global Trade - Council on Foreign Relations

https://youtu.be/fZO6qjPTSP8?si=dPyoDWuen4ejOCLj&t=12  Barack Obama/Fox Business: We are part of a global economy. We’re not reversing that. It can’t be reversed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iupPQ6yv9qk Evan Greer/YouTube: Hell no, TPP! Hell no, TPP! https://youtu.be/yoZiTCz_wYA?si=LcydQqVVI8zT4or2  DW Documentary: But the idea of free and fair trade is losing  ground, as competition between the world's economic powers grows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqW9zPnU3w&ab_channel=Channel4News Channel 4 News: Tariffs

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November 8, 2023
A Year of Mixed Results for Iraq's Sudani - Arab Center Washington DC

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi`a al-Sudani completed his first year in office on October 27 with a mixed record of successes and failures owing to objective domestic and external circumstances that impacted his parliament-approved government program. The program was a hybrid, two-part document. In the first part, Sudani laid out his own goals, which were

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November 8, 2023
State Department Daily Briefing | November 8, 2023 - C-SPAN

November 8, 2023 2023-11-08T12:30:27-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmNkXC8wMTBcLzE2OTk0NjQ3NzRfMDEwLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel briefs reporters and responds to questions on a range of foreign policy issues confronting the Biden administration, including the Israel-Hamas War and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel briefs reporters and responds to questions on a range of foreign policy issues

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November 8, 2023
The Russia Stability Tracker - Center for a New American Security

In February 2023—one year into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine—CNAS convened a group of leading U.S. experts on Putin’s Russia and authoritarianism to assess how the war is shaping political stability inside the country. This assessment updates the key pillars of Putin’s stability identified and analyzed in the February 2023 and June 2023

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November 8, 2023
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Over USD 11 Million Towards Climate Solutions - The Rockefeller Foundation

First round of funding from the Foundation’s USD 1 billion climate strategy goes to 25 grantees to improve global food and health security, curb coal, increase solar energy access, and moreNEW YORK | November 8, 2023 ― As the first part of its recently finalized 5-year climate strategy, The Rockefeller Foundation announces over USD 11

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November 8, 2023
Can a Summit Ease U.S.-China Tensions? - Council on Foreign Relations

Officials in the Joe Biden administration have visited China four times over the past few months, but nothing concrete seems to have come of their efforts. Can next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit really make a difference? This meeting matters because Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have only met once since Biden became president—on November

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