Tag: Taiwan

Stevenson’s army, November 24

-CNN says US is putting troops near Ethiopia … in case.

– Taliban is sending troops to fight Islamic State.

– FP notes critics of some invitees to summit of democracies.

China is mad that Taiwan was invited.

Germany is about to have a new government.

– Lobbyists are using their Hill townhouses.

Politico  reports that Susan Rice demands well-written memos, including no typos and the Oxford comma. [This is a valuable lesson for all govt employees.]

History lesson: Atlantic tells what happened 100 years ago when lawmakers tried to ban the teaching of … evolution.

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Stevenson’s army, November 19

I’m traveling so missed some Stevenson’s army, but here it is for today:

– After a record-breaking speech by  leader McCarthy, the House is expected to vote on the domestic programs bill. Meanwhile, the Senate can’t get a UC on NDAA because various Senators want their amendments to be included.

– Promised Hill staff pay raises haven’t come.

– NYT says Iranian missile attack on US forces was in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes.

– FP says US has put more troops in Taiwan.

– Axios says US is ignoring religious liberty report’s criticism of India.

– A Saudi intelligence official has written a memoir.

-And David Brooks sees a pattern in young conservative thinking.

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Stevenson’s army, November 12

-FP reports on Taiwan’s latest military assessment, and links to the document.

– AP reports on CCP’s history resolution elevating Xi. Here’s the text.

-WSJ says US & Chinese semiconductor firms are collaborating.

– FP says China hawks are running for office.

– Jake Sullivan says US bureaucracy is too slow.

– Brookings report warns of revolving door with tech industry.

– Bloomberg reports on US CODEL to Taiwan.

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Stevenson’s army, November 10

– WSJ says democracy is losing in Latin America.

– WSJ says Saudis have strategic partnership with China.

– WSJ says Facebook has lots of stolen content.

– NYT says Belarus uses migrants against Poland.

– Fred Kaplan says DOD report on China minimizes threat of invasion of Taiwan.

– WOTR article says OFAC needs changes to do sanctions well.

– New Pew study analyzes factions within GOP & Democrats.

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Stevenson’s army, November 3

– Big night for GOP. It will have consequences, but observers are divided. Good summary from WaPo.

CIA’s Burns goes to Moscow.

– Administration argues over “sole purpose” of nuclear weapons.

– Joe Nye says we shouldn’t call competition with China a cold war.

– Sen. Hawley, whose defense staffer was at our brownbag, has new bill for Taiwan aid.

– Good resources: while looking for something else, I discovered excellent recent CRS report on NSC and UVa site listing key staff in WH and NSC.

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Stevenson’s army, October 28

Taiwan confirms US troop training.

– Iran will return to nuclear talks.

Iran complains of hacking attack on gas stations. 

Israel admits being hacked.

– NYT says Iran now worries about Taliban.

– Language: a professor says we need new language for national security issues.

– A journalist decries the use of “snowclones.”

– Think about this: Dan Drezner raises serious doubts that Havana syndrome is an attack by outsiders. It may be a psychogenic illness.

– UVa researcher describes GOP path to power.

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