August 5, 2025
What’s Happening in National Security, Technology, Defense & Maritime
Vol. 4, Issue 42
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AGS UPDATES
- The White House: U.S. Senate confirmed former AGS Senior Advisor Sean Cairncross as the National Cyber Director.
- Save the Date: The AGS Holiday Party will take place in Washington, DC on Wednesday, December 3rd. Formal invitation to follow.
WHAT WE ARE SAYING
- Fox Business: AGS Chairman Robert O’Brien breaks down what a ‘security guarantee’ will look like to end the war in Ukraine on ‘Kudlow.’
- O’Brien joined America Reports on Fox News to discuss President Trump’s negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin over ending the Ukraine war.
- AGS Chief Executive Officer Alexander Gray for The Diplomat: America’s Support for Taiwan Is at a Critical Juncture
- O’Brien for Newsweek: Trump is Building American AI Dominance, Tariffs Threaten to Destroy It
- Senior Advisor Chad Wolf for America First Policy Institute: Stopping Chinese Fentanyl Requires a New Approach
WHAT WE ARE SAYING
- Gray discuss the takeaways from President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Fox News @ Night
- Gray for The Washington Times: U.S. can not afford to lose Diego Garcia
- Fox Business: O’Brien analyzes the interesting fork in the road for Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump on Kudlow.
- Fox Business: Gray weighs in on the high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on ‘Kudlow.’
- Daily Mail: O’Brien joined Jessica Dean on CNN to discuss the president’s upcoming meeting with Putin to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine
- O’Brien joined Kudlow Radio to discuss the war in Ukraine
- O’Brien joined The Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss trade deals
- Gray joined Fox News Radio: A Better Fiscal Position” In America: Tariff Revenue Soars Under Trump
- AGS Vice President Rob Pierce for The National Interest: Why Does China Buy US Farmland?
- Fox Business: O’Brien discusses a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president’s legacy as a peacemaker and the conflict in Gaza on Kudlow
- Pierce for Real Clear Defense: U.S. Credibility at Stake in the Senkakus
- Gray weighed in on the anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and whether there will be swapping of territory on America Reports.
WHAT WE ARE READING
Maritime
- Reuters: Norway selects British-made frigates to beef up maritime defence in $13.5 bln deal
- Economic Times: Maritime investment road map of $1-trillion ready, says Sarbananda Sonowal
- gCaptain: Cerberus and HD Hyundai Partnership Seeks to Revitalize U.S. Shipbuilding
- AP News: Hundreds of historic tall ships sail into Amsterdam for a maritime festival
- The Wall Street Journal: Trump Orders Agencies to Chart U.S. Maritime Revival
- Daily Telegraph: Chilean Tall Ship Esmeralda Visits Sydney Harbour
- Kean Miller, Texas Law: U.S. Coast Guard Rule Targeting Maritime Cyber Threats Adds Yet Another Incident Notice Requirement
- Foreign Policy Research Institute: Atlantic Bastion – Future of Submarine Warfare
Defense Industrial Base
- Reuters: Turkish defence company Aselsan to Build $1.5 Billion Technology Base to Double Capacity
- The Washington Post: How to Ensure America is Ready for the Next War
- The Week: The Pentagon’s missing missiles
- War on the Rocks: These Materials Could Cripple America’s Defense Industrial Base
- Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: Reimagining the U.S. Defense Industrial Base for Strategic Deterrence
- Axios: Overhead defense receives global spotlight due to growing threat
- Defense One: How many drones does it take to replace a destroyer?
- Zeihan on Geopolitics: The Revolution in Military Affairs: What’s Ahead
National Security & International Affairs
- Reuters: Ties thaw between Asian rivals India and China
- Foreign Affairs: The End of Mutual Assured Destruction? What AI Will Mean for Nuclear Deterrence
- Brookings: The art of the alliance: 3 takeaways from the Trump-Lee summit
- Financial Times: Germany’s National Security Council
- The Guardian: Trump will have been ‘played’ if Putin avoids Zelenskyy meeting, warns Macron – as it happened
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute: AUKUS and Critical Minerals, Hedging Bejing’s pervasive, clever, and coordinated statecraft
- Just Security: A Security Guarantee for Ukraine? Look to the Taiwan Relations
- AP News: SCO summit could challenge US dominance and lend weight to China’s vision of a multipolar world
- The Wall Street Journal: Trump Leans on National Security to Justify Next Wave of Tariffs
Technology & Cyber
- Quinn Emanuel Urguhart & Sullivan, LLP: Global Legal Intelligence 2025
- White and Case LLP: Server Wars: The Future of Data Center Arbitration
- FT Markets: V2X Advances National Security Growth with Strategic Acquisition
- Business Insider: Fortinet Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Hybrid Mesh Firewall
- The Wall Street Journal: Why China Loves and Fears Nvidia’s H20 Chip
- Financial Times: US set to ban Chinese technology in submarine cables
- WSJ Opinion: If the U.S. Doesn’t Set Global Tech Standards, China Will
- Semafor: Trump may penalize ‘past’ debanking
U.S. Politics
- Axios: Cracker Barrel returning to “Old Timer” logo after MAGA backlash
- The Washington Post: Celebrating our military should be a truly bipartisan cause
- WP Intelligence: Inside the Office of Strategic Capital, the Pentagon’s new $200 billion lending powerhouse
UPCOMING EVENTS
- September 9, 2025 – September 23, 2025: 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
“The 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80) will open on Tuesday, 9 September 2025. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 23 September 2025.” - October 7, 2025 – October 9, 2025: SEMICON West
“Phoenix is set to become a tech powerhouse in 2025 with the arrival of SEMICON West, the premier microelectronics exhibition in North America. The first show, at the Phoenix Convention Center, is October 7-9, 2025, then it returns in 2027 and 2029. SEMI’s decision to host SEMICON West in Phoenix highlights a strategic shift to further technological advancements and industry expansion.” - December 3, 2025: AGS Holiday Party
For additional events and conferences in the national security, aerospace, maritime, international, manufacturing, technology, and energy spaces, please see the AGS 2025 events calendar below:
2025 Events Calendar