John, 

Each month, we bring you an update on Mike's latest work on the issues that are driving conversations around the globe.

Bottom Line: “We still have a long way to go because, as you know, we have not funded the military yet. We've not made a generational investment in key weapons systems that not only our military needs, but our allies like Israel, our closest ally in the Middle East, needs.”

Bottom Line: “I think it would be more prudent, given the level of bipartisan support for Israel right now, for us just to take action on Israel, which would include both a resolution as well as the resources necessary to ensure that the portion of the Iron Dome ammo that we provide is fully stocked, that the war reserve stockpile for the Allies program, for Israel, is fully stocked.” 

Bottom Line: “Our concern — a concern that has grown more acute in light of Iran’s support for a terrorist war against Israel that already amounts to the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust — is that the Iranian regime will use all available financial tools to further fuel this war against Israel, fund other terrorist proxies in the region such as Hezbollah who export Iran’s genocidal terrorism, and accelerate Iran’s nuclear [buildup].”

Bottom Line: “Francis has the power to confront Beijing. Truth, combined with the fearlessness to speak it, is fatal to every ideology of oppression.”

Bottom Line: “Using these modules may create a backdoor for malign Chinese government actors to access and potentially cripple our devices. It’s just common sense: American critical infrastructure must not be dependent upon CCP technology.”

Bottom Line: “It is worrying that the Biden administration continues to be unable to protect the United States from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espionage. The CCP flew a spy balloon across the U.S., hacked senior U.S. cabinet officials, and sent spies to our most sensitive military sites, yet the Biden administration remains committed to failed diplomatic and economic engagement.”

Thank you for reading this month’s edition of the Foreign Policy Newsletter –– we’ll be in touch as we monitor developing stories from around the globe.