Ukraine War Is Motivating Taiwan to Better Secure Its Own Future
Russia ' s invasion of Ukraine is probably motivating Taiwan to better secure its own future versus China. But many of the challenges currently facing Taiwan, such as shortcomings in reservist training or lingering confusion over its military strategy, are difficult to fix, assuming they are even fixable. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 13, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Five Market ‐Oriented Policies to Help the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
Scott LincicomeWith Congress still considering a $50 billion-plus subsidy package for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, I ’ve discussed themany(many)reasonswhy such subsides are costly and unnecessary, as well as theignominious history of similar industrial policies in the United States. This doesn ’t mean, however, that the U.S. government should simply do nothing. Instead, there are many horizontal, pro-market policy reforms that would deliver substantial benefits to chipmakers and other capital-intensive advanced manufacturers in the United States while avoiding U.S. industrial policy’s common pitfalls – picking...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 5, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Correcting the Record on the Trans ‐Pacific Partnership
Clark PackardCiting a supposed groundswell of support for rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), former U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Robert Lighthizer recentlyargued that it would be a mistake for the United States to reenter the trade pact. The promising agreement with 11 other Pacific Rim countries was negotiated by the Obama Administration as the economic centerpiece of its “pivot to Asia” but then was unfortunatelyjettisoned by the Trump Administration as one of its first official acts in January 2017. The remaining TPP members moved forward with the agreement and renamed it the Comprehensive and Pr...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Packard Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 26th March, 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/55-of-telehealth-providers-frustrated-with-overblown-patient-expectations55% of Telehealth Providers Frustrated With Overblown Patient ExpectationsProviders also cited their ability to provide quality care and technical difficulties as among their top frustrations with telehealth, a new survey shows.ByAnuja VaidyaMarch 18, 202...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Japan's Wake Up Call
Russia ' s invasion of Ukraine has drawn concern and comparison to what China may have in mind for Taiwan. Given China ' s history of provocations, it could behoove Japanese leaders to devote renewed attention to how they would deal with a Taiwan crisis, especially as it could include an attack on Japan. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 24, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Jeffrey W. Hornung Source Type: blogs
What the Invasion of Ukraine Might Teach Us About a Potential Taiwan Crisis
Chinese leaders are learning from the conflict in Ukraine, not just by observing Russia ' s actions, but also the West ' s response. By also learning from the conflict, the United States, Taiwan, and other like-minded partners can help ensure that Beijing comes away from the current crisis with a greater appreciation of the risks that attacking Taiwan would entail. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 17, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Jeffrey W. Hornung Source Type: blogs
Why China Is Intensifying Its Military Flights Against Taiwan
On January 23, China repeated its familiar pattern of sending warplanes into Taiwan ' s airspace. This activity, which has continued in February, rarely has a clear single driver. Instead, there are several factors that should always be considered. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - February 21, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
5 Years Later the United States Is Still Paying for Its TPP Blunder
Colin GrabowLast month —January 23 to be exact —marked the five-year anniversary of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The country has been paying for it ever since.Comprised of the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim countries —including economic heavyweight Japan—the TPP was found by a 2016Cato analysis to result in net trade liberalization. A study by the U.S. International Trade Commission calculated a real U.S. GDP increase of$42.7 billion through 2032 as a result of TPP membership while a Peterson Institute for Internati...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Let the Sun Set on Solar Tariffs
ConclusionThe best decision by President Biden would be to refuse to extend these solar tariffs —one ofmany examples of how freeing trade can help counter climate change. Yet what may well prevent Biden from making the best decision are the politics involved and, especially, the prospect of being accused of favoring China and abandoning U.S. labor unions. But surely Joe Biden should have realized by now that, in any trade decision he makes that relates to China and regardless of what he actually does, the president will be accused by his political opponents of kowtowing to the Chinese government. And if his goal is to ex...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 19, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: James Bacchus, Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
January 13 2022 Edition ----- It seems this week that we have seen COVID19 roar back globally with the US and UK now reporting record cases and deaths and things staring to go pear shaped even on OZ. Otherwise globally the issues with Taiwan and the Ukraine seem to be bubbling on with all sorts of other smaller conflicts and disasters popping up! In OZ this week the feature has been the political paralysis on what to do about COVID19 to keep society functioning. It is starting to look a little ominous I have to say,The lack of RATs to help manage the outbreak is a real mess and shows some real planning deficiencies.
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
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Source: A Daring Adventure - January 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: admin Tags: Du học Đài Loan du học đài loan Source Type: blogs
Taiwan Would Be Better Off Alone
Relinquishing diplomatic partners could free Taiwan from an unwinnable competition with China and refocus attention on what really matters: reducing China ' s coercive power by strengthening relationships with powers that can truly help. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - December 23, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
The Top Seven Reasons to Oppose New Semiconductor Subsidies
Scott Lincicome and Ilana BlumsackAs the global semiconductorshortage persists, chipmakers have renewed theirefforts to convince Congress to hand them tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. Earlier this year, the U.S. Senatepassed a $52 billion subsidy package for this very purpose. Its fate remains unclear in the House of Representatives, but a vote on some sort of government support for domestic chip production is expected in the coming weeks (though perhaps after the new year). Before members vote again on any such subsidies, however, we provide below seven reasons why broad, strings-free subsidization of U.S. semiconduc...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Ilana Blumsack Source Type: blogs
Freedom in Decline for 83% of the World ’s Population: New Human Freedom Index
Ian V ásquezThe vast majority of the world ’s population (83%) has seen a decline in freedom since 2008. That includes decreases in freedom in the ten most populous countries of the world—China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico.So finds theHuman Freedom Index 2021(HFI) co ‐published today by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute in Canada. The index uses 82 distinct indicators of economic, personal, and civil freedoms to rate 165 jurisdictions from 2008 to 2019, the most recent year for which internationally comparable data is available.The decline ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
Preventing China from Taking Taiwan
The single most challenging high-end threat to a key American national security interest today is probably a Chinese invasion attempt against Taiwan. The United States could try to make that scenario unthinkable for Beijing by ensuring that China cannot dominate the western Pacific region. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - December 9, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: David Ochmanek; Michael O ' Hanlon Source Type: blogs
