Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a popular figure in his midwestern state – despite being relatively unknown at the national level – who has a track record of progressive policy wins. Vice President Kamala Harris likely saw Walz’s “everyman” appeal as differentiating him from career politicians and resonating with both progressives and blue-collar voters.
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The Indo-Pacific is emerging as a hotspot for global politics and economics even as it faces the massive consequences of challenges such as climate change and supply chain bottlenecks. Within this dynamic space, both the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)[a] are
The United States and India share fundamental concerns about China and want to collaborate on defense and critical technology. The U.S.-India strategic partnership is on an upward trajectory and is expected to weather the upcoming change in U.S. leadership.
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Washington, DC | July 30 – The Asia Group (TAG) is announcing a significant expansion of its industry-leading Indo-Pacific Defense & National Security Practice, notably for Australia, the AUKUS initiative, and maritime and high-technology capabilities. TAG is delighted to welcome Adm. (Ret.) John Richardson, Abraham Denmark, and Kathryn Paik as senior advisors. Today, TAG offers
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There will be signs of continuity, as well as critics who will say that one measure or the other should have come much earlier rather than now.
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If she is elected president, Vice President Harris is unlikely to deviate from the Biden administration’s emphasis on defense ties as essential to deterring aggression from China, Russia, and other adversaries. In the Senate, Harris served on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, but much of her work on the Intelligence Committee seems to have focused on Russia.
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What does this mean for Australia and the rest of the world? Do not expect much change in international economic policy from either side of politics.
In terms of stockpiling, China has a higher definition of what is considered to be a safety minimum, Mr. Han-Shen Lin, senior adviser and China country director of The Asia Group, told CNA, adding: “(This) can be seen as alarming to other nations”.
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J.D. Vance was elected as the junior U.S. Senator from Ohio in 2022. He rose to prominence after the publication of Hillbilly Elegy, his 2016 memoir in which he recounts the socio-economic challenges of growing up in the American “Rust Belt” in a white, working-class, and drug-afflicted family. Prior to election, Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps, attended Ohio State University on the G.I. bill and then Yale Law School, and began his career working in corporate law and venture capital (VC).
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The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy found that the United States spent more than USD 722 billion on prescription drugs in 2023 – a 14 percent increase over the prior year. According to other estimates, total U.S. healthcare spending has reached roughly USD 13,500 per person, amounting to nearly double that of other wealthy countries.
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