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"#China is in many ways taking advantage of the #UnitedStates' increasingly isolationist tendencies & filling the void" per @RepHoulahan to #EUDefense "They're filling the void not only in places like #Africa & #Asia but also frankly in #Europe as well..."
"We need to be a lot more aggressive collectively, together... to make sure the rise of #China is contained" per @RepHoulahan
"We should work closely on this... a two front war w/#Europe & #China at the same time is a bad idea" per Euro Parliament MEP @radeksikorski "But there is a difference in perspective"
#EUDefense
#EUDefense
"We should not underestimate #China's tech ambitions & ability to reach these ambitions" per @alice_ekman w/the EU Institute for Security Studies during #EUDefense
"Now we're focusing on #5G & this is understandable but there are a lot of other tech components"
"Now we're focusing on #5G & this is understandable but there are a lot of other tech components"
Countries targeted by #China tech include: #Pakistan #Kenya (video conferencing) #Lebanon (AI cameras) #Philippines (drones), per @alice_ekman
"We will observe increasingly a diversity of services & products provided by #China but also a diversity of norms" per @alice_ekman
"I think all of us after the fall of communism believed that the defeat of the #SovietUnion, the demise of the Soviet-style communism would be somehow the end of history"
@NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana tells #EUDefense
@NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana tells #EUDefense
"But history is a hard teacher. We learned the hard way that history never stops, that global competition never stops" per @NATO Deputy Sec @Mircea_Geoana
"There is no way, but no way neither for #Europe nor for our friends in North America-US & #Canada, our dearest allies-for us to cope with the changes in the world alone" per @Mircea_Geoana
#COVID19 "a stress test for our societies & for the multilateral system" EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy @JosepBorrellF tells #EUDefense
"It reminds us that global problems know no borders & no country can fix them alone"
"It reminds us that global problems know no borders & no country can fix them alone"
"Int'l cooperation is essential to tackle new and fast-evolving security threats. The transatlantic community must be a central pillar in this effort and be ready to defend its values and interests" per @JosepBorrellF
"We share core values which are the bedrock of our cooperation" per @JosepBorrellF
"We also have disagreements sometimes on critical issues but at the end the US and the EU are at the same side of the table"
"We also have disagreements sometimes on critical issues but at the end the US and the EU are at the same side of the table"
"We've seen a string of egregious #Russia|n military & intelligence operations across the globe" - #election interference in US, propping up #Assad in #Syria, etc, @USArmsControl Envoy Marshall Billingslea tells #EUDefense
Russia's track record on arms control "equally abysmal"
Russia's track record on arms control "equally abysmal"
"#Russia stands in violation of nearly every agreement we have with them" per @USArmsControl
"Even more concerning is what #China's up to" per @USArmsControl
"While it wants the world to believe that it maintains only a handful of weapons...it is in fact pursuing a dangerous & destabilizing nuclear weapons build-up w/the intent of ultimately seeking nuclear parity"
"While it wants the world to believe that it maintains only a handful of weapons...it is in fact pursuing a dangerous & destabilizing nuclear weapons build-up w/the intent of ultimately seeking nuclear parity"
#Africa - "I see a continent with a lot of countries, very fragile countries...affected by this #COVID19 crisis" @eu_eeas Maj-Gen Hermínio Maio tells #EUDefense
"We need to wait and see what will be really the security impact"
"We need to wait and see what will be really the security impact"
EU Training mission in Mali using social distancing, temp checks, masks, per @eutmmali1's Brig-Gen Frantisek Ridzák in #Mali
Partners are using same precautions
Partners are using same precautions
"All of the drivers of instability & all of the challenges that have always existed for us all are still there" @thejointstaff Brig-Gen William Zana tells #EUDefense re #COVID19 in #Africa, #Sahel
"In some areas, we see worsening or greater challenges"
"In some areas, we see worsening or greater challenges"
"The real effect of the pandemic are yet to be defined completely & completely understood" @ChairmanEUMC Gen Claudio Graziano tells #EUDefense
"The geopolitical scenario will not be safer than before" per @ChairmanEUMC "One the contrary, we will face the old challenge amplified by the new crisis...global fragility, regional tension, activity by malicious actors, hybrid threats, disinformation"
"The European Union has to demonstrate its cohesion and its ability to influence...and to act as a security provider" per @ChairmanEUMC
"It is not lost on anybody...that the traditional risks that we are facing coming from places like #Moscow & #Beijing have been augmented" @AsstSecPM R Clarke Cooper tells #EUDefense re #COVID19 - forcing US, EU allies to look to strengthen resilience, augment capabilities
"It's no surprise that the #Russia|ns would like to see less exercises, less coordination less integration & interoperability" w/US & EU, per @AsstSecPM
"Adversaries are looking to disrupt..." but he says there's also opportunity to shore up gaps, vulnerabilities
"Adversaries are looking to disrupt..." but he says there's also opportunity to shore up gaps, vulnerabilities
#COVID19 "is a new type of crisis because unlike previous great crises like 9-11, for the 1st time we face an invisible enemy" @eu_eeas Deputy Secretary General Charles Fries tells #EUDefense
"We have no vaccine & we have no treatment"
"We have no vaccine & we have no treatment"
"We are an important base for US troops" #Germany Defense Minister @akk Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer tells #EUDefense in prerecorded interview when asked about impending US pullout
"We on German soil are also contributing to American security"
"We on German soil are also contributing to American security"
"Security challenges have become even more urgent, complex & global" due to #COVID19, @EUAmbUS Stavros tells #EUDefense
"It is more important than ever that we work together to address the security challenges that have not gone away"
"It is more important than ever that we work together to address the security challenges that have not gone away"
"We want to expand out role as a security provider & as a strong partner for the #UnitedStates & other key allies while strengthening the European pillar of @NATO" per @EUAmbUS
