Tag: Taiwan
Stevenson’s army, October 10
– NYT has long article on growing US-China tension over Taiwan.
– Xi calls for peaceful reunification.
– Nuclear proliferator A Q Khan dies at 85.
– CRS has recent backgrounders on Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
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Stevenson’s army, October 9
– Two noted lawyers, one D and one R, urge Congress to reclaim its powers.
– At FP, 2 writers debate Taiwan commitment.
– Eliot Cohen worries about American democracy.
-Ezra Klein finds a political analyst who expects Democrats to lose power for a decade.
– CBO has given Congress 3 options for cutting defense spending.
– CFR now has a global trade tracker.
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Stevenson’s army, October 8
– WSJ says US special forces have been training Taiwanese for over a year.
– CIA is creating a special mission center focused on China. Director Burns is also speeding up processing of new employees.
– WSJ says US succeeded in hobbling Huawei.
–SecNav also focuses on China in new guidance.
– Politico’s China Watcher has good laydown of Chinese demands of US. Key graf: China’s strategy toward the U.S., hinged to a series of uncompromising demands spelled out in “Three Bottom Lines,” a “List of U.S. Wrongdoings that Must Stop” and a “List of Key Individual Cases that China Has Concerns With,” stymies Biden’s efforts to manage bilateral friction by resolving disputes on an issue-by-issue basis.
-Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in latest poll, also find public more concerned about China.
– Poll also found support for defending allies.
– Two members, R & D, call for end to strategic ambiguity over Taiwan.
In hearing our HFAC staffer talked about, Afghan IG said US relied too much on DOD for aid.
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Stevenson’s army, October 7
– Taiwan’s defense minister warns of Chinese attack capability by 2025.
– Fred Kaplan sees misreporting of Chinese air intrusions.
– Axios sees Biden effort to placate French.
– E.J. Dionne says even Biden cools on filibuster. And note this: From 1917 through 1970 (53 years), there were only 58 cloture motions to shut off filibusters. From 1971 to 2006 (35 years), there were 928 cloture motions. From 2007 to now (14 years), there have been 1,410 cloture motions.
Remember my point: there are many tools for obstruction in the Senate.
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Stevenson’s army, October 3
I’ve been traveling the past couple of days, but here is today’s edition:
– NYT explains Republican holds on State Dept nominations. What Sen. Cruz [R-TX] has been doing is objecting to taking up nominations by unanimous consent and thus forcing Leader Schumer to use the 3-day cloture process for every contested nomination.
-China has been sending warplanes to warn Taiwan.
-WaPo highlights the tough budget choices facing the Biden administration, whether to drop favored programs from budget reconciliation or make them temporary in order to meet future budget number targets.
– CRS has new report on international affairs budgets & appropriations.
Here are Charlie’s weekend items from yesterday, October 2:
– Politico has an updated version of “I’m Just a Bill.” Enjoy!
-Defense One notes that the administration is relying on 2001 AUMF for its continuing strikes. See DOD transcript.
-Will we sanction India over its S400 purchase?
– FP says Erdogan might be quite sick.
– Bloomberg says WH Sit Room needs updating.
– Are we really turning against each other? Sad story from Idaho.
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Stevenson’s army, September 8
-WSJ says Iran blocks access to nuclear sites.
-US News says China may take over Bagram.
-NYT profiles Taliban cabinet.
– Analyst assesses moving Israel into Centcom.
-FP says Lithuania backs Taiwan.
-Ex-CIA analyst hits post 9/11 reforms.
– Biden packages disaster relief with refugee aid.
– WaPo’s John Kelly cites some historically wrong predictions — and includes the link. read & enjoy.
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