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Section 702: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How It Works

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

Section 702: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How It Works

Scores of intelligence successes over the last 15 years have depended on one section in one law that will expire at the end of this year. Allowing 702 to expire will blind us to threats when our adversaries are ramping up their espionage efforts. Here are some of the core questions about 702 collection, including what it does and does not allow, what safeguards are in place to protect Americans’ privacy, and what happens if it expires. 

Putin's New START Suspension: A Welcome Wake-up Call

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

Section 702: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How It Works

 After Putin’s suspension of New START, the United States should not chase Russia back into compliance. The U.S. should use Russia’s suspension as a wake-up call to get serious at the dawn of a three-way nuclear competition with Russia and China. Here are the steps the United States should take to confront the evolving threat environment following this wake-up call.  

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

The Chinese spy balloon should be viewed as a tangible example of China’s aggressive intelligence gathering strategy, particularly on how China seeks to collect information on the U.S. military and critical infrastructure. It should also sound the alarm on how America protects the homeland. Read FAL's policy recommendations for U.S. leaders in light of the transit of a Chinese surveillance operation across the continental United States. 

How DoD Can Modernize Faster

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

Surveillance Balloon is Just One Tool in China's Espionage Toolkit—How U.S. Leaders Should Respond

The world is in midst of a technological revolution as the United States, its allies, and its adversaries make rapid technological advancement. But the DoD is not doing nearly enough to keep up. Here is a plan of action for the DoD and Congress to begin this necessary twenty-first century DoD transformation. 

Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Pandemic Threats

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

  Preparing to protect U.S. interests and the American people during the next, inevitable pandemic outbreak is a significant national security imperative. It is impossible to know when and where the next pandemic will arise, but we know COVID-19 will not be the last. Here are four critical domains Congress should address to improve U.S. preparedness for future pandemic threats. 

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

It's Time to Get Serious on Fentanyl: New Approaches are Needed with Mexico

According to the CDC, 107,000 Americans overdosed in 2021. 70,000 of those died from synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl. Fentanyl is a gamechanger for the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship and it should be treated as such. Here is FAL’s strategy to address this national emergency.

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

  Almost two years into its term, the Biden Administration has finally released its National Security Strategy. But the Biden NSS still does not call for military resources sufficient to meet the threats posed by America’s adversaries nor prioritize a homeland with safe and secure borders. Questions that Congress, the media, and all Americans should be asking Biden Administration officials about its NSS. 

Building a New U.S. Partnership with Africa

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

The United States should pursue a more ambitious plan for our engagement in Africa. FAL's Africa working group offers some initial ideas for a bolder policy centered around economic growth and prosperity, self-reliance and flourishing, and the U.S. enshrined as partner of choice for Africa. 

Congress is Key to Restoring Realism in U.S. Energy Policy

Questions Congress Should Be Asking About Biden's National Security Strategy

Congress is Key to Restoring Realism in U.S. Energy Policy

The U.S. needs realism, not wishful thinking, in its energy policy. To help right the ship, Congress should reassert its role in setting policy. Recommendations for more congressional oversight of the IEA and EIA and the establishment of a National Commission on Energy Transition Realism.

Engaging Chinese Engagement in Latin America

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

Congress is Key to Restoring Realism in U.S. Energy Policy

China’s inroads and influence in Latin America are continuing to grow. If the U.S. is to effectively counter China, it needs a strategy to deal with the continued rise of Chinese influence in its own hemisphere. Here's an effective U.S. response to the PRC challenge in the region. 

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

AMLO is pursuing a strategic shift away from close bilateral cooperation with the U.S. and the shared values of democracy and free markets, which threatens American national security. Six recommendations for Congress and the Biden Administration.

Principles for China Competition in Light of the Ukraine War

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

Mexico’s Strategic Shift Away from the United States Threatens National Security

Five years have passed since Washington declared China as its primary national-security challenge. Xi Jinping’s approach to Putin’s war underscores the need to get this competition right. Read FAL's six principles for China competition.

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