Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, July 26
This is the 70th anniversary of the armistice which suspended combat in the Korean war. I guess that’s a pretty good example of a frozen conflict.
– Biden wants Chollet for OSD Policy
-FP’s China Watcher analyzes the ouster of the Chinese FM
– Megatrends: NYT shows world demographic changes; WaPo notes study warning of Gulf Stream tipping point.
– WSJ analyzes effects of Ukraine stalled offensive.
– UVa law prof urges Hughes-Ryan approach for national security AI.
– UNC prof says Trump wasn’t a fascist, but could be.
– History lesson: when Congress “expunged” a censure of a president.
– Jonathan Chait debunks conservative claim of long march to liberal domination.
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Stevenson’s army, July 25
-WaPo has story based on comments by “officials” on how Putin was paralyzed by Wagner mutiny.-
– Politico says Senate is avoiding House approach to NDAA.
– Biden threatens to veto House appropriations bills with deep cuts. [I hope he realizes he can’t succeed vetoing bills because of what’s not in them, only for what is in them.]
– Dan Drezner assesses NYT editorial on sanctions.
– WSJ says US might have deal with China over fentanyl.
– Hill compares Trump and DeSantis on military issues.
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Stevenson’s army, July 13
I’ll be away for several days and unable to curate the news. Here are a few items for today:
– F16s to Turkey may depend on F35s to Greece.
– WSJ says several Russian officers have been “detained”
– Here’s the list of amendments still up for action by the House on the NDAA
– RollCall says House appropriations committee allows first pay raise since 2009
– Dan Drezner ponders why Biden’s low approval
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Stevenson’s army, July 12
– Unhappy Zelensky takes what he can get.
– The official communique criticizes China as well as Russia.
– Culture wars threaten the NDAA.
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Stevenson’s army, July 8
– Biden defends cluster munitions decision. NYT has other pro and con views.
– CIA director Burns looks ahead.
– SAIS grad Adam DuBard authors report on sanctions.
– Politico previews NATO summit.
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Stevenson’s army, July 8
Multiple reports say the same thing: US will be sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, despite all the reasons not to.
But NATO membership still looks unlikely.
Ukraine may have nuclear deal with Bulgaria, WSJ reports.
Wisconsin governor makes creative use of line item veto.
Trump-appointed judge upends federal control of National Guard.
Officers urge revised guidance of rules on political activity by military.
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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