Category: Daniel Serwer
Stevenson’s army, February 13
– FT reports German government is deeply divided over whether to create an NSC.
– NYT says Erdogan gave amnesty in 2019 for building code violations.
– WSJ says China now says US sent balloons through its airspace.
– NYT has maps on possible offensives in Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, February 11
– Politico says administration is preparing defense budget bigger than this year.
– WSJ reports Moldova government collapse.
– WSJ says quake recovery is hurting Erdogan politically.
– Poll has new insights into extremists.
– AEI’s Kori Schake calls Biden foreign policy a “mess”
– RAND analysts lists Russian mistakes in Ukraine.
– RollCall notes how committees chairs bought votes.
– I mention tick-tock stories a lot. WSJ’s Ben Zimmer has derivation.
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Stevenson’s army, February 10
-WaPo says State Dept has program to publicize Chinese surveillance activities in over 40 countries.-
-WaPo also says Ukrainians say they rely on US for some targeting.
-WaPo says administration is asking Congress for approval to resume top secret use of Ukrainian operatives by US special forces.
-CNAS has backgrounder on Chinese military-civil fusion.
-FP says Starlink has cut off support it says Ukrainians use for drones.
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– House GOP says defense cuts could come from reducing civilian workforce.
– NDU prof hits general who talked of war with China
– MIPP student sees bureaucratic fighting over Okinawa bases.
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Stevenson’s army, February 9
– Sy Hersh says the US secretly destroyed the NordStream 2 pipeline. He says that public comments by Jake Sullivan and Victoria Nuland and Biden that NordStream wouldn’t go ahead if Russia invaded Ukraine allowed the administration to call it a secret military operation rather than a covert operation requiring notification of Congress. The White House denies the story, but Hersh typically has many, many plausible details.
– CNN says the Chinese balloon was noticed and cited in intelligence reports but they weren’t treated as significant.
– US says the balloon could collect communications signals.
– NYT details an expected executive order limiting US technology investments in China.
– Trump’s final Acting SecDef has given a strange interview to the Hill.
-In WOTR, four airmen offer lessons from the air war over Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, February 8
-WaPo reports on China’s vast surveillance programs-
-China’s balloon program was reported last year.
-WSJ reports China now has more ICBM launchers than US, though many are empty.
-SASC Chairman Reed says Ukraine has more urgent needs than F16s
–Russia threatens expulsions of US officials
-FT says Iran is now shipping Russian oil.
-Axios says US asked Israel & PA to “pause” actions.
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 WOTR, former student urges “learning culture”
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Stevenson’s army, February 6
– WSJ on prior flights.
– Politico on the politics of the issue.
– David Sanger on the significance.
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