Tag: Taiwan
Stevenson’s army, July 23
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I plan to. Here’s good additional information from Fred Kaplan and New York magazine.
I’ve read many books on the Manhattan Project and want to suggest 3 novels and one nonfiction about life in Los Alamos. Joseph Kanon wrote one. Ellen Klages another.
TaraShea Nesbit’s is fun. And Jennet Conant’s nonfiction is revealing.
The bulletin of the atomic scientists has a collection from its archives.
On other matters, David Ignatius has a good piece on China and space.
WSJ questions whether Japan would support the US over Taiwan.
On Lawfare there’s a good piece on fixing the Bumpers amendment on military coups.
– And my favorite budget wonk Kevin Drum has the fix for Social Security.
I also came across this article explaining why pollsters and political ad writers clash so often.
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Stevenson’s army, July 21
Several items caught my eye this week. More to come later.
– NYT had a big story — a welcome change from the usual campaign horse race stories — on Trump plans for a stronger, more assertive presidency.
– New Yorker had good interview with a law professor on how it might work.
– WSJ sees a visceral clash among Americans in the 2024 elections. Too much hate and fear.
– Anne Applebaum wonders whether Tennessee is still a democracy.
-New Yorker tells how the House Administration committee is the “traffic cop”
– House & Senate appropriators differ on foreign aid including Taiwan.
– National Security Archive has documents on the president’s nuclear “football”
– RollCall explains the administration’s new cybersecurity strategy. Here’s the document.
– SIGAT summarizes its reports on Afghanistan in reply to Senators.
– CRS has new report on covert actions and congressional notifications.
-AEI’s Kori Schake comments on NATO summit
And since ChatGBT seems capable of passing Harvard courses, I’m sticking with my oral exams.
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Stevenson’s army, July 3
WSJ says Putin is taking over Wagner’s assets.
Vox argues its African operations create dependencies more than revenues.
NYT podcast gives more Wagner background.
New Yorker rounds up expert views of Putin today.
WaPo suggests administration is pressuring Hill on cluster munitions for Ukraine.
State approves more arms for Taiwan.
Politico says Tuberville poses problems for JCS succession.
Court rules military cases don’t require unanimous verdicts.
CJCS Milley gave talk at National Press Club. CSPAN has tape and transcript.
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Stevenson’s army, June 26
– Nothing from the three main figures in the Wagner mutiny, so let the pundits talk, as in Politico.
– Pro-Russian may win in Slovakia.
– US public still supports Ukraine, Taiwan.
– WaPo notes the Senate isn’t doing much.
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Stevenson’s army, June 20
-WaPo summarizes the Blinken visit. Note what he said to the news media, echoing the traditional US position on Taiwan.
-A CFR panel has its report on Taiwan policy.
– New reports say China and Cuba are negotiating a military base.
– FT says the Chinese exam for college is full of XI ideas.
– NYT investigation concludes Russia blew up the Khakhovka dam.
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Stevenson’s army, May 18 and 19
This is from yesterday: We’re back from travel and I’ve only begun to look at the accumulated papers. More to come. Meanwhile, these worthwhile pieces:
– Steve Walt has good advice on how people with master’s degrees can have good foreign policy careers.
– WOTR warns of the seduction of buzzwords.
-Substack columnist Noah Smith has interview with China specialist who has the best analysis I’ve seen of China’s tech policies.
– Media critic Dan Froomkin hits WaPo for not curating its classified leaks. I agree.
– I also agree with this call for beefing up CRS.
– NYT had fine profile of CIA director Burns.
In more recent news: US & allies disagree on F16s to Ukraine.
-Taiwan’s opposition has an interesting candidate.
– CFIUS may be used for Forbes acquisition.
– NYT questions Pentagon rules for special forces.
– FT says South Africa may face severe US sanctions
– Teixeira’s supervisors warned him about classified procedures but didn’t stop him.
Charlie posted this today:
– State has released a new foreign military sales policy, WSJ explains
– Pentagon acknowledges $3 billion accounting error, freeing more money for Ukraine.
– Assad is back in the good graces of the Arab League.
– Politico explain the legislative complexity of passing a debt ceiling bill.
– Glenn Kessler uses the example of “VA cuts” to explain how Ds & Rs argue over the GOP bill. [The point is that discretionary spending cuts are required but not identified.]
Good think pieces: By SAIS Prof Frank Gavin
– On Marine Corps reform
– On future Eurasian security
– And if you’re a subscriber, Economist has a new “defence” news site.
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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