Global 360’s Anna Gawel and Eric Ham talk to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Represent America Abroad Act of 2021, the legislation she recently re-introduced to diversify the U.S. Foreign Service.
According to the American Academy of Diplomacy, out of 189 U.S. ambassadors serving abroad last year, only three were African American career diplomats, and just four were Hispanic.
And last year, a first-of-its-kind government report found that between fiscal 2002 and 2018, the proportion of racial or ethnic minorities working full time at the State Department only rose by 4% from an already low 28%.
Bass discusses her efforts to make America’s Foreign Service look more like the rest of America.
Report: Taiwan s military to build high-altitude missile defense network
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Taiwan’s defense ministry said a new missile defense system is being planned to respond to growing Chinese ballistic missile threats, according to a local press report on Monday. File Photo by Taiwan Presidential Office/EPA-EFE
March 15 (UPI) Taiwan s defense ministry publicly disclosed plans to build a high-altitude ballistic missile defense network in cooperation with the United States, according to a local press report.
United Daily News reported Monday the Taiwanese government is planning to build a new missile defense system to counter China s ballistic missile threats. The Chinese missiles the system would counter include the Dongfeng-17, a Chinese solid-fueled road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile; the Dongfeng-21, a two-stage, solid-fuel rocket, also known as the carrier killer ; and the Dongfeng or DF-100, which was first unveiled in 2019.
The Week That Will Be
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on U.S. Southern and Northern Commands. The committee will hear testimony from Adm. Craig Faller, commander of Southern Command, and Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of Northern Command.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 11:00 a.m.: The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations will hold a hearing on disinformation in the gray zone. The subcommittee will hear testimony from David Taylor, the senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, and Christopher Maier, acting assistant defense secretary for special operations and low-intensity conflict.
Modern Diplomacy
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As the US warns China to brace for “difficult” issues when they meet in Anchorage on Thursday, Beijing has reiterated the US must give up the anti-China Cold War mentality. Some Chinese commentaries are even saying the two countries’ top officials likewise met in June year too. And, they had agreed to disagree. Early reactions in Beijing should leave no one in doubt the two sides have already agreed to disagree in Anchorage too.
At last, the Biden administration has made the first move to initiate a dialogue with Beijing. Not that Beijing is complaining. As a matter of fact, Beijing has long been asking the new US administration to come to the negotiating table. For in China’s diplomacy-speak, to come to the table means a relationship is being “managed” well, even if the parti