Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, December 22
– The president has sent Congress his twice-yearly report on troops abroad under the War Powers law. The letter says the US has combat-equipped forces in 15 named countries, plus 90,000 in NATO and others “postured outside Afghanistan.”
– CFR has good data on US & other support to Ukraine
– CRS reports on Ukraine aid from State/Foreign ops
– AP reports that Zelensky took train to Poland, accompanied by US ambassador, then flew in USAF plane to DC.
– NYT says analysts forecast stalemate in Ukraine.
– WaPo notes Biden/Zelensky differences.
– Politico reports GOP opposition to future aid.
– RollCall lists biggest earmarkers.
– Vox summarizes new Electoral Count Act in omnibus.
– Defense News says some Taiwan aid was changed from grants to loans.
– Intercept says Twitter whitelisted unacknowledged Centcom accounts.
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Stevenson’s army, December 16
This is not the worst of what the Russians are doing, but it is still terrible.
– GOP leader McCarthy has postponed votes on committee leaders until after the Jan 3 speaker election, further delaying organization, staffing, and hearings. – WSJ says Russia is wooing Uganda. – Semafor reports interagency fight over China restrictions. – International Crisis Group points to worse problems than Ukraine. – State is expanding China Desk to “China House.” – Senate approved huge NDAA, sending it to the president. Omnibus details won’t be revealed until Monday, ultimate passage likely — after political games. 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, December 14
– Appropriators have a deal on the omnibus.
– It reportedly includes the Electoral Count Act.
– Pentagon wants to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine; Biden hasn’t yet approved.
– House Democrats rejected term limit proposal.
– Kori Schake has good piece about keeping military out of politics.
– At FP Steve Walt says liberalism makes it hard to show restraint in foreign policy.
– At NYT, Nate Cohn explains how GOP under-performed despite winning more House votes than Democrats.
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, December 13
[CRS has new report on US security assistance to Ukraine.]
[Another CRS report says Congress has appropriated $66 billion in aid for Ukraine.]
– Axios reports that Iran is limiting range of missiles its sending to Russia.
– Bipartisan report suggest ways for US to get back into TPP. The Asia Society report is here.
– In FT, Gideon Rachman says Korean armistice is the best model for Ukraine war.
– CRS has new short piece on local impact of defense spending.
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, December 12
– RollCall sees movement toward a spending deal.-
– WaPO says Japan is moving toward a defense buildup.
– WSJ says US forces are helping Niger against Islamists.
– WSJ says CIA is falling short on Open Source Intelligence
– Vox sees a new, stronger Chinese-Saudi alliance.
-WaPo op-ed says Republicans and Democrats misperceive each others’ views.
Here’s the cited report.
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, December 11
I posted yesterday’s as today’s (now corrected). Apologies. This is today’s:
– WSJ says US faces new era of hostage diplomacy.
– NYT sees US political divisions over hostages.
– Air Force/DOD dispute over drones.
– Warsaw & Berlin dispute over Patriot missiles.
– US disputes WTO decision on steel tariffs.
– US public support for Ukraine lessens.
– WSJ reports increased Iranian support for Russia.
– Ukraine has a landmine problem.
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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