Tag: Congress
Stevenson’s army, May 25
– Brookings doubts the hypersonic hype.
-POGO says defense industry is crying wolf.
– Pending lawsuit argues debt limit gives president too much power.
– New China committee approves package of bills.
– Farmland is an issue in US/China relations
– On his 100th birthday, National Security Archive lists documents showing the good and bad of Henry Kissinger
-NYT says Ukrainians likely involved in Kremlin drone attack
– WaPo says Biden will announce this afternoon nomination of USAF Chief Brown to be CJCS.
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Stevenson’s army, May 24
– Politico notes that the GOP House members haven’t negotiated deals before.
– Politico also cites criticisms of media coverage of the topic:
What officials have done is begun circulating pieces calling out the fourth estate. Those include items from New York Magazine’s JONATHAN CHAIT and the American Prospect’s RYAN COOPER and DAVID DAYEN criticizing the mainstream press for normalizing GOP tactics.
–RollCall lists member-sponsored add-ons to defense spending [formerly called pork]
– AP has its own tick-tock on Biden’s change of position on F16s for Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, May 18 and 19
This is from yesterday: We’re back from travel and I’ve only begun to look at the accumulated papers. More to come. Meanwhile, these worthwhile pieces:
– Steve Walt has good advice on how people with master’s degrees can have good foreign policy careers.
– WOTR warns of the seduction of buzzwords.
-Substack columnist Noah Smith has interview with China specialist who has the best analysis I’ve seen of China’s tech policies.
– Media critic Dan Froomkin hits WaPo for not curating its classified leaks. I agree.
– I also agree with this call for beefing up CRS.
– NYT had fine profile of CIA director Burns.
In more recent news: US & allies disagree on F16s to Ukraine.
-Taiwan’s opposition has an interesting candidate.
– CFIUS may be used for Forbes acquisition.
– NYT questions Pentagon rules for special forces.
– FT says South Africa may face severe US sanctions
– Teixeira’s supervisors warned him about classified procedures but didn’t stop him.
Charlie posted this today:
– State has released a new foreign military sales policy, WSJ explains
– Pentagon acknowledges $3 billion accounting error, freeing more money for Ukraine.
– Assad is back in the good graces of the Arab League.
– Politico explain the legislative complexity of passing a debt ceiling bill.
– Glenn Kessler uses the example of “VA cuts” to explain how Ds & Rs argue over the GOP bill. [The point is that discretionary spending cuts are required but not identified.]
Good think pieces: By SAIS Prof Frank Gavin
– On Marine Corps reform
– On future Eurasian security
– And if you’re a subscriber, Economist has a new “defence” news site.
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Stevenson’s army, May 6
FYI, I’ll be away for a while. But I’ll get to the saved papers when I return.
-In class, we read about the planning for the Iraq war and noted the inadequate planning for Phase IV. Author Garrett Graff has stunning revelations about the decisions on de-Baathification and disbanding the army that led to the insurgency.
– More on the Wagner fights with the Kremlin: WaPo found evidence in Discord leaks, now reports Prigozhin’s latest outburst.
-Politico sees challenges for CJCS successor Brown in some of his earlier statements.
– It’s a podcast, where Trump PDB briefer describes her work.
– Lawfare looks at the congressional debate over the debt language in the 14th amendment.
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Stevenson’s army, May 4
– Tom Nichols analyzes the alternative explanations for the drones over the Kremlin.
– Politico notes the disparate approaches in Congress to AI.
– WaPo shows how few days are left when key debt players are in town.
-WaPo says business and nonpartisan groups aren’t weighing in on debt ceiling.
-There’s more than we thought to US-Philippine agreement
– And look how new British election laws requiring a voter ID are helping the Tories. Neither US nor UK has a national ID card for cultural reasons. [Ours is that the NRA is a chief opponent]
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Stevenson’s army, May 3
– WaPo says administration hopes for win-win deal on debt. Lots of luck.
– NYT says administration considers invoking 14th amendment to ignore debt ceiling.
– FWIW I agree with Larry Tribe that that’s wrong.
– Meanwhile, House Democrats stealthily pDrepared a discharge petition option.
– Politico floats a GOP wish list for moderate Democrats.
-Troops to southern border, but no law enforcement role.
-Gen. Milley gave interview to Foreign Affairs.
– WaPo show how Capitol can accommodate a larger House.
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).
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