Tag: Security assistance
Stevenson’s army, April 24
-WaPo says US pressured Ukraine not to attack inside Russia
– Naval war college prof urges changes in security assistance
-Peter Beinart worries about another Nabka.
– SIPRI has its latest tally of world military expenditures.
– Politico sees a “diploma divide” explaining US politics [see second story].
– Facebook has an ad library, Take a look.
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Stevenson’s army, November 4
– Brennan Center report suggests foreign training laws lead to secret wars.
– WOTR writers say we don’t need the NSS report.
– WOTR has podcast on civ-mil relations.
– Politico notes many DOD appointees still await confirmation.
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Stevenson’s army, August 15
Late, but here it is:
– Are we training foreign forces in the right way? A Brandeis prof critiques.
– Is capabilities based planning for our military outdated? A retired Army colonel says it is.
– How did Ukraine attack the Crimea air base? WaPo does a deep dive and isn’t sure.
-Why did Senate Approps reject a plan for munitions replenishment? Because it’s a contingency fund and Congress doesn’t like them.
– How close are we to civil war? Cong. Kinzinger sends some scary tweets.
And yesterday’s too:
– Pew has a new survey showing how much Americans dislike the opposition party.
– NYT reports growing right-wing rhetoric urging violence.
– Administration declassified an intelligence report saying al Qaeda has not regrouped in Afghanistan.
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Stevenson’s army, August 2
– al-Zawahri assassination: CNN has the tick tock; Fred Kaplan has analysis.
– Pelosi going to Taiwan: Tom Friedman criticizes; White House warns China; Senators Menendez and Graham file big bill on Taiwan policy.
– Sen. Hawley opposes NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, another example of eroding US support for countering Russia policy.
– RUSI analyst has revealing comments on Russian military problems
– Lawyer worries about unintended consequences of new security assistance law.
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Stevenson’s army, April 11 and 12
April 12:
– Atlantic has a long piece arguing that much of the distrust of government and each other in America is the product of social media.
– WaPo says Putin’s behavior is linked to his hubris and isolation.
– CNN reports Russia’s first default on foreign debt.
– Reuters says Taiwan has issued its first civil defense survival handbook.
– Defense News reports State push to gain more control over security assistance. It references SFRC testimony by Jessica Lewis and Mara Karlin.
– FP says Afghan resistance plans a spring offensive.
April 11 Charlie posted these long reads:
– Trump’s Russia advisers talk to NYT
– WSJ says too many US-trained troops are launching coups in Africa.
– WaPo says Chinese propaganda helps Russia.
– FT says Chinese businesses are buying strategic islands.
– Politico finds Twitter thread exposing poor pay at foreign policy think tanks.
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Stevenson’s army, August 17
– Michele Flournoy has second thoughts on US counterinsurgency doctrine, writes Fred Kaplan, author of the case study of the doctrinal battle, The Insurgents.
– Kori Schake has doubts about how we train foreign armies.
– Tom Nichols says we, the US public, are responsible for the Afghan debacle because we wanted out.
– WaPo is just out with a tick-tock [“72 hours at Camp David.”] It describes an Aug. 6 Pentagon exercise that revealed potential problems and says senior NSC officials had 36 planning meetings since April to work out withdrawal.
– There are some dramatic details about the ongoing evacuation .
– Politico has a good compendium of expert commentary on what next.
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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