Tag: Defense

Stevenson’s army, March 26

– NYT says Asia is gearing for war.

– WaPo sees “five families” in the House GOP.

-Reuters sees US-China fight over undersea cables.

– NYT analyzes Biden-Netanyahu disagreements.

-Poli sci study funds independent redistricting commissions lead to 2.25 times as many competitive districts. Hooray!

– Conservative prof wants to change GOP primary system. Intriguing ideas.

– Marine reservist sees legal opportunity to expand “1202 authorities.”

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Stevenson’s army, March 23

I am back from a week in Doha when I wasn’t posting, and Charlie is back from a few days away:

Back at my desktop and partway through the accumulated newspapers, here are some links.

– Stimson has a bunch of reports. I especially liked the “Chimera of Technological Superiority” paper.

– Lots of Iraq reflections [today is the 20th anniversary of the start of the US war]. Reporter John Walcott was right.  As was Jim Fallows.

– A Marine calls for a more family friendly military personnel system

– SAIS prof Ed Joseph sees a Kosovo deal.

– US News said US intell helped India against China.

– Fred Kaplan assesses the Xi-Putin summit. WaPo notes the absence of a pipeline deal.

– Two views on US aid to Ukraine: surprising success or much too slow.

– NYT analyzes DeSantis foreign policy.

– Max Boot sees return to 1930s GOP foreign policy.

– RollCall notes Biden’s high success rate with Congress.

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, March 11

– Chinese diplomacy secures Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

– Some analyses.

Surprise in Israel.

– WSJ says China also winning in South China Sea.

Russia threatens Moldova.

– Lawfare piece sees mild congressional restraints on use of force.

– SAIS profs Barno & Bensahel analyze US military recruiting problems.

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, March 10

– Alerted by FT’s John Thornhill, I want to share the UK Defence Ministry’s commissioned Sci-Fi stories to help think about future warfare.

– Lithuanian intelligence says Russia can fight two more years at current pace in Ukraine.

– NYT reveals what Saudis want from US in return for normalizing relations with Israel.

– There still aren’t many budget details for defense and foreign policy. Defense News has this summary.

– And Indopacom has leaked its wish list.

– Politico notes European differences over China.

Max Boot confesses he has been wrong about foreign policy.

– WaPo earlier had interesting maps about US & 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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Stevenson’s army, March 3

– WSJ says Germany isn’t boosting defense as promised.

Australian think tank says China leads US is key technologies. WSJ summary.

– WSJ sees US-EU clash over Iranian nuclear programs.

– Politico’s NatSec Daily says US won’t criticize India

– FP tells how Ukraine learned to fight

– WOTR has good piece on acquisition reform.

– Politico reports on administration WMD strategy.

Off topic but significant: it’s the phones.

And for fun, look at these maps.

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Stevenson’s army, March 1

– USAID has guidance to fight corruption.  More from New Yorker re Ukraine..

– USD(P) explains opposition to F16s.

– NYT explains CHIPS Act.  WSJ’s Greg Ip sets background.

– GZEro has graphic on aid to Ukraine.

– NYT explains Russia’s failing tank tactics.

– NYT says Netanyahu is losing his grip.

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 committee reports a batch of China bills.

– WaPo dings Haley for misleading statements about foreign aid.

– Writer urges expansion of House.

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