Tag: Congress
Stevenson’s army, March 4
– FP has interviews and articles on Biden trade policy.
– Hudson has transcripts and articles on Indo-Pacific Policy.
– CNAS has gritty details about types of sanctions now being applied by US.
– Here’s the one-page chart on technology leads from an Australian think tank.
– WaPo has an interactive site to help choose your congressional committee.
– NYT has a revealing series of charts on support of Ukraine [even better in print paper]
– WOTR explains hard choices in US military support for Ukraine.
– CNN sees food shortage in North Korea.
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Stevenson’s army, March 2
– WH releases its cyber security strategy.-
– Brookings assesses US support for Ukraine.
-Here’s a list of House China bills.
– But Politico sees softening of administration limits on Chinese investments
– Macron outlines France’s Africa policy.
– Hill reports on Iran’s nuclear capability.
– New Yorker reports on new CIA gym.
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).
Stevenson’s army, February 22
– The White House has released a fact sheet on the Ukraine war, including embedded links to even more details.
– Politico has a good summary of new laws and policies to counter Chinese technology [relevant to week 7 exercise]
– Yahoo News says Russia plans to take over Belarus.
– Prigozhin accuses Russian military of treason.
– David Frum makes case for AMLO as an autocrat.
– WaPo columnist details GOP budget games.
– Dan Drezner skewers DeSantis foreign policy
– A footnote inspired me to read this article on how, except for US independence, the British won the war of 1775-83.
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).
Stevenson’s army, February 16
– WSJ says Russia’s forces are depleted.
– Politico reports a private comment by Blinken calling Crimea a Russian red line.
– FT reports Latin American countries resist US calls for help for Ukraine.
– Steve Walt lists what Putin got right.
– Defense Priorities has a good collection of comments on Ukraine.
-FP has summary of the rise of China hawks.
-No surprise here: Politico says Chinese balloon is argument for increased defense spending.
– CBO report on the debt ceiling.
-I agree with this op-ed falling for defense budget to be split into capital and operational expenses.
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).
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.
Stevenson’s army, February 2, 2023
– McConnell punishes two of his critics.
– McCarthy rewards some of his.
– Bipartisan group warns DOD against unfunded priority lists.
– Poll shows US views on Ukraine options.
– Commerce official brags about effects of trade restrictions.
– Analyst urges making Commerce the 18th intelligence agency. Reasonable case to me.
– Nonpartisan agreement on some Constitutional amendments. These also look surprisingly reasonable.
– Jim Fallows has good list of things we Americans should know about China.
– DOD wants to manage itself better.
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).