Day: March 20, 2021
Stevenson’s army, March 20
– WOTR has two provocative pieces worth your time. One, by some SOCOM veterans, argues for using irregular warfare insights in strategic planning.
-The other, by some China analysts, questions several “myths” that dominate mainstream
China policy debates,
– How does a nominee win confirmation in a bitter fight? Colin Kahl, named to be USD{P}, the #3 post in DOD, is being opposed by many Republican Senators, including Susan Collins, ostensibly for nasty partisan tweets but really because he supported JCPOA. Sen. Manchin continues to say he’s undecided, but he may be the deciding vote. Kahl’s supporters have obtained a favorable letter from several well-known supporters of Israel.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).
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