Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, December 29
– Sarah Binder explains what happened/didn’t happen in Congress this year
– Axios has word of latest Bibi-Biden phone call
– USA Today has DOD report on extremism in the military2
– Here’s Maine Secretary of State ruling barring Trump from ballot
– UK sends warship to Guyana, Venezuela responds
– WSJ revisits Marine transformation
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).
Stevenson’s army, December 20
– The Senate left town for the year, but cleared military nominations first.
– Here’s the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump from the primary ballot
– CNBC says crypto PACs have a lot of money
– Dan Drezner sees incentives for political games over foreign policy
– Politico discusses Trump attacks on civil service
– WSJ says Hamas is planning postwar governance
– Paul Musgrave defends academic freedom by citing the margarine battle in Iowa
– New York magazine tells of Kissinger’s post-government business and partying
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).
Stevenson’s army, December 14
– The Senate passed the NDAA; House plans 2/3 suspension of rules vote today.
– Hill reports McConnell-Hawley feud
– Agriculture and business interests disputed China committee proposals
– WSJ says US blocked shipment of rifles to Israel because of settlers
– NYT analyzes Israeli war cabinet
– Netanyahu reply to Biden — by WaPo, by NYT
– Fred Kaplan on GOP fight on Ukraine
– Long blast against NYT by its former editorial page editor
– Law profs analyze use of force against Mexican cartels
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).
Stevenson’s army, Decemberr 15
– Former SAIS prof Mara Karlin, stepping down at DOD
– WaPo reports Chinese cyber attacks on US infrastructure
– NYT says US & Ukraine are working on a new strategy
– Economist has valuable report on Indian military, including strategy, organization, deployments, and civil-military tensions
– NBC says promised US-Chinese military hotline still hasn’t been started
– New NDAA, expected to pass this week, will allow some military program starts despite normal CR blocks
– French analyst explains internal Hamas debates–
And this from Legistorm:
Time to hand out those holiday bonuses: The average House personal office is on track to end the year with more than $360,000 left in its annual operating budget.
The average House personal office used just 61% of its office budget in the first nine months of the year, according to a LegiStorm analysis. That puts each office on pace to use 81% of its budget by the year’s end, leaving close to $363,000 unspent per office.
The personal average office ended 2022 with 10% of its budget left unspent, or more than $176,000.
Stevenson’s army, December 9
-Economist says Netanyahu isn’t the real leader of the war cabinet
– US & Guyana are conducting joint military exercises.
– Greece and Turkey make nice.
– NYT says Europe fears NATO withdrawal by Trump
– WSJ says Israel has plotted grid for Gaza
-Politico has a report on the meeting pressuring Tuberville
– SAIS’ James Mann has a piece about the myths Kissinger created about himself
– Two recent CRS reports: on FY2024 State/Foreign Ops appropriations and a big background report on IEEPA
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).
Stevenson’s army, December 8
-Defense News has more about what’s in NDAA
-Politico Pro says House China committee may urge repeal of PNTR
-Tom Nichols warns how Trump may purge the military
– Robert Kagan suggests resisting Trump
-WaPo says Israel isn’t keeping its promises to US
-Steve Walt questions Kissinger’s realism
– National Security Archive has some new releases
– Matt Yglesias notes that incumbents are in trouble around the globe
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).