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BREAKING: Poland announces that a Russian suicide drone intruded Poland airspace this morning & likely crashed around 25 km after crossing the border from Ukraine. Poland is a NATO member state How will NATO react to Russian explosive drones striking a member of the alliance?

⁦@MarkGaleotti⁩ "Russia doesn't have a real Africa strategy. It scavenges opportunities as they arise, trying to do so in the most cost-effective way. We must avoid abandoning spaces...or creating hypocrisies that the Russians will use against us" 👇 youtu.be/v80bw8bSD3w

Had a fun conversation today at @CSIS with @USIP’s @VJS_Policy, @ASPI_DC’s @dir_aspi_dc & @HudsonInstitute’s @WillRevenge on harnessing the Quad’s tech potential. Many thanks to the GeoTech Initiative for having us!

Pres Biden tells reporters at the White House that he expects Iran will attack Israel “sooner than later.” Asked what his message to Iran is right now, the president said “don’t.”

Belgium has opened an investigation into the pro-Russian propaganda network which is accused of paying MEPs to promote the Kremlin’s agenda. Here's what you need to know 👇 trib.al/bSh9IME

The US is now the largest destination for exports from Taiwan and South Korea after decades of China sitting atop the list. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @economics

Personally, I think Secretary Yellen's trip to China was a clear success -- not because of any short-term "deliverables" but rather because she (correctly) framed the nature of the challenge (from the FT) 1/2

x.com/maks_nafo_fell… Japanese PM Fumio Kishida speaking in the U.S. Congress: "You believed that freedom is the oxygen of humanity. The world needs the United States to continue playing this pivotal role in the affairs of nations. And yet, as we meet here today, I detect an undercurrent of self-doubt among some Americans about what your role in the world should be! This self-doubt is arising at a time when our world is at history's turning point. The post-Cold War era is already behind us, and we are now at an inflection point that will define the next stage of human history. The international order that the U.S. worked for generations to build is facing new challenges, challenges from those with values and principles very different from ours. Freedom and democracy are currently under threat around the globe." Via @Maks_NAFO_FELLA

Estonian defense minister Hanno Pevkur @HPevkur said his own government had found another million 155mm and 152mm shells and rockets for Ukraine. “If we combine these one million shells, the Czechs' potential purchases, our buying capabilities and also the British”—who reportedly are organizing their own ammo-for-Ukraine initiative—“I dare say that it would be possible to send Ukraine two-to-2.5 million shells this year, if the funding were available,” Pevkur told @Postimees.

There is now a bit of pushback against concerns about Chinese overcapacity. That is in part because the notion of overcapacity is itself poorly defined (capacity v domestic demand, v global demand or v the demand needed for decarbonization) But there is a real issue imo 1/x

Russian propagandists are telling us what they are planning to do: create a massive European crisis by making Ukraine uninhabitable. This can be achieved either through continued bombing, or through brutal occupation, or both. Listen to them. Take them seriously.

Kaja Kallas, the current prime minister of Estonia, has won the backing of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom to become the next secretary general of NATO, becoming the first woman and the first from CEE to lead the alliance. estonianworld.com/security/eston…

“A recent report analyzing hashtags on Instagram and TikTok concluded that TikTok ‘systematically promotes or demotes content on the basis of whether it is aligned with or opposed to the interests of the Chinese Government.’” jamestown.org/wp-content/upl…

Statement from the family of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman NEW YORK, NY -- The family of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman issued the following statement today: "Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024, in New York City due to complications from a fall. He was 82 years old. His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed. Senator Lieberman's love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest.” Senator Lieberman's funeral will be held on Friday, March 29, 2024, at Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford, CT. An additional memorial service will be announced at a later date.

@channingclee @ypfp We're lucky to have such a great rep for National Security. I know you'll do us proud!!

Stoked to join the 2024 cohort of Rising Experts at @ypfp 😃 Special thanks to @miriamroday & team for the opportunity! Look out for future thoughts on #NatSec & beyond ypfp.org/amplify/fellow…

ByteDance admits its employees in China inappropriately accessed US user data to track FT journalists located in the US. ft.com/content/e873b9…

No lasting world order is possible without a sovereign, strong Russia – Putin. Some of his other statements: ◾️The West unleashed war in Ukraine and the Middle East, and now they say that we are going to attack their territory - they are talking nonsense. ◾️It is necessary to seriously strengthen the military grouping in the western direction after Sweden and Finland were drawn into NATO. ◾️Russophobia deprives of reason. ◾️No lasting world order is possible without a strong Russia. ◾️We, too, have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. ◾️We remember the fate of those who sent their contingents into the territory of our country. Now, the consequences for the interventionists will be much more tragic.

House passage of bill to force #TikTok to separate from its China-owned parent company, ByteDance, or sell the US version of the software meeting w/approval from the chair & vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee

🇲🇾 - Malaysia is one of the surprise winners from US-China chip wars • Penang state attracted US$12.8bn in FDI in 2023, more than total it received in 2013 to 2020 • Malaysia is already world’s sixth largest microchip exporter, and the biggest chip supplier to the US