Month: December 2023
Stevenson’s army, Decemberr 15
– Former SAIS prof Mara Karlin, stepping down at DOD
– WaPo reports Chinese cyber attacks on US infrastructure
– NYT says US & Ukraine are working on a new strategy
– Economist has valuable report on Indian military, including strategy, organization, deployments, and civil-military tensions
– NBC says promised US-Chinese military hotline still hasn’t been started
– New NDAA, expected to pass this week, will allow some military program starts despite normal CR blocks
– French analyst explains internal Hamas debates–
And this from Legistorm:
Time to hand out those holiday bonuses: The average House personal office is on track to end the year with more than $360,000 left in its annual operating budget.
The average House personal office used just 61% of its office budget in the first nine months of the year, according to a LegiStorm analysis. That puts each office on pace to use 81% of its budget by the year’s end, leaving close to $363,000 unspent per office.
The personal average office ended 2022 with 10% of its budget left unspent, or more than $176,000.
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Stevenson’s army, December 11
– Zelensky is coming to DC, with meetings with Biden and on the Hill, though no big speech
– Heritage has set a counter meeting between Hungary’s Orban and GOP lawmakers
– WaPo says US is looking for partners to patrol Red Sea
– GZero says Israel seems ready to attack Lebanon
– WSJ says European militaries have weakened
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Stevenson’s army, December 10
– NYT recounts how Israel agreed to Qatar’s financial support to Hamas in Gaza for years
– Mort Halperin recounts Kissinger’s lies to him. [Full disclosure: Halperin was my junior year tutor and later my boss in Policy Planning at State]
– State uses emergency authority to bypass Congress on weapons sale to Israel
– WSJ has background information on Hamas leader
– Kevin Drum explains the generational division over Israel
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Stevenson’s army, December 9
-Economist says Netanyahu isn’t the real leader of the war cabinet
– US & Guyana are conducting joint military exercises.
– Greece and Turkey make nice.
– NYT says Europe fears NATO withdrawal by Trump
– WSJ says Israel has plotted grid for Gaza
-Politico has a report on the meeting pressuring Tuberville
– SAIS’ James Mann has a piece about the myths Kissinger created about himself
– Two recent CRS reports: on FY2024 State/Foreign Ops appropriations and a big background report on IEEPA
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Stevenson’s army, December 8
-Defense News has more about what’s in NDAA
-Politico Pro says House China committee may urge repeal of PNTR
-Tom Nichols warns how Trump may purge the military
– Robert Kagan suggests resisting Trump
-WaPo says Israel isn’t keeping its promises to US
-Steve Walt questions Kissinger’s realism
– National Security Archive has some new releases
– Matt Yglesias notes that incumbents are in trouble around the globe
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Stevenson’s army, December 7
– 3100 page NDAA conference report released; hiccups will slow Senate action.
– No deal on PEPFAR extension
– CBO details military compensation
– Defense News show GOP disarray on defense
– Politico says administration reluctant to fight Houthis
– Hill lists top lobbyists
– Axios describes Trump’s likely loyal cabinet
– Barno & Bensahel offer first lessons from Ukraine and Gaza
– Sy Hersh tells of his role in Lavelle case and his dealings with Kissinger
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