Foreign Policy Update – USA Gov Policy

CHINA

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its proxies aim to make Americans receptive to Beijing’s form of authoritarianism, according to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. In a Thursday interview he said the CCP “is hard at work at the state level.” Pompeo pointed out that they have rated every government essentially a friend, foe or somewhere in between. They also are evaluating whether American governors are working in ways that benefit them, he said. In the United States the CCP works actively to develop relationships with state elected officials. When the Secretary was in Wisconsin on Wednesday, he talked about China’s using their “United Front development programs to undermine our democracy and to move the direction of opinion in the direction of their authoritarian regime.” Washington is working to actively push back on aggressive moves conducted by China inside the US.

IRAN

President Obama and Vice President Biden entered into a bad nuclear deal in Iran. Pompeo said it was “just crazy,” as it presented a clear pathway to a nuclear weapon, and that this was unacceptable for the security of the Middle East, Israel, and the United States.

The Trump Administration has “flipped the script,” according to Pompeo, and spent the last three years and few months working to “deny the regime the money, the resources, the wealth, the capacity to build that nuclear weapon.” Pompeo argued that it won’t happen while President Trump is in office. He said that America is safer now, and that the Administration has created the conditions for the good news out of the Middle East earlier in the month concerning the UAE-Israeli relations.

President Trump previously had said the US took out Qasem Soleimani, one of the premier architects of the terror campaign around the world, and “there is no reason to not continue the diplomatic, economic, and security efforts that this administration has undertaken over these years.” It has weakened the regime and made America safer, according to Pompeo. He added that the United States welcomes the return of virtually all previously terminated UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror and anti-Semitism.

ISRAEL/BAHRAIN/UAE

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For 40 years the West believed that pace and stability in the Middle East were not possible until the Israel-Palestinian problem was resolved. It served as an informal “precondition” for improved relationships among Israelis and Arabs. Pompeo said: “The Abraham Accords are the classic overnight success that took forever.”

President Trump, according to Pompeo, “knew that couldn’t be the case, and so for several years we’ve been working on a set of actions that would create conditions where great leaders like the crown prince and the United Arab Emirates and the senior leadership in Bahrain now have acknowledged that Israel has a right to exist, that it is the Jewish homeland, and they want to do business with them and they want to have diplomatic relationships with them and economic and security relationships.” With the Abraham Accords there now is a decreased risk in the Middle East and more opportunities for peace, according to the Secretary. He also pointed out how wrong critics were when they said that moving to the US Embassy to Jerusalem would cause more conflict.

CZECH REPUBLIC

On Friday Secretary Pompeo spoke at the Prague 5G Security Conference about the launch of the Clean Network Initiative. He said it is an effort to “safeguard our citizens’ privacy and our companies’ sensitive information from untrusted vendors.” The Clean Network’s comprehensive approach is rooted in the Prague Proposals, and other internationally accepted digital trust standards. More than 30 countries and their carriers have joined the Clean Network, and many of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies are becoming Clean Telcos. Pompeo also announced to the conference that the United States is expanding globally the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership launched in 2018. The program promotes increased connectivity and a competitive global marketplace for trusted 5G vendors. “The EU’s 5G Toolbox, which ensures the security of its 5G networks, is another initiative the US strongly supports.” said Pompeo. The US goal is to deny malign actors, such as China and its CCP leadership, access to foreign nations’ sensitive data.

DARIA NOVAK served in the United States State Department during the Reagan Administration, and currently is on the Board of the American Analysis of News and Media Inc., which publishes usagovpolicy.com and the New York Analysis of Policy and Government. Each Saturday, she presents key updates on U.S. foreign policy from the State Department.

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