– IISS released its annual military posture report, covered here.
– Here’s the background report for the Munich Security Conference, beginning this weekend.
– UN report says North Korea has made over $3 billion in cyber attacks.
– USAF will keep B52s for decades more
– Just before dawn today, the Senate approved the $95 billion foreign aid package.
-The FY2025 budget won’t be released until March 11.
– Dan Drezner updates his Ideas Industry [part assigned for week 12]
History lesson: this is the 100th anniversary of a highly restrictive immigration law, anti-Catholic nativism at the Democratic National Convention, and Rhapsody in Blue.
—
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).
Even without Trump's chaos, the expansion would be unlikely to last much longer. We are…
China will want to assert sovereignty over Taiwan. Israel will annex the West Bank and…
Power should flow from the choices of individuals, organized how they prefer. Forcing people into…
This is a cabinet of horrors. Its distinguishing characteristics are unquestioning loyalty to Donald Trump,…
Trump is getting through the process quickly and cleanly. There are lots of rumors, but…
I, therefore conclude with a line from the Monk TV series. I may be wrong,…