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#FISA Section 702 "has been vital to countering these threats" from terrorists, #cyberattacks, espionage, WMD, @StateDept's Assistant Secretary for @StateINR
Brett Holmgren tells @CSIS
Brett Holmgren tells @CSIS
But @StateINR's Holmgren adds #FISA Section 702 "doesn't just help defend & protect US interests. It is essential to advancing & promoting US interests in the world"
"It is hard to overstate the centrality of [FISA] 702 collection to providing the secretary of state & US diplomats w/objective, timely intelligence & analysis & information, from assessments on #Russia, #China, #Iran & #NorthKorea to foreign influence" per @StateINR's Holmgren
1/BREAKING: #UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers sent a communication letter to the #PRC Government on #HK's #NSL, legal aid and law reforms affecting local & overseas #lawyers. Images are extracts. Full text: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/… 
2/ This letter of communication covers issues of human rights protections, judicial independence, fair trial under the NSL, as well as police powers, legal aid reforms, new cap of judicial review, foreign counsel and the latest government proposed bill of the Legal Practitioners… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3/ Impressive quotes can be found: 'Many of the provisions in the NSL seem to be at odds with your Excellency’s Government international legal obligations, in particular as set out in the ICCPR and customary law norms recognized in the UDHR.'
#China's spy balloon - "This was a surveillance balloon period...it is equipment that is inconsistent w/weather balloons" per @ASD_IndoPacific Ely Ratner, speaking at @HudsonInstitute
We "have not heard a plausible explanation for this activity" from the PRC, he adds
We "have not heard a plausible explanation for this activity" from the PRC, he adds
US deterrence vs #NorthKorea "is to deter agression & deter conflict" per @ASD_IndoPacific
"It's not to deter Kim Jong Un from killing a bunch of fish with his missiles"
"It's not to deter Kim Jong Un from killing a bunch of fish with his missiles"
"We're focused on readiness. We're focused on deterrence. We're focused on ensuring that Kim Jong Un doesn't take risks that go way beyond his capacity" per @ASD_IndoPacific
re #DPRK
re #DPRK
🧵Remember how, because of “globalization,” communist China was to become more open, more democratic, more like us-to quote a former U.S. official: “a responsible stakeholder in the international system”? This was nonsense, showing how little we understood culture and history.1/
Here is a small example of how off-base we were: EY China staff is being encouraged to wear Communist party badges on.ft.com/3Y4843K Rather than democratizing, the PRC has reasserted its commitment to the very ideology that, in CCP’s view, made China’s rise possible. 2/
Had we paused for a minute in 1991 and thought of what happens each time a country rapidly modernizes, three things hold: 1. The country becomes more geostrategically assertive and expansionist; 2. The leadership and political class become more self-confident; and finally, 3/
NEW: @SecDef Lloyd Austin says additional unidentified objects shot down over North America over the weekend "do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground"
"They do however present a risk to civil aviation & potentially an intelligence collection thread"
"They do however present a risk to civil aviation & potentially an intelligence collection thread"
"We'll get to the bottom of it" on unidentified object shots down in the past week plus, per @SecDef after landing in #Brussels with mtgs w/@NATO counterparts & the #Ukraine contact group
Per @SecDef, the priority for @DeptofDefense is "debris recovery so that we can get a better sense of what these object are"
Pentagon working w/@FAANews @FBI @NASA & others
Pentagon working w/@FAANews @FBI @NASA & others
Almost 65 years ago, Sept. 24th 1958, F-86 Sabres of RoCAF shot down 10 PLAAF MiG-17 Frescos in a single day.
MiG-17 jets flying at higher altitude & speed, supposedly immune to attack, suddenly found itself at the mercy of Taiwanese Sabres. The reason was the AIM-9 sidewinder.
MiG-17 jets flying at higher altitude & speed, supposedly immune to attack, suddenly found itself at the mercy of Taiwanese Sabres. The reason was the AIM-9 sidewinder.
A bit of background.
Around 1958, the PRC started building up its forces adjacent to Taiwan, while the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet patrolled the waters in the area.
In July, a ROCAF F-86 got shot down by a flight of PLAAF MiGs which forced ROCAF to step up patrols over the Strait.
Around 1958, the PRC started building up its forces adjacent to Taiwan, while the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet patrolled the waters in the area.
In July, a ROCAF F-86 got shot down by a flight of PLAAF MiGs which forced ROCAF to step up patrols over the Strait.
ROCAF recon flights revealed an increased deployment of PLA MiGs on airfields within reach of Taiwan.
The aircraft comprised of the Soviet built MiG-15bis, the improved MiG-17F & also the J-5, a Chinese-built version of the MiG-17.
The aircraft comprised of the Soviet built MiG-15bis, the improved MiG-17F & also the J-5, a Chinese-built version of the MiG-17.
Scoop: Amidst US-China #chip war, @CommerceGov to send an Export Control Officer (#ECO) to #Taiwan. Currently, #BIS of the Commerce only has 9 ECO positions in 7 locations overseas. Taiwan and Finland will soon be two newly-added locations watching #China and #Russia. (1/7)
The most important role of ECO is to conduct end-user verifications. The US officer arrives at the end user's location to ensure the US goods or technology are doing what they're supposed to be doing. (2/7)
Current 7 locations: China, HK, India, Singapore, Germany, UAE, Turkey. "[These are] choke points, places where there's a significant amount of trade....a risk of diversion of US goods to unauthorized end users," former #ECO of Singapore Donald Pearce told Business Weekly. (3/7)
NEW: Need for concern re lines of communication w/#China's military?
@DeptofDefense asked for @SecDef to speak w/PRC nat'l defense minister "immediately after taking action to down the PRC balloon" Saturday, per @PentagonPresSec
"Unfortunately, the PRC has declined our request"
@DeptofDefense asked for @SecDef to speak w/PRC nat'l defense minister "immediately after taking action to down the PRC balloon" Saturday, per @PentagonPresSec
"Unfortunately, the PRC has declined our request"
"We believe in the importance of maintaining open lines of communication...in order to responsibly manage the relationship" w/#China, per @PentagonPresSec
They're "particularly important in moments like this...Our commitment to open lines of communication will continue" he adds
They're "particularly important in moments like this...Our commitment to open lines of communication will continue" he adds
The US has used a deconfliction line w/#Russia in #Syria since about 2015
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Honored to be cited by @iandenisjohnson @NewYorker:
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"Andrew Erickson, a professor @NavalWarCollege & a visiting professor at @Harvard, said he’s seen no evidence that #China..."
For further background, see: sites.harvard.edu/coexistence/
thewirechina.com/2022/12/04/fix…
newyorker.com/news/persons-o…
"Andrew Erickson, a professor @NavalWarCollege & a visiting professor at @Harvard, said he’s seen no evidence that #China..."
For further background, see: sites.harvard.edu/coexistence/
thewirechina.com/2022/12/04/fix…
...wants to reciprocate, citing #China’s refusal to discuss meaningful arms control. “I don’t see a basis for deep coöperation” with #Xi’s China, Erickson said. “I’m sad to say that.”
newyorker.com/news/persons-o…
KEY: In what areas is the #PRC under Xi willing to accommodate the US?
newyorker.com/news/persons-o…
KEY: In what areas is the #PRC under Xi willing to accommodate the US?
Some context re. reported speed of #NorthKorean #missile:
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
…, first deployed by the US in 1959, are high-hypersonic (Mach 25) throughout their entire flight. Subsequent decades have witnessed the emergence of “#hypersonic” #missile systems that can maneuver instead of following a fixed parabolic trajectory, including #ASBMs, #HGVs… 2/n
…and air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjets (#scramjets). The US investigated maneuvering re-entry vehicles in the late 1970s, the #SovietUnion #HGVs in the mid-1980s; both failed. In 1981, the US fielded the #PershingII medium-range #ballistic #missile (#MRBM), whose… 3/n
NEW: Threat from #Iran, it's proxies "increasingly sophisticated & multi-dimensional...increasingly brazen" @TheJusticeDept's Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco tells @UANI's #Iransummit2022
#Iran efforts to develop & exploit networks in the #UnitedStates "is most concerning" per @TheJusticeDept's Monaco
"This is a threat that has evolved & increased"
"This is a threat that has evolved & increased"
#Iran brazenness evidenced by "this year alone, the disruption of 2 plots against Americans on US soil..." per @TheJusticeDept's Monaco, referring to plots vs @AlinejadMasih & @AmbJohnBolton
228/sc #Supply #Chain #Diversification: #USA needs to urgently shift the labor intensive & medium tech parts of its defence supply chains from 🇨🇳 to 🇮🇳 with the collateral benefit of getting more defence orders under #Atman #Nirbhar production; #GOI must ensure #EODB/#EORC
230/sc #Supply #Chain #Diversification . Note that Vietnam is a competitor in location of consumer digital products supply chains. (Reason & solution in next tweet)
The celebration continues 2 or 3 days. The celebration includes religious ceremonies & mask dances performed by the monks in #Tibet.
@NetTibet @CultureTibet
@NetTibet @CultureTibet
Dra Yerpa hermitage, about 16km northeast of #Lhasa, is one of the holiest cave retreats. Among the many ascetics who have sojourned here are Guru Rinpoche & Atisha, the Bengali Buddhist who spent 12 years proselytizing in #Tibet.
@TibetPeople @TibetCouncil @AartiTikoo
@TibetPeople @TibetCouncil @AartiTikoo
Songtsen Gampo also meditated in a cave, after his #Tibetan wife established the first of Yerpa’s chapels. The peaceful site offers lovely views and is a great day trip from #Lhasa.
@freetibetorg @SFTHQ @CanadaTibet
@freetibetorg @SFTHQ @CanadaTibet
The one-China principle brooks no distortion or challenge. The connotation of the one-China principle is crystal-clear, i.e. there is only one #China in the world & #Taiwan is part of China. The Government of the #PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
#Taiwan is part of #China - this is an indisputable fact. There is only one China in the world and #Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times. In 1895, #Japan forced the #Qing government to cede Taiwan after Japan’s war of aggression against China.
As #Kissinger shouted at 1969 football game, "On what theory?"
nytimes.com/1970/02/19/arc…
An alternative possibility—the "Ducks in a Row" approach:
Ambitious but failure averse, #Xi faces strong incentives to max forces before attempting one of (recent) history's greatest gambles.
nytimes.com/1970/02/19/arc…
An alternative possibility—the "Ducks in a Row" approach:
Ambitious but failure averse, #Xi faces strong incentives to max forces before attempting one of (recent) history's greatest gambles.
"Ducks in a Row" model ≠ theoretical speculation.
#Xi himself has charged #PLA w/ achieving 2027 "Centennial #Military Building Goal" (#建军一百年奋斗目标).
DoD: "this would provide Beijing w/ more credible military options in a #Taiwan contingency."
>>andrewerickson.com/2021/12/prc-pu…
#Xi himself has charged #PLA w/ achieving 2027 "Centennial #Military Building Goal" (#建军一百年奋斗目标).
DoD: "this would provide Beijing w/ more credible military options in a #Taiwan contingency."
>>andrewerickson.com/2021/12/prc-pu…
"Ducks in a Row" model allows ZERO room for complacency.
#Xi may well PREFER +-5 years more #PLA prep to attempt max-stakes mark on #history.
But many factors now in play, stakes high, margins thin.
#PRC rhetoric re @SpeakerPelosi trip suggests growing tensions moving forward.
#Xi may well PREFER +-5 years more #PLA prep to attempt max-stakes mark on #history.
But many factors now in play, stakes high, margins thin.
#PRC rhetoric re @SpeakerPelosi trip suggests growing tensions moving forward.
#RussiaUkraine #Chechens
Footage of Chechens during street fighting in #Mariupol
The launchers they're firing seem to be disposable RPO-A with thermobaric rounds
Footage of Chechens during street fighting in #Mariupol
The launchers they're firing seem to be disposable RPO-A with thermobaric rounds
@Special relationship" is a #delusion that Indians must #shun if they are to defend their Nation against Autocratic nations which have been looking for a way to destroy them for 75 years
Make no mistake, Putin's Damocles sword is now hanging over India's head. We don't have the luxury of talking🤐, we have to plan, decide, and act!
There are only "overlapping interests," between any two countries; When the overlap gets smaller & smaller, expect foreign policies to change; don't #delude yourself about friendship, Bhai Bhai & Jigri Dosti
New US #IndoPacific #Strategy!
Read full text here: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
"The #PRC..pursues a sphere of influence in the Indo-#Pacific & seeks to become the world’s most influential power. The PRC’s coercion & aggression spans the globe, but..is most acute in..Indo-Pacific."
Read full text here: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
"The #PRC..pursues a sphere of influence in the Indo-#Pacific & seeks to become the world’s most influential power. The PRC’s coercion & aggression spans the globe, but..is most acute in..Indo-Pacific."
#INDOPACIFIC: The Region by the #s
♦ #POPULATION: Over half the world’s people, including 58% of youth
♦ #ECONOMY: 60% of global GDP
♦ #GROWTH: 2/3 of global economic growth
♦ #GEOGRAPHY: 65% of the world’s oceans &🌊 25% of its land
>#STRATEGY: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
♦ #POPULATION: Over half the world’s people, including 58% of youth
♦ #ECONOMY: 60% of global GDP
♦ #GROWTH: 2/3 of global economic growth
♦ #GEOGRAPHY: 65% of the world’s oceans &🌊 25% of its land
>#STRATEGY: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
From the new U.S. #IndoPacific #Strategy:
"The United States is the leading international provider
of education to students from the Indo-#Pacific—nearly 68% of international students studying in the United States hail from the region..."
Read full text: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
"The United States is the leading international provider
of education to students from the Indo-#Pacific—nearly 68% of international students studying in the United States hail from the region..."
Read full text: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
Which is the greater military power: #PRC with 60,000 troops massed on India’s border(for ~2 years) or #RF with 100,000 troops massed on Ukraine border(for ~ 2 months)?
Now Out in Paperback! “#China Goes to #Sea: #Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective”
amazon.com/China-Goes-Sea…
@NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime is proud to publish this new version w/ @NavalInstitute @USNIBooks!
Come for the #maps, stay for the #history...
amazon.com/China-Goes-Sea…
@NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime is proud to publish this new version w/ @NavalInstitute @USNIBooks!
Come for the #maps, stay for the #history...
Honored to have #JonathanSpence’s endorsement:
“The maritime #history of #China has long been a neglected field..China Goes to Sea bring[s] that knowledge-gap to an end..will be an indispensable companion to those readers seeking to understand where China’s navy may be heading.”
“The maritime #history of #China has long been a neglected field..China Goes to Sea bring[s] that knowledge-gap to an end..will be an indispensable companion to those readers seeking to understand where China’s navy may be heading.”
1/ This incident have to do with the global context. The West...has thrown its entire #propaganda machine into agitation work and has given a lot of encouragement and assistance to the so-called democrats or opposition in China — people who are in fact are the scum [of 17]
2/ Some Western countries use things like #HumanRights or like saying the socialist system is irrational or #illegal, to criticize us, but what they're really after is our sovereignty...
3/ Two conditions are indispensable for our development goals: a #stable environment at home and a peaceful environment abroad...
Kim Jong Un’s authority comes from grandpa Kim Il Sung, whose supposed military exploits vs Japan & US form the very foundation & legitimacy of the Kim dynasty. But Il Sung did not liberate Korea or defeat the US, despite what the #DPRK says. State lies undergird the dynasty. 1/
Kim Il Sung's official Eng biographer, Baik Bong: "On Aug 8, 1945, [USSR] finally declared war on Japan. Kim Il Sung, who had already completed his operation plan for the final decisive offensives against Japanese imperialism, immediately ordered the mobilization of all units" 2/
"...under the Korean Revolutionary Army. Under the order of the General, the units began conducting courageous military operations in many areas in North, East and South Manchuria and the homeland, together with the Soviet Army." (p. 529) 3/
