30 DEMS CALL FOR “DIRECT TALKS” WITH PUTIN FOR ENDA The organization of 30 House Democrats, headed by Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), is calling on President Joe Biden to conduct “energetic diplomatic efforts” to achieve a ceasefire with Russia to “quickly” end the war in Ukraine.
In a letter to the president, signed through progressive representatives Jamie Raskin (MD), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Cori Bush (MO), Ro Khanna (CA) and Ilhan Omar (MN), among others, the organization suggested Biden “to mix the military and economy that the United States has provided to Ukraine with a proactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire. “bringing up the emerging prices of war for Ukraine, the United States and the world and the threat of nuclear conflict.
“Russia’s invasion has caused incalculable damage to the rest of Ukrainians, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, Ukrainian soldiers, and the displacement of thirteen million more,” House Democrats said. “The conflict threatens tens of millions more people. around the world, as the high costs of wheat, fertilizer and fuel cause acute crises of hunger and poverty around the world. . . The shock has also contributed to fuel and food costs in the country, fueling inflation and driving up oil costs. recent months.
HOUSE PROGRESSIVES CALL ON BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH RUSSIA TO END WAR IN UKRAINE
‘BOIL MY BLOOD’: The call for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin prompted a backlash from Ukrainian supporters on Twitter, who saw Khayapal’s arguments as naïve and tantamount to appeasement.
“My blood boils,” tweeted Bill Browder, a U. S. lawyer targeted through Putin who runs the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign. “She needs the United States to praise Putin’s murderous aggression. We all know where appeasement is headed and it’s not smart just anywhere.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, without referring to the letter, reiterated his recent statements that, given the atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces, there can be no negotiated compromise. “We are allowed to relax. We still have to follow the path of Ukrainian victory,” he said in his late-night video speech.
Zelensky said next winter “will be the most complicated in our history” and warned that he opposes allowing “our common enemy to divide the global pro-democracy coalition. “
At the White House, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that while management appreciated the group’s “very considerate concerns,” he agreed with Zelensky that now is not the time to talk about sitting down with Putin. “We have said from the beginning that nothing about Ukraine will be without Ukraine. In other words, we will not have talks with Russian leaders without Ukrainians being represented.
FORCED TO “CLARIFY”: The political backlash forced Jayapal to make a clarification in which he said progressive Democrats advocated a ceasefire and a deal that would be “acceptable to the Ukrainian people. “
“Let me be clear: we are united as democrats in our unequivocal commitment to Ukraine in its struggle for democracy and freedom in the face of Russia’s illegal and outrageous invasion, and nothing in the letter argues for a replacement in that matrix,” he wrote.
“Diplomacy is a vital tool that can save lives, but it is only a tool. As we have also clarified in our letter and will continue to do so transparently, the commitment of President Biden and his administration to do nothing for Ukraine without Ukraine.
PELOSI SUPPORTS MCCARTHY’S OPPOSITION FOR A ‘BLANK CHECK’ FOR UKRAINE
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WRAY: CHINA TRIES TO “LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL” IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL RACE: The Department of Justice charged thirteen people, totaling 10 members of China’s security and intelligence apparatus, in 3 separate instances for attempting to “illegally exert influence” in the United States. For the advantages of the Chinese government.
“They are charged in 3 other cases that, at first glance, appear to deal with unrelated matters,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said. the world, adding within our own borders. “
“One of the goals of the Chinese government’s crackdown is to make it less difficult to borrow our innovation,” Wray said at a Justice Department briefing. “We are also seeing a coordinated effort within the Chinese government to lie, cheat and combat its way through the unfair dominance of entire sectors of generation, bankrupting competing American companies. “
MERRICK GARLAND DEFENDS END OF CHINESE INITIATIVE AS HE ANNOUNCES ACCUSATIONS OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE
FOCUS ON HUAWEI: The Justice Department also charged two alleged Chinese spies with obstruction of justice for their alleged attempts to interfere with a Justice Department investigation into Chinese military-backed global telecommunications company Huawei, which the U. S. has been accusing of the U. S. The U. S. considers a national security risk, Jerry Dunleavy wrote. Department of Justice reporter for the Washington Examiner.
“The tariffs announced today by the Department of Justice further illustrate Huawei’s inextricable ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its brazen but unsurprising support for the rule of law,” said Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. he said in a statement. The intelligence network has continuously warned about the economic and national security threats posed by Chinese telecom corporations like Huawei, which are subsidized through the CCP and exploited in the interest of authoritarian goals and ambitions. “
“Huawei is not a personal enterprise: Huawei is a key component of the Chinese Communist Party’s techno-authoritarianism,” said Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE). “The United States cannot forget the CCP’s risk to human dignity. We want U. S. intelligence and law enforcement to take action. UU. se focus much more on the CCP’s strategy of front organizations and fake ‘personal sector’ corporations to try to bribe, compromise, and silence Americans. “
COULD NETANYAHU DO MORE FOR UKRAINE? Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could win next week’s Israeli election, where polls recommend a close race with a sharply divided electorate.
In an interview on CNN over the weekend, Netanyahu warned that Israel could be rising under his rule.
Israel last week rejected Ukraine’s request for its Iron Dome anti-artillery and rocket system, but Netanyahu warned he has another view.
“This is the resolution of the current Israeli government. If I come to power, I’ll take a look at that. I think it’s a very difficult question. . . But I think it’s valid. If I’m elected, I’ll take a look at that,” he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
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TUESDAY| OCTOBER 25
8:00 a. m. 7920 Jones Branch Dr. , McLean, Virginia – Northern Virginia Armed Forces Electronics and Communications Association Naval IT Day 2022 Chapter Forum with Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Brig. Gen. Kyle Ellison, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and Deputy Chief of the Office of Naval Research https://afceanova. swoogo. com/NavalITDay2022
8:30 a. m. 1700 Army Navy Dr. , Arlington, Virginia — Mitchell Institute for Aeronautical Studies’ First Annual Forum on Force Safety with Gen. David Thompson, deputy operations leader; Lieutenant General Stephen Whiting, Commander of Space Operations Command; Air Commodore John Haly, Air and Space Attaché, Australian defence personnel; Air Commodore Jeremy Attridge, UK Air and Space Attaché to the United States, Derek Tournear, Director of the Space Development Agency; and retired Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, former commander of U. S. Strategic Command. UU. https://mitchellaeroforce. org/event
8:30 a. m. —Center for Strategic and International Studies Virtual Discussion: “Unpacking the Party Congress,” with David Finkelstein, Vice President of the Center for Naval Analysis, and Lucy Hornby, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies https://www. csis. org/events/unpacking–party-congress
9:00 a. m. —Atlantic Council virtual discussion: “European Strategic Convergence on Russia and China,” with Jakub Janda, Executive Director of the European Values Center for Security Policy; Mikko Huotari, Executive Director of MERICS; and Valérie Niquet, Senior Research Fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research https://www. atlanticcouncil. org/event/european-
9 a. m. – Washington Post Live Discussion: “The Course of the Russia-Ukraine War” with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki https://www. washingtonpost. com/washington-post-live
10 a. m. – R Street Institute virtual discussion: “The Tricks and Treats of Cybersecurity,” with Patrick Hedger, executive director of the Application Security Project; retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, former national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence; Shane Tews, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; and Brandon Pugh, senior resident researcher for cybersecurity and emerging threats at R Street https://www. rSt. org/event/the-tricks-and-treats-of-cybersafety
12:1111 19th St. N. W. – National Committee on North Korea Discussion: “Korean Peninsula Nuclear Upgrade,” with Rachel Minyoung Lee, Regional Affairs Officer and Senior Analyst, Open Nuclear Network; Jaewoo Shin, analyst at Open Nuclear Network; Lauren Sukin, assistant professor of foreign affairs at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Tianran Xu, analyst at Open Nuclear Network https://www. ncnk. org/event-calendar/korean-peninsula-nuclear-update
1:30 p. m. 2301 Constitution Avenue N. W. – U. S. Institute of Peace DiscussionU. S. Conference: “Lessons from the Afghan Peace Process,” with retired Col. Christopher Kolenda, Senior Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security; former Afghan Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai; former Afghan Minister of Women’s Affairs Habiba Sarabi; Steve Brooking, former Special Adviser to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for Peace and Reconciliation; and Kristian Berg Harpviken, research professor at the Oslo Peace Research Institute https://www. usip. org/events/lessons-afghanistan-peace-process
1:30 p. m. 5000 Seminary Rd. , Alexandria, Virginia – Institute for Defense and Advancement of Logistics and Government Defense Support Conference on “Beyond Disruption: The Future of Logistics,” with Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary for Logistics and Product Support Angela Tymofichuk https:/ / www. idga. org/events-defenselogistics
14:00 — Wilson Center Polar Institute Discussion: “Unpacking the U. S. National Strategy”U. S. 2022 for the Arctic Region,” with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Fisheries and Polar Affairs Maxine Burkett; Gregory Pollock, Senior Director of Global and Arctic Resilience at the Department of Defense; and David Balton, Executive Director of the Executive Steering Committee of the Arctic Office of Science and Technology Policy https://www. wilsoncenter. org/event
WEDNESDAY| OCTOBER 26
8:15 a. m. Brussels, Belgium — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca at NATO Headquarters https://www. nato. int/cps/en/natohq/news
9:00 am 1030 St. N. W. —Atlantic Council Conference, October 25-26: “Upheaval and Transition: Iraq Twenty Years After the Invasion,” with Panel Discussions “Energy, Economy and Environment” and “Iraq’s Democratic Experience” https://www. atlanticcouncil. org/ event/Iraq-twenty-years-after-
4:30 p. m. 1619 Massachusetts Avenue N. W. — Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Discussion: “Space Crisis Stability: China and Other Challenges,” with Audrey Schaffer, Director of Space Policy at the National Security Council; Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning at the Safe World Foundation; and Kari Bingen, director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www. eventbrite. com/e/crisis-stability-in-space-china
4:30 p. m. 1740 Massachusetts Avenue N. W. —Discussion of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies book, “Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise,” with Susan Shirk, president of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego https://sais. jhuArrayedu/campus-events
18:30- Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Virtual: “Great Power Contest, the Legacy of the Late Former Secretary of State George Shultz,” with former U. S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Burt, Managing Partner of McLarty Associates; former U. S. Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman; and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute https://www. reaganfoundation. org/reagan-institute/events
THURSDAY, | OCTOBER 27
9:400 a. m. New Jersey Ave. N. W. – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2022 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, with debates on “Can the Russian-Ukrainian War End Without Nuclear Use?”and “Tick, Tick, Book? Presidential decision-making in a nuclear attack”, with Gustavo Zlauvinen, president of the Tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty https://carnegieendowment. org/2022/10/28/2022
10:16 16 a. m. Rhode Island Ave. N. W. — Center for Strategic and International Studies on “Cybersecurity in the United States” with National Director of Cybersecurity Chris Inglis and Anne Neuberger, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies https://www. csis. org/events/conversation
17:30. – Virtual from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University: “Breaking the nuclear taboo after 77 years: Are Putin’s threats credible, crazy or just psychological warfare?”with Josef Joffe, senior scientist at the SAIS Kissinger Center https:/ /sais. jhu. edu/campus-events
6:1625 p. m. I St. N. W. – Women’s Foreign Policy Group e-book discussion on “Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise,” with Susan Shirk, president of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego https://www. wfpg. org/
FRIDAY, | OCTOBER 28
11 a. m. – Center for Strategic and International Studies Conversation: “DHS Cyber Priorities for the Year Ahead,” with Rob Silvers, Under Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security; and Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Advisor, Homeland Security, CSIS International Security Program https://www. csis. org/events/dhs-cyber-priorities-coming-year
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