Tag: Civilian/military relations
Stevenson’s army, February 2
– David Ignatius and Tom Friedman each describe US hopes and plans for the Middle East
– Biden imposed sanctions on some West Bank settlers
– NYT says Netanyahu faces a dilemma
-WSJ sees looming conflict with Iran
– US intelligence says Iran doesn’t fully control proxies
– WaPo explains Ukraine civ-mil tensions
– NYT says Trump tariffs hurt jobs but pleased voters
– AP says DEA ran covert op in Venezuela
– CSIS has video and transcript of Israel discussion including Prof Cohen
The excellent D Brief has this: Lastly, “Dr. Strangelove” was released 60 years ago this week. Read a chronology of how the film came to be (from All the Right Movies), and an examination of what it got right (from Eric Schlosser).
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Stevenson’s army, November 20
– WSJ says militants are hiding in African parks
– WaPo sees civil-military clash over responding to threats to US forces
– WaPo quotes former Trump officials now very critical of him
– Some Democrats want to condition aid to Israel
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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.
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).
– 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, January 8
– Bob Gates & Condi Rice warn that time is not on Ukraine’s side
– Ross Douthat says the GOP now has a policy vision “that’s mostly performative gestures and fiscal apocalypticism”
– NYT correctly tracks GOP chaos to the tactics of Newt Gingrich.
– WaPo has video timeline of the attack inside the Capitol on Jan 6.
I missed yesterday’s. Here it is:
Another Army scholar calls civilian control of the military a “useful fiction” in the same publication.
US announced another $3 billion in arms aid to Ukraine.
Lawfare is now the site for all released January 6 committee materials.
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Stevenson’s army, December 14
– Appropriators have a deal on the omnibus.
– It reportedly includes the Electoral Count Act.
– Pentagon wants to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine; Biden hasn’t yet approved.
– House Democrats rejected term limit proposal.
– Kori Schake has good piece about keeping military out of politics.
– At FP Steve Walt says liberalism makes it hard to show restraint in foreign policy.
– At NYT, Nate Cohn explains how GOP under-performed despite winning more House votes than Democrats.
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Stevenson’s army, November 4
– Brennan Center report suggests foreign training laws lead to secret wars.
– WOTR writers say we don’t need the NSS report.
– WOTR has podcast on civ-mil relations.
– Politico notes many DOD appointees still await confirmation.
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