The budget provides USD 682 million for Ukraine, an increase of USD 219 million from the 2021 enacted level, to combat Russian malign influence and address security, energy, cyber security issues, propaganda, macroeconomic stabilization and civil society. To meet the emerging needs of resilience.
The budget provides USD 682 million for Ukraine, an increase of USD 219 million from the 2021 enacted level, to combat Russian malign influence and address security, energy, cyber security issues, propaganda, macroeconomic stabilization and civil society. To meet the emerging needs of resilience.
US President Joe Biden on Monday proposed USD 1.8 billion as well as USD 400 million to support his Indo-Pacific strategy to counter malign Chinese behaviour.
Both are part of the US$773 billion annual defense budget for the year 2023, which was presented to Congress by the White House as part of its annual budgetary proposals.
“In the Indo-Pacific, the US is strengthening its role and expanding its cooperation with longstanding allies and partners, including new diplomatic, defense and security, critical and emerging technology and supply chains, and climate and global health initiatives, while supporting the strong ties between our European and Indo Pacific allies,” Biden said.
The White House said the president has prioritized strategic competition with China and has worked with allies and partners to resist coercion and aggression from Beijing and Moscow, and 20 of the US troops in Afghanistan, while withdrawing all US troops. The War of the Years is over.
The White House said the budget promotes integrated resistance in the Indo-Pacific and globally. To maintain and strengthen deterrence, the budget prioritizes China as the department’s pacing challenge.
To support US leadership in defending democracy, freedom and security around the world, the budget includes approximately USD 1.8 billion to support a free and open, connected, secure and resilient Indo-Pacific region and the Indo-Pacific strategy and 400 million USD. Chinese Lethal Effects Fund.
In addition, the budget provides USD 682 million for Ukraine, an increase of USD 219 million from the 2021 enacted level, to combat Russian malign influence and address security, energy, cyber security issues, propaganda, macroeconomic stabilization. and to meet the emerging needs related to the citizen. social resilience.
According to the White House, the Department of Defense’s 2023 Pacific Deterrence Initiative highlights some of the key investments the department is making that focus on strengthening deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Department is building on the concepts, capabilities, and currency needed to meet these challenges, working closely with Interagency and US allies and partners to ensure that US resistance is protected across domains, theaters and and has been integrated into the spectrum of conflict.