Tag: Intelligence
Stevenson’s army, October 22
– Administration formally notified Congress of planned Taiwan arms sale.
– DNI in evening news conference said Iran and Russia have US voter files, Iran behind voter suppression emails.
– Intelligence budget figures [only 2 of them] were released yesterday. FAS has the multiyear record.
– WSJ sums up the Lighthizer record on trade.
– Menendez blasts Trump on foreign policy.
– NSA O’Brien defends administration China policy.
– HASC chairman doubts big defense cuts.
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Stevenson’s army, October 19
Nobody knows what Joe Biden might actually do if elected in terms of choosing senior officials. But these stories are appearing and will appear. They’re interesting; just don’t believe them.
Who will be Secretary of State?
How will Biden change Intelligence?
Can Biden unite Asian allies against China?
On the other hand, here’s some news: ISIS is surging in Africa.
O’Brien talks about Taiwan.
China threatens Taiwan.
China’s economy is growing again.
And what’s wrong with this picture?
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Stevenson’s army, October 15
The Army has released its previously secret study of how bases came to be named after Confederates.
Former Time Pentagon correspondent surveys the sad history of procurement reform.
Defense News slams DOD’s OCO slush fund.
Paul PIllar says Tuump continues to politicize intelligence
Administration now wants think tanks to disclose foreign funding.
FP’s China hand says Xi now has key agenda setting power for party meetings.
UK’s Chatham House has backgrounder on Somalia.
Russia says no nuke deal before election.
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Stevenson’s army, October 10
Just in time for our mock hearing on Taiwan, Politico’s China watcher has a good rundown on Taiwan issues.
WaPo explains the Administration’s new sanctions on Iran.
NYT says new DNI is not keeping his promise to be apolitical.
CyberCommand says it’s fighting election interference.
Reuters says the steel tariffs didn’t work.
Book author explains how talk radio built the conservative movement.
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Stevenson’s army, October 1
Happy New Year, 2021. US Government has money until Dec 12.
NYT has long report on GOP efforts to build case for voter fraud and weaponize it during and after the election.
Atlantic reports on right-wing militias.
WSJ says DNI overruled objections to declassifying unverified Russian reports on Hillary Clinton.
House Intelligence Committee says IC doesn’t have enough info on China.
HASC hearing has bipartisan criticism of Administration NATO troop plans.
Conservatives tell of safe ways to cut DOD budget.
WOTR has good ideas on improving US-Chinese crisis management.
RAND has a board game for doing strategy. Should I try it in class?
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Stevenson’s army, September 23
As you’ll learn when we discuss the Senate, there are many ways to obstruct and delay in addition to the filibuster. Democratic Leader Schumer invoked one Tuesday. The rule [XXVI, 5] requires unanimous consent for any committee to meet more than 2 hours after the full Senate has convened, and never after 2pm. This will limit Judiciary hearings on the Supreme Court nominee.
Meanwhile, candidates to become House Appropriations Chair in the next Congress are endorsing the return of earmarks.
Save the date: December 11 is when funding for the new fiscal year runs out, assuming the Senate agrees to the Continuing Resolution that passed the House with strong bipartisan support.
The Hill says DOD is planning full US withdrawal from Afghanistan by next May.
The National Security Adviser is pressuring DOD to add funds for the Navy. It’s unusual for someone in that position to do such budget stuff.
Politico says CIA is censoring and limiting what it send to WH about Russia
Lee Drutman, whose writings about interest groups I’ve assigned, says the US political parties are collapsing and some kind of transformation is coming.
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. 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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