John, 

As conflict and tensions continue to escalate in Ukraine and along the Taiwan Strait, Rep. Gallagher is calling on the White House to address concerning defense shortages and a built-to-fail Navy shipbuilding strategy.

Catch up on all the foreign policy headlines you may have missed below and add your name if you agree we must prepare better to defend Taiwan.

CONGRESSMAN GALLAGHER URGES U.S. to ‘Arm Taiwan to the Teeth’

Bottom Line: “Gallagher said that to avoid such disasters, the U.S. should seek to deter through “denial” instead of “punishment,” because it prevents presidents from failing to follow through, maintaining American credibility.”

REP. GALLAGHER WARNS OF U.S. WEAPONS SHORTAGE

Bottom Line: “We just burned through seven years of Javelins and that’s not only important as we continue to try and help the Ukrainians win in Ukraine, that's important as we try to simultaneously defend Taiwan from aggression from the Chinese Communist Party.”

REP. GALLAGHER ON BIDEN’S SHIPBUILDING “PLAN”

Bottom Line: “Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher said in a statement that the plan is “fundamentally unserious. In fact, it is not even a plan. Instead of a clear articulation of the Navy the nation needs, it presents three options—which means the service has no clear vision for where it wants to go nor how it will get there.”

REP. GALLAGHER ON WAR IN UKRAINE

Bottom Line: “We shouldn’t allow the fear of escalation, or the fear of provocation, or the fear of what Putin might do to dictate our actions. And indeed, it’s that fear itself, such as it makes us hesitate, that is provocative and that Putin feeds upon.”

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

–– Gallagher Foreign Policy HQ