Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, January 12
– SAIS Profs Eric Edelman and Tom Mahnken have been named to the new bipartisan panel Congress formed to review the new National Defense Strategy.-
– The Bulwark has an excellent analysis of the shortfalls in defense of the Capitol on Jan 6. Organizational cultures and bureaucratic processes contributed to the mess.
– Daily Beast shows Putin losing his temper.
I’m off for grandparent duty for a while. But the papers will accumulate and I’ll review them when I return.
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Stevenson’s army, January 6
– Former CJCS Dunford and Harvard prof Graham Allison stress need for nonpartisan military.
– RAND analyst says we need to revise our war games to get useful results.
-WaPo says new cyber strategy has real teeth.
– TNSR article shows how hard it is to change military doctrine. [because of bureaucratic politics]
– Hawley relents on DOD nominees after TikTok deal.
– Appropriators question USAF budget plans.
– Corporations gave to election deniers, despite promises.
– Newsweek spreads rumors about Putin illness.
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Stevenson’s army, January 4
– NYT says Ukraine is shooting down Russian drones with missiles that cost far more than their targets.
– WSJ says defense industry consolidation impedes increased production.
– Soldier cellphones make them targets.
– Franklin Foer says maybe we need the old folks in Congress.
– Military Times is happy with the number of veterans in the new Congress.
– WaPo column says cheating with AI-written essays can be curbed by requiring hand-written submissions. It also explains why handwritten notes make you smarter than typing them.
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Stevenson’s army, January 3
– Politico has some good advice for new Members from some retiring Members.
– This is the time of year for think tanks to list their warnings and predictions for the coming year. Eurasia group has one. So does FP. As does CFR’s Jim Lindsay.
– House GOP is complaining about Pentagon culture wars.
– Many people have been writing about decreased trust in US military, drawing on this big survey by the Reagan Institute.
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Stevenson’s army, December 30
I have a piece in the Hill about the NDAA.
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the foreign policy debates during 1939-43. In many ways, the emerging split in the GOP is like the earlier one.
David Brooks in NYT calls attention to several long articles during the year, including this about the generational split among progressive groups.
WaPo says Venezuelan opposition has given up on Guaido.
Belarus blames Ukraine for attack.
AP reports on today’s Xi-Putin talks.
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Stevenson’s army, December 24
– President Biden issued a signing statement on the new NDAA, indicating he would narrowly construe several provisions in accordance with his views on executive authority.
-NYT has a long ticktock on the operations of the January 6 committee.
– Hill notes DC national guard wasn’t purposely delayed on Jan. 6.
– Law profs praise passage of new law giving Congress greater role in executive agreements.
– For your viewing pleasure, Politico lists best political movies and television shows of 2022.
Happy Holidays! CS
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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