Tag: Foreign Policy
Stevenson’s army, January 23
-Politico reports attacks on Houthis.
-Defense Priorities analyzes the options.
– Fred Kaplan is encouraged by emerging Gaza peace plan.
– RollCall sees Palestinian aid as an issue.
-Semafor says Israel want 2km no man’s land in Gaza
– Iran hawks Gerecht and Takeyh say Iran doesn’t want a war
– NYT worries about tipping point in Mideast conflicts
– FP’s Steve Walt says in terms of foreign policy, it doesn’t matter whether Trump or Biden wins
– New reports on Trump on Ukraine and Trump on Taiwan [from Politico’s China Watcher:
TRUMP WON’T COMMIT TO TAIWAN’S DEFENSE: The likely Republican candidate in the November U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, refused to commit to a U.S. defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion attempt.
Publicly declaring his position on Taiwan’s defense would put him in “very bad negotiating position” with Beijing, Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday. Trump laced those comments with complaints about the self-governing island’s dominance of the global semiconductor supply chain. “Taiwan did take all of our chip business … they took our business away. We should have stopped them. We should have taxed them. We should have tariffed them,” Trump said.
Lawfare summarizes new cyber laws.
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Stevenson’s army, January 5
– DOD is out of money for Ukraine
– CBO explains what has to happen under the budget law. Kevin Drum has a summary
– Eliot Cohen reports on a trip to Israel
– Fred Kaplan says Kennan et al had it easy. [I still believe Phil Zelikow is right that the US needs more better trained USG officials]
– What could possible go wrong to disrupt the 2024 elections? Politico has a scary list.
And another history lesson: Good Authority has campaign ads with foreign policy theme, going back to 1952
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-In FT, sanctions expert warns against seizing Russian assets.
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Stevenson’s army, January 2
– Politico lists the many significant elections coming up in 2024
– Politico’s China watcher details how Xi is maneuvering around those elections
-New poll shows US sees foreign policy as bigger election issue than usual
– Politico says Biden’s trade policy hasn’t worked
-FT says conscription issue is causing rift in Ukrainian politics
– WSJ has wrenching story on destruction in Gaza
I was ill yesterday, so missed posting this New Year edition:
– Israel announces some troop withdrawals from Gaza.
– NYT has long piece with some details of Biden’s 14 calls with Netanyahu and of US advice at various times.
– For 2d time, administration bypassed Congress on weapons to Israel.
– NYT notes many retired officers now work for venture capitalists
– China committee chairman explains plans for 2024
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Stevenson’s army, December 19
– US sets up a Red Sea task force
–Germany deploys troops abroad
– Election interference by several countries
– Reuters forecasts Trump foreign policy
– GOP voters support law-breaking
– Gaza hurts Biden with voters
– 118th Congress hasn’t done much
WaPo has new interactive showing DC area flood risks
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Stevenson’s army, December 16
– I strongly agree with Phil Zelikow that the US is losing its capacity to do things in foreign policy. We have ideas but can’t turn them into operations.
– IISS has its latest Armed Conflict Survey
– Lawfare says Congress is working on classification laws
– Guyana and Venezuela make nice
– CNN says US criticizes Israel for Lebanese attacks
– Fred Kaplan says Hamas is gaining support
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Stevenson’s army, November 2
– GOP Senators couldn’t get Tuberville to back down
– Cong. Nancy Mace controls her staff over details
– WSJ says Russia is taking control of Wagner operations in Africa
– Don’t forget the mess in the Congo
– GZero has a map showing missing US ambassadors.
-Another poll showing lower US support for Ukraine
– NYT notes Biden’s unfulfilled promises on Mideast policy
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