Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, August 26
– It’s all over, says Charlie Cook. Trump will be the GOP nominee.
– WaPo still does some fact-checking on other presidential candidates.
– Georgetown SFS group has recommendations to improve US diplomacy.
– NYT has declassified US intelligence report on Russian influence operations in US & Europe.
-Pentagon protested false Fox report
– Singer protests GOP use of his song.
– Economist lists important books for read for IR and offers candidates for Great American Novel.
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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Stevenson’s army, August 25
-WaPo has maps showing impact of the Tuberville hold on 301 military nominations.
– WSJ says Chinese may help Saudi nuclear plant
– Military Times has quotes on foreign policy from GOP “debate”
– Defense One highlights State office that handles Ukraine aid.
– Lawfare has summary of recent events in the Pacific region.
I’ve long believed that “some people die only in the Times” — that NYT runs obituaries on little known but deeply significant people. Today, it tells about the man who invented the PDF format.
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Stevenson’s army, August 17
– The Commission studying reform of the DOD budget process has an interim report.
– AEI summarizes the issues in the NDAA conference.
– CNAS has a big report on civilians in national security.
-WSJ notes the big problems facing the Russian economy.
– NPR summarizes China’s stumbling economy.
– NYT sees Russia helped by Niger coup
– WaPo says Iran helped Russia’s drone industry
– David Ignatius praises Biden foreign policy
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Stevenson’s army, August 11
– WaPo details data on support to Ukraine.
– Politico has data on supplemental request.
– NYT details Musk’s Starlink
– NYT notes changes in views of GOP voters
– NYT analyzes latest deal with Iran, despite many missing details
– WaPo doubts Sen. Tuberville lives in Alabama
– WSJ says US intelligence will share more with private companies
– WaPo reports problems in F16 training for Ukraine
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Stevenson’s army, August 9
– NYT says Biden will release order limiting investments in China today.
-IISS reports divisions among Kurds.
– Fred Kaplan discusses how Gen. Groves lied about atomic radiation.
– More information on navy spies for China
– NYT analyzes the war in the Black Sea
-WSJ says Niger coup leader was US favorite
-Lawfare says Trump will have to attend his trials.
– Article says DOD should learn innovation lessons from business.
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Stevenson’s army, July 28
I’ll be away for a few days, but I wanted to highlight good news about Congress.
– Senate passed its NDAA. And the appropriators did their job.
– The House is another story.
– Problems in Haiti — State warning; New Yorker analysis.
– Problem in Niger with broader ramifications.
– Tom Friedman sees US mideast push
-Politico Nat Sec Daily analyzes Biden/Austin relationship.
-Commerce & Defense together on industrial base.
Some ideas to ponder: Maybe social media don’t worsen polarization.
– Maybe dictators aren’t so effective
-Maybe there’s a feasible peace in Ukraine.
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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