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#58: Ban Chinese Products and Services From Strategic Supply Chain

By: Franklin D. Kramer What is the kernel of the issue? China is pervasively present in numerous supply chains from the source of raw materials through manufacturing and production. This creates challenges of resilience for the United States and likeminded transatlantic allies who may be reliant to some extent on Chinese products or services for […]

#57: Build A Comprehensive Allied and Partner Strategic Intelligence Assessment of China

By: James P. Danoy What is the kernel of the issue? Building common transatlantic approaches to China requires developing a shared understanding of the challenges presented by China. However, intelligence sharing architectures among transatlantic nations and Indo-Pacific allies like the “Five Eyes” coalition are highly exclusive, leaving other allies and partners with critical information gaps.   Why […]

Future of DHS Project cited in House Appropriations Committee hearing on DHS management challenges

By Atlantic Council

On March 17, the House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing on "DHS Management Challenges" with co-Chairs of Forward Defense's Future of DHS Project advisory board and former secretaries of DHS Michael Chertoff and Jeh Johnson.

#56: Confront Beijing’s Policy of Pressuring Seoul Rather Than Pyongyang

By: Markus Garlauskas What is the kernel of the issue? Beijing’s obstructive approach on Korea issues should inform US policy on China. US pressure on Pyongyang faltered as Beijing failed to enforce UN sanctions—even while Beijing bullied Seoul for accepting a US THAAD interceptor battery in 2017. Why is the issue important? Beijing’s lifeline to […]

#55: Nominate and Empower a National Cyber Director

By: Erica Borghard and Trey Herr What is the kernel of the issue? Congress created the Senate-confirmed position of the National Cyber Director (NCD) position in the 2021 National Defense Authorization to be the coordinator for cyber defense across the interagency and the principal cybersecurity advisor to the President. The Biden administration’s National Security Council […]