American Global Strategies October Newsletter (2024)

October 15, 2024

What’s Happening in National Security, Technology, Defense & Maritime

Vol. 3, Issue 34

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Ambassador O’Brien and AGS Chief Executive Officer Alex Gray organized a letter of over 400 former senior national security officials endorsing Trump for President. Read the letter here.
Gray participated in a panel discussion on global conflicts at the Global Taiwan Institute’s 2024 Annual Symposium.

AGS Senior Vice President Brian Cavanaugh was interviewed on O’Connor & Company Radio about the ongoing recovery efforts across America’s southeast from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Gray testified before the State Powers Committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in support of both the Oklahoma Foreign Agent Registration Act and the Oklahoma Foreign Adversary Divestment Act.
O’Brien, Gray, and Cavanaugh were named as advisory board members of State Armor to help states and localities respond to global threats and security challenges.
Cavanaugh joined the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition for a discussion on American economic and national security.

O’Brien and AGS Senior Advisor Elbridge Colby sat down with The New York Times to discuss President Trump’s foreign policy.
O’Brien and Gray for The Washington Examiner: Peace in Ukraine requires strength in America
O’Brien spoke with The Wall Street Journal’s Free Expression Podcast about what a peace through strength foreign policy may look like in a second Trump administration.
AGS Senior Vice President Anthony Ruggiero for the FDD Policy Brief: U.S. Investigates Russian-Chinese Nuclear Cooperation.
O’Brien joined America’s Newsroom to discuss Israel’s military campaign against Hamas and Hezbollah.

Gray for the Asia Times: Time for a US pivot to Central Asia
O’Brien spoke with The Hugh Hewitt Show about how foreign regulations on American tech companies is undermining U.S. national security.
AGS Senior Advisor James L. Regens was interviewed with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford by ABC KOCO 5 for a segment about Israel at war.
O’Brien joined The Larry Kudlow Show to discuss U.S. economic and national security.
Gray for The National Interest: It’s Time for a U.S.-Greenland Free Association Agreement
O’Brien discussed foreign policy challenges with Fox Digital.

Fox News: Hundreds of national security officials, ex-Cabinet members, Gold Star families endorse Trump
The National Interest: Make the U.S.-UK Special Relationship Great Again
The New York Post: Trump hints that he’s open to Richard Grenell, Robert O’Brien and Tom Cotton for national security roles
Politico: Iran has a hit list of former Trump aides. The U.S. is scrambling to protect them.
National Review: Top Trump Officials Join the Fight against China’s State-Level Influence Campaign

O’Brien spoke at President Trump’s campaign rally in Coachella, CA
- Watch here.
Trump thanked O’Brien at the Coachella rally for organizing a letter of hundreds of former senior nationals security officials endorsing Trump for President
- Watch here.
JD Vance spoke about O’Brien role in the Trump Administration working for peace throughout the world
- Watch here.

Business Insider: These big shipyards are China’s shipbuilding power players and are cranking out new warships at a breakneck pace
The Maritime Executive: Navigating the Next Storm: How Maritime Could Respond to the Next Pandemic
National Review: How to Break the Navy’s Shipbuilding Doom Loop
South China Morning Post: China shipbuilder shores up yuan’s use in trade via landmark containership deal
U.S. Naval Institute: Foreign Shipyards Can Help the U.S. Navy Build Its Fleet

Breaking Defense: It’s time for a true industrial strategy for American national security
The Wall Street Journal: How the U.S. Air Force Can Reclaim the Skies
Law 360: New Cybersecurity Rules Threaten Defense Industrial Base
Washington Technology: Defense industrial base unprepared for quick conflict responses, report warns
Politico: Europe’s tech gap is a major security problem, Ischinger says
Foreign Affairs: China Is Ready for War
NPR: Inside the U.S. city churning out Ukrainian weapons

The Wall Street Journal: Hamas and Hezbollah Threaten the U.S.
The Atlantic: The Collapse of the Khamenei Doctrine
Foreign Affairs: Hamas Has Reinvented Underground Warfare
The New York Times: Why Chinese Are Rushing Into a ‘Casino’ Stock Market
Axios: How Israel decimated Hamas and Hezbollah leadership in three months
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Tackles a Military Vulnerability in the Pacific: Supply Lines
The Washington Post: U.S. sends more troops, warplanes to Middle East as bulwark against Iran
South China Morning Post: Will Indonesia’s foreign policy be more assertive under Prabowo?
The Wall Street Journal: Behind the Mysterious Downfall of China’s Missing Foreign Minister
Haaretz: Who Leaked U.S. Intelligence on Israel’s Secret Preparations for a Strike on Iran? And Why?
EuroNews: Zelenskyy talks up Ukraine’s NATO membership bid in long-awaited ‘victory plan’ reveal
The Wall Street Journal: Scatter and Survive: Inside a U.S. Military Shift to Deny China ‘Big, Juicy’ Targets

Reuters: Comparing EU and US AI legislation: déjà vu to 2020
FDD: Consumer Devices Made by U.S. Adversaries Introduce National Security Risks
TAL Global: Taylor Swift, Mark Zuckerberg, and You – How Executive Protection Security Works
Dario Amodei: Machines of Loving Grace
The Diplomat: Taiwan’s Semiconductor Export Conundrum
The Guardian: Is China cannibalising the EU car industry?
Desert Alarm: 5 Ways to Prevent Phishing Attacks

Foreign Policy: Will the U.S. Election Make a Difference to U.S. Foreign Policy?
The Kyiv Independent: House Speaker has no ‘appetite’ for more US support for Ukraine
NBC News: Who does China’s president want to win the U.S. election?

November 22, 2024 – November 24, 2024: Halifax International Security Forum
“Halifax International Security Forum is recognized globally for its cozy and confident convening. Only at Halifax International Security Forum do the entrepreneurs who drive our economies, the writers who challenge and influence the world’s thinking and the decision-makers tasked with tough choices share the stage with the very individuals who are on the ground facing consequential local threats.”
December 7, 2024: Reagan National Defense Forum
“The Reagan National Defense Forum (RNDF) brings together leaders from across the political spectrum and key stakeholders in the defense community, including Members of Congress, current and former Administration officials, senior military leadership, industry executives, technology innovators, and thought leaders. Their mission is to review and assess policies that strengthen America’s national defense in the context of the global threat environment.”
December 11, 2024: AGS Holiday Party