“The United States needs to prepare for a new era of strategic competition—in particular by deterring and responding to great-power aggression,” writes U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
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Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel.
The need for humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine.

We are at a global inflection point that is bigger than party or politics.

Tonight, I'll address the nation at 8:00 PM ET from the Oval Office.

Saddened to hear this news. David Dollar was an exceptional scholar of the Chinese economy and also a wonderful and kind colleague at Brookings Foreign Policy. He will be missed.

Incredible game. #RugbyWorldCup

The 32 Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation countries are a diverse group, but the Atlantic ties us together. With this new grouping, we’ll forge deeper connections among our countries & work together on critical issues from science & tech to the environment to economic growth.

We launched the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation with 32 countries across 4 continents. It is the first time so many Atlantic countries have come together to work on shared priorities like science & technology, ocean economy, & climate change. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

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Russia suspending participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative will worsen food insecurity and harm millions of vulnerable people around the world. The Initiative has helped bring down food prices, which spiked as a result of Russia’s brutal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Today is my last day as DoD Policy. I first got to know Secretary Austin more than a decade ago (see the picture on the left of us in Baghdad in 2011). It's been the honor of a lifetime to serve with him again, alongside the extraordinary men and women of OSD Policy.

Tune in as I deliver remarks alongside G7 leaders to announce a new Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Kemal was a kind & brilliant colleague & an exemplary public servant. I fondly remember working with him at The Brookings Institution on the Eurocrisis. He taught us all a great deal and he will be missed.

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Democracy isn’t in decline; it’s under attack.

Authoritarians are banding together to undermine democracy around the world. Today in Foreign Affairs I wrote about how President Biden is bringing democracies together to push back: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

This is the latest example of China scrambling to do damage control. It has repeatedly and wrongly claimed the surveillance balloon it sent over the US was a weather balloon and has failed to offer any credible explanations for its intrusion into our airspace, airspace of others.

Any claim that the US government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false. It is China that has a high-altitude surveillance balloon program for intelligence collection, that it has used to violate the sovereignty of the US and over 40 countries across 5 continents.

Major news from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Austin’s visits in Manila today, where the U.S. and the Philippines have just announced plans to designate four new Agreed Locations under the EDCA — a key pillar of the U.S.-Philippines alliance that’s now growing even stronger. defense.gov/News/Releases/…

Deeply saddened to hear of Blake Hounshell’s untimely passing. Blake couldn’t have been nicer and more helpful when he accepted and edited my pieces early in my career. He was a terrific reporter, all round decent person, & will be sorely missed. thedailybeast.com/new-york-times…

Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas. Great to be back home in Dublin. Took the chilly plunge today for Wright family Christmas swim at Forty Foot. Hot whiskey afterward a lifesaver.

I will never understand why World Cup finals ending in a draw are not replayed three or four days later. This epic game deserves more than penalties.