Category: Daniel Serwer
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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Stevenson’s army, March 24
Biden plans to release a skinny budget next week. [Skinny in details, not costs]
North Korea tests missiles to get attention.
CFR has report on responding to China’s BRI.
WOTR has 2 very good pieces: One on DOD’s approach to technology and change
The other offering nuanced distinctions between cyber operations for intelligence vs covert action.
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Stevenson’s army, March 23
– Lots of articles today about Chinese maritime activities:- FP has a summary.– Philippines warns of China’s “little blue men.”
– US wants to team with South America, but Argentina has rebuffed US.
– Lawfare offers some arms control suggestions.
Coordinated sanctions on China over Uighurs
AEI says Pentagon facing modernization problems.
Hill interns can be paid, but report notes problems.
Israel has elections today. Former US official notes Israelis who support JCPOA.
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Stevenson’s army, March 22
Military cooperation with India. Unless they buy Russia air defense.
US-Chinese cooperation on climate, despite Anchorage nastiness.
Limits on US operations in East Africa.
I’ve now read Adam Jentleson’s Kill Switch, a strong attack on the filibuster. Some of you recommended it, and I also urge that. It certainly shows that filibusters mainly stopped good laws and was rooted in white supremacy. But it also shows that overuse of the filibuster coincided with growing partisanship and uncertainties over control of the Senate. Jentleson, who worked for Sen. Harry Reid [D-Nevada], even reports that Reid deliberately started filling the amendment tree before the Republicans did. That action triggered GOP abuse of the filibuster. Both sides to blame. Ruth Marcus wrote a column this weekend supporting the filibuster on progressive grounds.
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Stevenson’s army, March 21
– NYT’s David Sanger assesses the Biden policies toward Russia and China.
– Fred Kaplan thinks US side ill-prepared for Anchorage.
– WaPo writer sees personality cult in India’s Modi.
-The Hill sees looming battle over defense budgets.
– CRS has backgrounder on Afghanistan troop withdrawal issues.
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Stevenson’s army, March 20
– WOTR has two provocative pieces worth your time. One, by some SOCOM veterans, argues for using irregular warfare insights in strategic planning.
-The other, by some China analysts, questions several “myths” that dominate mainstream
China policy debates,
– How does a nominee win confirmation in a bitter fight? Colin Kahl, named to be USD{P}, the #3 post in DOD, is being opposed by many Republican Senators, including Susan Collins, ostensibly for nasty partisan tweets but really because he supported JCPOA. Sen. Manchin continues to say he’s undecided, but he may be the deciding vote. Kahl’s supporters have obtained a favorable letter from several well-known supporters of Israel.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. 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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