Tag: Defense

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

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– SAIS prof Henry Farrell tells how US came to weaponize semiconductors

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Stevenson’s army, September 8

-WaPo draws from new biography that Musk cut satellites to hinder Ukraine attack on Crimea.

– WaPo also has excerpt from the biography.

– Dan Drezner says Musk needs some foreign policy advisers.

– NYT warns pro-Russians lead in pending Slovakia elections

– Pro Publica criticizes the Littoral Combat Ship program

– NYT describes the upgraded Situation Room

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Stevenson’s army, September 7

– Fred Kaplan analyzes the Tuberville mess — and has some quotes from me.

– The coach reacts

– US government debates whether to call Niger event a “coup”

– FT wonders which African country will have a coup next

– WSJ says DOD plans “vast AI fleet”

– NYT says China is building a network of basesChina

– Noah Smith, echoing Hal Brands, says China’s economic slowdown may make it more belligerent

– Lawfare reports poll of US views on intelligence community

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Stevenson’s army, September 5

– Latest Alabama redistricting map ruled unconstitutional.-

– Service Secretaries hit Tuberville holds

DOD divided over US troop levels in Europe

– NIU prof notes how Goldwater Nichols law made CJCS a key diplomat

– Dan Drezner notes that foreigners are planning in case of a Trump reelection

– Democracy experts tells how foreigners improved on the US Constitution

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Stevenson’s army, September 4

– Zelensky fired his defense minister, while military corruption remains a problem.

– NYT says US Navy has too many big ships, partly for political reasons.

– FP suggests UN peacekeeping fuels African coups

-Hill tells how House GOP plans to help Trump — one way is through renewed Holman Rule.

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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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