Day: January 5, 2024
Stevenson’s army, January 5
– DOD is out of money for Ukraine
– CBO explains what has to happen under the budget law. Kevin Drum has a summary
– Eliot Cohen reports on a trip to Israel
– Fred Kaplan says Kennan et al had it easy. [I still believe Phil Zelikow is right that the US needs more better trained USG officials]
– What could possible go wrong to disrupt the 2024 elections? Politico has a scary list.
And another history lesson: Good Authority has campaign ads with foreign policy theme, going back to 1952
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).
-In FT, sanctions expert warns against seizing Russian assets.
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Stevenson’s army, January 4
–The Hill says GOP may give Trump an effective veto over any border security legislation, thus jeopardizing any Ukraine-Israel-border package.
-Punchbowl says House GOP now wants to tie border issue to government funding fight, making shutdown more possible after Jan 17.
– New poll says 25% believe FBI instigated Jan 6 attacks.
– WaPo debunks Trump claim about Jan 6 Guard troops
– US says Iran blasts may have come from ISIS groups, not Israel
– WSJ says DOD wants drone bases in West Africa
-WSJ says Russia will buy Iranian missiles
-In FT, sanctions expert warns against seizing Russian assets.
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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