Thread by @jseldin

"#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

#Russia-US #ElectionSecurity #Election2020 - "I'm very concerned as are many of my colleagues" @RepHoulahan tells #EUDefense "In the 1 & a half years of this session of Congress we have not successfully passed any legislation that protects our nation" from #Russia #China

"This has become a political conversation when it should not be" per @RepHoulahan "There should be no politics involved with whether or not we should protect the access to the ballot and the sanctity of our vote"

Despite some efforts to better ties w/#Russia, "We just cannot tolerate Russia grabbing the territory of its former colonies & neighbors" per MEP @radeksikorski

"Yes, we should have a dialogue w/#Russia but Russia needs to move to. It needs to withdraw its forces & support for separatists in #Ukraine" per @radeksikorski "Without that we would be giving President Putin a victory he doesn't deserve"

"Unless the United States and the EU start working together & cooperating, we're not going to be able to keep up w/the Chinese when it comes to AI" per @HurdOnTheHill tells #EUDefense

"If we start working together, if we start pooling resources, this is a way that we can define the ethics around #articficialintelligence...that is going to be absolutely critical" per @HurdOnTheHill

re US-EU and #China