Category: Daniel Serwer
Stevenson’s army, March 30
– Politico says US has new proposal to Iran.
– US sanctions Myanmar; Russia cozies up.
– Long profile of SecState Blinken.
– CRS has report on Joint All-Domain Command & Control
And a summary of State/Foreign Ops programs.
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Stevenson’s army, March 29
– Bob Gates says US needs a dual-hatted DHS/NSA deputy for domestic cyber.
– Kori Schake says Biden is wrong to sanction NordStream 2. But two GOP members of Congress criticize Biden for not being tougher on the issue. [FYI, Congress did pass a law requiring sanctions]
-The Hill says Biden is in no rush to change Cuba policy.
-Reminder: Nunn-Lugar is still working .
-The Hill says F-35 is in serious trouble.
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Stevenson’s army, March 28
– Peter Scoblic tells which government agencies are best at imagining the future.
– USTR tells WSJ that US isn’t ready to lift Chinese tariffs.
– Foreign Service careers rebound: 40% increase in interest in test since October.
-Politico says Biden people wary of naming cyber czar.
– NYT has backgrounder on Commerce bureau that monitors China tech issues.
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Stevenson’s army, March 27
– NYT investigates how North Korea gets oil.
-Intelligence report on Taliban is now part of Afghan troop debate.
– Iran and China sign long term economic deal.
-It may not be good press, but it’s good Constitutional law: you can’t arrest a member speeding away from the Capitol.
-North Korea wants to expand its nuclear program, WSJ says.
– Biden nominates 2 careerists to Assistant Secretary of State positions.
– FT says US officials worried about attack on Taiwan.
-FP has several weekly newsletters on different regions.
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Stevenson’s army, March 26
– Some Senators want NSA to spy inside USA
-HFAC votes repeal of 2002 AUMF.
– Chinese planes harass Taiwan.
– Saudis drill with Greeks.
I’ve noticed that many news media now spell the term for the Turkic people in Xinjiang Uyghur instead of Uighur. And it’s supposed to be pronounced oy-gher instead of wee-gher. Get with the new program.
We talked in class about the budget deficits. WaPo has a easy way to raise money.
CNAS has a new sanctions newsletter.
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Stevenson’s army, March 25
CNN says he has been preparing for today’s [1315] news conference the way most presidents have done — reading briefing materials and practicing some answers.
He also has been using Sen. Coons as a “shadow secretary of state.“
And he has been woefully delayed in making national security nominations.
China has been sanctioning US allies.
Vox has background on the debt ceiling, which looms over US on August 1.
NSA warned of Soviet activities in Cuba months before 1962 missile crisis.
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