Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, December 7
Remember Pearl Harbor! [A Daily Beast article debunks the revisionists.]
NDAA deal seems done. Nondefense issues part of the package, along with Space Force. [Post magazine has enthusiastic support of Space Force from a formerly skeptical reporter.
2020 election calendar — save it. Normally you can;t get into Politico Pro [$5K/yr] but they let us download the calendar.
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Stevenson’s army, November 22
– Earlier, NYT said decision uncertain on Hong Kong bill. This Morning, Trump says he doesn’t like it.
– WaPo has background on effort to pardon military personnel. David Ignatius decries decision.
– Pause in South Korea-Japan spat,
CAP has ideas for reducing foreign influence in US elections.
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Stevenson’s army, November 19
– There’s a deal to extend the CR until Dec 20.
– Administration delays its Huawei ban for another 90 days.
– USAF wants to cut its Global Hawk force.
– Politico says it’s “lights out” for the EMP program.
– On the 100th anniversary of Senate defeat of the Versailles treaty, Walter Russell Mead says the defeat didn’t matter as much as the death of Theodore Roosevelt. I do think it mattered. Even though the US was not really isolationist in the 1920s, it did sit out security issues, where it might have made a difference. More importantly, my research convinces me that the treaty could have been approved if Wilson had been willing to accept modest reservations. So the fault lies with him.
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Stevenson’s army, November 15
– The US wants South Korea to pay 500% more for US troop deployments.
– North Korea issued a warning to US. Here’s the detailed statement.
– NYT lists disagreements between Trump and US military.
– Here’s more from Senators in the meeting with Erdogan.
-LA Times notes a nuclear problem in the Pacific.
–Legal background on executive privilege.
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Stevenson’s army, November 12
– The Atlantic examines changing views of military officers on staying apolitical.
– There’s also an article quoting retired generals who have criticized Trump.
– FP says SecDef Esper is gaining influence.
-Politico has more details on NSA O’Brien’s efforts to downsize the NSC staff.
– Which Dan Drezner says doesn’t matter.
– Pence effect? Politico says Trump wants to condition US aid on religious liberty.
– WOTR has ideas on how to solve Iraq’s political-military crisis.
– NYT has long backgrounder on Ukraine impeachment testimony.
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Stevenson’s army November 7
– VP Pence’s staff worked to shift US aid to Christian groups.
– Boris Johnson backs away from Trump.
– His own parliamentary seat is in jeopardy.
– SecDef Esper pleads with president not to interfere in military justice cases.
– DOD is working out rules to protect Syrian oil.
– China has a solution: limit gamers to 90 minutes per day.
– NYT describes 2 schools of thought on political polarization.
– To sort out conflicting polls, 538 has ratings on various pollsters.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. If you want to get it directly, 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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