Month: February 2021
Stevenson’s army, February 4
– President Biden makes major foreign pol;icy speech this afternoon during visit to State Dept.
-Politico reports how he spends his days.
– WSJ notes that his China advisers are a “team of rivals.”
– The Axios weekly China report summarizes the many proposed approaches to China.
Last year Congress created an Afghanistan Study Group, probably with the intent or expectation that outside experts would question the Trump policy of rapid withdrawal. That’s how it worked out. The full report is here.
And the troop withdrawals from Germany are now on hold.
The Senate has approved a power-sharing arrangement much like what was done in 2001. Democrats now control the committee agendas. Here’s the new list of Democratic members.
New resource on congressional redistricting.
CNAS has a bunch of reports on Iran.
National Security Archive has compiled declassified report on Rumsfeld’s notorious snowflakes.
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Stevenson’s army, February 3
Quick administration decision on Myanmar coup.
Resource: CFR Global Conflict Tracker.
Politico says EU goes “soft” on China because of climate change, in contrast to US.
Dan Drezner notes that people inside the Beltway are more hawkish on China than those in the heartland.
SecDef Austin empties advisory panels, will name new people.
Kath Hicks has “smooth” confirmation hearing for DepSecDef.
Defense industry in poor shape.Defen
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Stevenson’s army, February 2
The past 11 months have been like one Groundhog Day after another, right? Or should we call it a year of Blursdays?
In the news, the Biden administration is arguing over how to respond to the coup in Myanmar. CNN says they might not officially call it a “coup” in order to avoid triggering the law that requires an immediate halt to US aid.
[Remember what the Obama administration did following the coup in Egypt? They didn’t want to halt aid, so they determined that the law had no requirement to acknowledge a coup, just a requirement to cut off aid if they did. So they didn’t.]
Equal time: I reported the study questioning the effectiveness of US hypersonic weapons programs. Here’s the DOD rebuttal.
Just Security has a summary of the nomination hearing for the new UN Ambassador.
Two academics have some ideas on how to change US overseas military basing
Harvard’s Steve Walt analyzes President Xi’s speech at virtual Davos.
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Stevenson’s army, February 1
Dan Drezner has a good analysis of how Biden’s presidency is different from Trump’s — notably the refusal to comment or act on a wide range of newsworthy topics.
WSJ notes that the Treasury-run CFIUS is broadening its investigations of Chinese investments in US startups. [Be advised: CFIUS is an important part of US foreign economic policy.]
WSJ also reports that the CIA is changing its recruitment efforts to attract millennials.
So far so good for SecState Blinken. [But honeymoons always end.]
NYT says GOP can recapture House in 2022 just by normal gerrymandering.
NYT has long long tick-tock on Trump’s efforts to overturn election.
Axios says Trump’s trade war failed miserably.
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