The India-to-Europe corridor isn’t about China (wink wink)

Key Facts

• With help from Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman Subscribe here | Email Alex | Email Matt A top aide to President JOE BIDEN argues a new deal struck at the G20 could turn the Middle East into an exporter of clean energy — and that the broad agreement showcases an “alternative” model to Chinese investment.
• That would be a boon to Europe, which doesn’t have “much ability to produce the amount of power and energy that they would need to consume,” said Hochstein, formerly a senior State Department official.
• In August, Russia’s security service released a video of Shonov confessing that Sillin and Bernstein had asked him to collect information on Moscow’s planning for the war in Ukraine and the 2024 American presidential election (it’s unclear if Shonov’s statements were made under duress).
• Officials are particularly concerned about the increased supply of fentanyl over the last year, as well as the variations in its production that have increased its lethality, a DHS official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the assessment ahead of its release, told NatSec Daily.

Click To Read Full Article