Tag: China
Stevenson’s army, September 16
– NYT says Biden administration is preparing defenses against a renewed schedule F
– NYT surveys presidential candidates on how they would use executive powers
– NYT expands on candidate views of war powers
– AEI’s Kori Schake says DOD isn’t buying enough to prepare for combat
– Institute for the study of war analyzes how Russia and China prepare for the future
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Stevenson’s army, September 15
– AEI’s Norm Ornstein suggests new rules to get around the Tuberville holds:
Two simple rule changes could break the impasse. First, by majority, the Senate could require an up-or-down floor vote on a confirmation within 30 days after the nominee has been reported out by the relevant committee. An alternative would be for the Senate to create by rule its own variation of the House’s discharge petition: If a majority of senators sign such a petition, it would force a floor vote under a privileged resolution.
– David Rothkopf praises SecState Blinken’s speech at SAIS.
– NYT says both Koreas are now involved in supplying Ukraine war.
– Yesterday the story was shifting aid from Egypt to Taiwan. Today, NYT notes US is still sending a lot to Egypt despite human rights complaints.
– WSJ says Chinese defense minister has been fired.
– CNN says China stopped spy balloon program.
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Stevenson’s army, September 13
-WaPo summarizes GOP calls for military action against Mexico
– Schumer and other plan trips to Beijing
– AIPAC is having trouble finding candidates
– Homestyles: Politico says Rep. Boebert isn’t so MAGA at home
–Trump DOJ ruling undercuts McCarthy on impeachment
– DOD releases unclassified Cyber Strategy
– At WOTR Michael Kofman analyzes Ukraine offensive
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Stevenson’s army, September 10
-WaPo tells how Senate GOP hopes to jam House GOP on budget
-DOD says China targets US military personnel
– NYT says Vietnam seek secret arms deal with Russia
– Defense One says Russians were in Africa just before coups
– VOA says Somalia shift tactics against al-Shabaab
– G20 communique is compromise on Ukraine and other topics
Interesting background pieces: Malta beat Apple, WSJ reports
– Democracy experts warn of history of compromises with extremists
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).
– SAIS prof Henry Farrell tells how US came to weaponize semiconductors
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Stevenson’s army, September 3
[There’s a Vietnamese dinner called “beef 7 ways.” I thought of that as I noticed several items in the papers today, all on China.]
– WaPo reports that a new Huawei phone shows an advance in Chinese technology
– NYT has a graphic showing how Xi has consolidated power
– NYT also describes the Chinese surveillance state
-Peter Beinart notes the history of GOP preoccupation with China
– In other news, NYT warns of the war on the opposition in Bangladesh
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Stevenson’s army, August 29
– Atlantic releases chapter of Afghanistan withdrawal chapter of Franklin Foer book on Biden.
– Journalist Jim Fallows critique media coverage of politics — note his link to conservative Nicholas Grossman.
– Jay Solomon sees the BRICS building a coalition against US
– Dan Drezner assesses the rise of China, and the consequences of its decline.
– Tom Ricks review some new military history books.
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