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Stevenson’s army, July 21

Several items caught my eye this week. More to come later.

– NYT had a big story —  a welcome change from the usual campaign horse race stories — on Trump plans for a stronger, more assertive presidency.

– New Yorker had good interview with a law professor on how it might work.

– WSJ sees a visceral clash among Americans in the 2024 elections. Too much hate and fear.

– Anne Applebaum wonders whether Tennessee is still a democracy.

-New Yorker tells how the House Administration committee is the “traffic cop”

– House & Senate appropriators differ on foreign aid including Taiwan.

– National Security Archive has documents on the president’s nuclear “football”

– RollCall explains the administration’s new cybersecurity strategy. Here’s the document.

– SIGAT summarizes its reports on Afghanistan in reply to Senators.

– CRS has new report on covert actions and congressional notifications.

-AEI’s Kori Schake comments on NATO summit

And since ChatGBT seems capable of passing Harvard courses, I’m sticking with my oral exams.

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, with occasional videos of my choice. 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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