WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific released the following testimony by Lynn Kuok, chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution, from a June 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence." ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. * * * Chairwoman Young Kim, Ranking Member Ami Bera, distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 16, 2025: * * * China Isn't on the G7 Agenda, but It's Still the Main Event By Henrietta Levin As leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union meet in Kananaskis, Canada, for the 51st G7 Summit, one of the summit's most important priorities--China--will appear nowhere on the public agenda. While the group prefers  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 16, 2025: * * * Too Soon to Rule Out Middle East Energy Disruption By Clayton Seigle The Israel-Iran conflict escalated dramatically during the weekend of June 14-15, with both sides attacking each other's energy infrastructure, yet oil prices have since receded on the expectation that no major supply disruption will take place. But it is too soon to rule out a Middle East energy more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Walt Lukken, president and CEO of Futures Industry Association, addressed the International Derivatives Expo on June 16, 2025, outlining three key areas for the derivatives industry to focus on: standardizing trade flow, modernizing collateral movement, and simplifying regulations. Lukken highlighted the success of the 30-30-30 standard in reducing misallocated trades amidst record volatility and discussed the potential of tokenization for faster collateral movement. He  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Walt Lukken, president and CEO of the Futures Industry Association, delivered opening remarks at the International Derivatives Expo in London on June 17, 2025, calling on the industry to focus on standardizing trade flows, modernizing collateral movement, and simplifying regulations. Lukken highlighted the success of the 30-30-30 standard in reducing misallocated trades during peak volatility and underscored the transformative potential of distributed ledger technology,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI--Hagerty Joins America Reports on Fox News to Discuss Conflict in Middle East * WASHINGTON --Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, joined America Reports on Fox News to discuss the conflict in the Middle East. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 16, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia's Influence in Middle East Takes Hit From Israeli Strikes By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * Israel's unexpected missile offensive on Iran on June 13 caught Moscow off guard, disrupting its assumptions about U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations and raising suspicions of a concealed Western strategy to undercut Tehran's military and nuclear ambitions. * M more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * New PPI Report Calls on Democrats to Reclaim National Security Leadership * WASHINGTON -- Amid escalating global tensions, fractured alliances, reckless leadership, and a weakened domestic economy, a new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) calls on Democrats to lead the charge for a strategic and sustainable increase in U.S. defense spending to reach  more PR