Tag: Israel

Stevenson’s army, December 2

– Robert Kagan forecasts the second Trump administration

– WSJ adds some programmatic details

– Lawrence Freedman sees problems in Ukraine

-RollCall says Congress is adding $26 Billion DOD didn’t want

– Politico says US is peacemaking in Congo/Rwanda

– WaPo says US has pressured Israel

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Stevenson’s army, November 29

– NBC sees a Biden-Obama clash on Israel policy

– WaPo reports pressure on India over attempted assassination

– FP reports the surprisingly bipartisan House committee on China, but notes it can’t report bills.

– AP says Trump would likely use US troops domestically

– The issue of US hypocrisy came up in class. Dan Drezner explains its role.

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Stevenson’s army, November 24

-FT says senior officials dismissed detailed warning about Hamas attacks

Taiwan opposition crumbles, WSJ says Beijing loses.

– WaPo says Russia & China plan tunnel to Crimea

NYT doubts PA could govern Gaza

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).

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Stevenson’s army, November 23

– Fred Kaplan sees a big shift in US-Israel relations

-NYT sees Biden role in hostage deal

– NYT notes divisions in Israeli cabinet

– WSJ says no smoking gun in tunnel videos

– CNN reports attempted Houthi attacks on US ships

– Right wing win in Dutch elections

The story behind “Day After” film

– FP has great graphic on US-Chinese competition for world trade

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).

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Stevenson’s army, November 20

– WSJ says militants are hiding in African parks

– WaPo sees civil-military clash over responding to threats to US forces

– WaPo quotes former Trump officials now very critical of him

– Some Democrats want to condition aid to Israel

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Stevenson’s army, November 13

– The Hill looks at the budget fight as viewed by the House and by the Senate.

– Bloomberg says Netanyahu also faces a budget dilemma.

– WaPo details Hamas planning

– NYT contrasts Xi’s public statements in his first term with internal statements.

– WSJ reveals back channel maneuvers setting up Xi-Biden talks.

Charlie added these extras later:

– Matt Yglesias explains how the weakness of US political parties — and because the hyperpartisanship is negative rather than affective — prevents any significant challenges to Biden and Trump.

– Politico says US defense companies don’t like the Buy American requirements.

-Political scientists discuss possible occupation of Gaza.

-The history of human shield concerns goes back to the Franco-Prussian war and has been ideologically divisive ever since.

-Lawfare explains the formation of Israel’s wartime cabinet.  [Historical note, when Churchill became prime minister in May 1940, he created and assumed the role of Minister of Defence, although there was no ministry of defence at the time.]

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).

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