Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, March 21
– NYT’s David Sanger assesses the Biden policies toward Russia and China.
– Fred Kaplan thinks US side ill-prepared for Anchorage.
– WaPo writer sees personality cult in India’s Modi.
-The Hill sees looming battle over defense budgets.
– CRS has backgrounder on Afghanistan troop withdrawal issues.
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Stevenson’s army, March 20
– WOTR has two provocative pieces worth your time. One, by some SOCOM veterans, argues for using irregular warfare insights in strategic planning.
-The other, by some China analysts, questions several “myths” that dominate mainstream
China policy debates,
– How does a nominee win confirmation in a bitter fight? Colin Kahl, named to be USD{P}, the #3 post in DOD, is being opposed by many Republican Senators, including Susan Collins, ostensibly for nasty partisan tweets but really because he supported JCPOA. Sen. Manchin continues to say he’s undecided, but he may be the deciding vote. Kahl’s supporters have obtained a favorable letter from several well-known supporters of Israel.
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Stevenson’s army, March 17
– DNI report says Russia and Iran — but not China — interfered in 2020 elections against Biden. Report here
– Ukraine, as US urging, blocked Chinese acquisition of defense firm.
– DARPA is also countering foreign investments in US startups.
– CNAS has new program on geoeconomic tools.
– Some congressional Democrats push 20% increase in international affairs funding.
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Stevenson’s army, March 15
Numbers game: DOD has 1000 more troops in Afghanistan than reported.
Blinken and Austin sign op-ed on partnerships.
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Stevenson’s army, March 14
North Korea rebuffs Biden outreach.
Explain this: Asian countries have 1/10 to 1/1000 virus death rate compared to US & Europe.
Book length tick tock of Trump’s China policies.
A student discovered that State has revived a sanctions office — because of a provision in a virus relief bill. [I’d like to see a paper on that.]
Last week in class we discussed the soaring cost of US military aircraft. NYT weighs in with an editorial criticizing the F-35.
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Stevenson’s army, March 13
– WaPo says US likely to delay Afghan pullout
– David Ignatius explains bureaucratic maneuvering on Afghanistan.
– FP says administration has big debates on ending wars.
– Background on the Quad, which met Friday and agreed to get more vaccines to SE Asia.
– Europe angry over US secondary sanctions.
– US plans new sanctions on NordStream2
-Senate filibuster may be changed.
-Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, summarizes history of US special forces.
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