Month: August 2022
Stevenson’s army, August 13
– It’s clear that Donald Trump had an arrogant disregard of the Presidential Records Act and an overweening indifference toward safeguarding classified documents. What isn’t clear is whether he will be prosecuted for violations of law. Charlie Savage describes the laws mentioned in the FBI search warrant.
– Dan Froomkin, a media critic, wants us to learn about “stochastic terrorism,” the statistical likelihood that people will act violently if provoked by commentators. It looks like that’s what happened in Ohio.
– I’ve been reading Dana Milbank’s new book on how the GOP embraced nastiness as a way to win elections [which, sadly, worked]. I’d seen that work in congressional campaigns, but I was shocked to be reminded that right-wing commentators urged violence long before the Trump years — in the 1990s against Clinton policies and in the early Obama years. The language was as bad as any nowadays — but today there’s Fox News and social media to amplify the calls for violence.
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Stevenson’s army, August 12
– IEA says sanctions have reduced Russian oil production only 3%.
– Brookings has its analysis of a war over Taiwan.
– FP analyzes Liz Truss’ foreign policy.
– BU prof wants US to use wheat as a weapon.
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Stevenson’s army, August 11
– Ukrainians are putting war news in ads on Russian porn sites.
– China drops promise not to send troops to Taiwan.
– GOP is advocating violence.
– Former FSO says State should develop doctrine for diplomacy.
– Historian David McCullough died over the weekend. Douglas Brinkley remembers him.
McCullough wrote his books on a manual typewriter, even though it was slower than a computer, because he liked to hear the bell at the end of each line.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I 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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Stevenson’s army, August 10
– NYT has some details of new Iran nuclear deal.-
– NYT tells how Russia seized control of internet in captured areas of Ukraine.
– Politico sees technology concerns in some weapons Ukraine wants.
– CSIS war game suggests Taiwan could withstand Chinese attack, at heavy cost.
– WaPo says Ukraine special forces launched Crimea attack.
– Fred Kaplan analyzes Milley disclosures about Trump.
– Politico explains key role of presidential staff secretary.
– Here’s second part of WOTR piece on army doctrine.
– Analysts see surge in violent messages after FBI search warrant.
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Stevenson’s army, August 9
– Gen. Petraeus says US failed in Afghanistan because of a lack of strategic patience, inadequate resources to the Afghans, and misunderstanding of local conditions. He blames Congress for forcing US to supply American helicopters etc rather than Soviet equipment. He thinks we should have forced Pakistan to crack down on Taliban sanctuaries.
– SecState Blinken announced a US Africa strategy. There’s even a formal document.
– Very interesting study of intelligence oversight notes increased convergence/overlap of US military and CIA military activities, blindsiding a siloed Congress.
– Defense News notes holds blocking confirmation of a dozen DOD nominees.
– Sen. Kaine wants a war powers fight on NDAA.
– US says Russia has suffered over 70,000 casualties in Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, August 8
– Gen. Milley almost resigned in anger at Trump, according to chapter in forthcoming book by Susan Glasser and Peter Baker.
– I’ve been in favor of industrial policy for technology development since helping to enact a program in the 1980s creating Sematech, a private-public consortium for semiconductor manufacturing. Economist Noah Baker mentions that background in analyzing the new CHIPS Act.
– WSJ says there is a draft text of a revived Iran nuclear deal.
– NYT explains dispute over Amnesty International report saying Ukraine endangers civilians.
– Politico says White House opposes new bipartisan bill on Taiwan.
– Chris Buckley [son of Wm F.] reviews new Dana Milbank book blaming Newt Gingrich for changing GOP into nasty culture warriors.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I 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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