American Global Strategies August Newsletter (2025)

American Global Strategies August Newsletter (2025)

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

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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

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

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

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