[The Biden administration is launching its new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to deepen engagement with the region, but] it's a halfway effort if you're not prepared to talk about a real trade agreement with actionable, binding commitments towards economic integration.
[While the FBI, the National Security Agency and several other government agencies have long worked on foreign interference,] we are not organized in a way where we are building a coherent threat picture.
I do think it is fair to say that there is great concern in Europe, and in my own country [Germany], about the challenge to democracy in America. It’s becoming clear to everyone that Jan. 6 wasn’t just an isolated episode. It was part of something larger, more deeply rooted, and more pernicious.