#ForwardDefense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades was interviewed on the UK's The Spectator TV about President Xi's global spy network.
He says: 'We aren't structured to deal with' China's global spy network
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The Scowcroft Center's Reporters at Risk series under its Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative works to bolster global press freedom & resilience of reporters. Learn more this #WorldPressFreedomDay ⤵️

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Missed our event with Lt Gen Shawn Bratton on the United States Space Force Commercial Space Strategy in conversation with Clementine Starling? Check out this summary article from Sandra Erwin. #ForwardDefense bit.ly/3WmMlqx

This month, the Atlantic Council Indo-Pacific Security Initiative & ACGlobalChina traveled to Singapore to host a Track 1.5 dialogue on 'Countering WMD Threats in the Indo-Pacific,' sponsored by Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Thank you to the exceptional experts who joined us from 13 countries!🌏

'Putin wanted less NATO....he's got more NATO' -
British Deputy Ambassador James Roscoe (right) speaking live at the Atlantic Council.
But he warned that despite growing by two new members, the Alliance must continue to adapt 'to face new threats and challenges'. ⬇️🧵

🇳🇴 Anniken Krutnes: “We have to deter Russia.”

“The best thing to do to deter Russia is that they do not win this war, and then we also have to continue to deter them when this war is over,” she tells Fred Kempe.

“That means building the strong force of Ukraine and of Europe.”

🇳🇴 Anniken Krutnes: “We [Europe] cannot replace US military aid.”

But the US is stretched—there are other hotspots in the world, she tells Fred Kempe.

“We have to actually take some responsibilities ourselves in Europe and we are understanding that.”

What more support would you like to get from the US?

“The first answer would be everything,” 🇺🇦 Oksana Markarova tells Fred Kempe at the Atlantic Council.

We are fighting in 800 [kilometers] of an active frontline with Russians attacking us daily, she adds.

🇺🇦 Oksana Markarova: “It will take a village to win this war.”

In order to deter Russia, everyone has to participate, she tells Fred Kempe.

At this point, we need to stop saying: “Europe has to step up,” because Europe did step up a lot, she adds.

🇳🇴 Anniken Krutnes: The supplemental aid to 🇺🇦 Ukraine has to be turned into weapons aid as soon as possible.

The most important thing now is that we don’t stop because of the supplemental aid, she tells Fred Kempe at the Atlantic Council.

“Russia cannot win this war.”

The biggest concern now is more air defense to Ukraine as soon as possible, 🇺🇦 Oksana Markarova tells Fred Kempe at the Atlantic Council.

It’s always cheaper to protect and deter than to fight later or to reconstruct, she adds.

“We’ve been clear since 2008 that 🇺🇦 Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance,” Ambassador Julianne Smith tells Andrew Desiderio.

“We reaffirmed that last year at the Vilnius Summit,” she adds.

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Burden sharing will be a big part of what we discuss at the coming NATO Summit and a key feature of the public engagement, Ambassador Julianne Smith tells Andrew Desiderio.

The message of solidarity around what’s happening in 🇺🇦 Ukraine will be a key feature of this summit, she adds.

“We should not give to Russia informal veto power on NATO enlargement,” says 🇱🇹 Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹’s Laurynas Kasčiūnas at the Atlantic Council.

“No third country should have such kind of blocking right.”

Vilnius Summit decisions were important for NATO’s deterrence and defence. In less than 3 months, we will go to Washington. We need to make sure it is a Summit that also delivers results and demonstrates NATO’s resolve, will and capabilities to defend every inch of the Alliance.

Missed our latest #ForwardDefense Commanders Series event with Gen. Sir Jim Hockenhull, Commander of Strategic Command? Watch the video to learn how the UK is preparing for future conflict: bit.ly/3UuS4Z5

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The 2023 #NATOSummit in Vilnius 🇱🇹 was a huge success but there’s always more to do – whether that’s burden sharing to Ukraine’s path to NATO membership. At the upcoming Summit in Washington DC, 🇺🇸 Allies and partners will push to reaffirm support for Ukraine and discuss how to…

'If Europe wants to avoid being pulled into a general full-scale war once again, it must rearm at speed and scale,' says Andrew A. Michta, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative Director and Senior Fellow, in a new article in POLITICO. Read the full piece here: politi.co/3vW6tVX

LIVE | Join Clementine Starling, Jen Easterly🛡️, Franklin D. Kramer, Greg Little, Emma Schroeder, Leonor Tomero, and Marjorie Censer for an event on the #SixthDomain and forging a more constructive US government-private sector relationship for wartime. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…