Tag: technology
Stevenson’s army, March 3
– WSJ says Germany isn’t boosting defense as promised.
– Australian think tank says China leads US is key technologies. WSJ summary.
– WSJ sees US-EU clash over Iranian nuclear programs.
– Politico’s NatSec Daily says US won’t criticize India
– FP tells how Ukraine learned to fight
– WOTR has good piece on acquisition reform.
– Politico reports on administration WMD strategy.
Off topic but significant: it’s the phones.
And for fun, look at these maps.
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Stevenson’s army, February 22
– The White House has released a fact sheet on the Ukraine war, including embedded links to even more details.
– Politico has a good summary of new laws and policies to counter Chinese technology [relevant to week 7 exercise]
– Yahoo News says Russia plans to take over Belarus.
– Prigozhin accuses Russian military of treason.
– David Frum makes case for AMLO as an autocrat.
– WaPo columnist details GOP budget games.
– Dan Drezner skewers DeSantis foreign policy
– A footnote inspired me to read this article on how, except for US independence, the British won the war of 1775-83.
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Stevenson’s army, February 15
– Just came across an excellent report on US technological competitiveness from last November.
– DIA released info on Iranian drones.
– There’s a report that Putin now travels by armored train.
– ISW report has a lot of info on Prigozhin.
– Eliot Cohen disparages comparisons to WW I & II.
– How much do news media people make? Look here.
Foreign Affairs has new articles by Prof Brands and Prof Szubin.
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Stevenson’s army, February 9
– Sy Hersh says the US secretly destroyed the NordStream 2 pipeline. He says that public comments by Jake Sullivan and Victoria Nuland and Biden that NordStream wouldn’t go ahead if Russia invaded Ukraine allowed the administration to call it a secret military operation rather than a covert operation requiring notification of Congress. The White House denies the story, but Hersh typically has many, many plausible details.
– CNN says the Chinese balloon was noticed and cited in intelligence reports but they weren’t treated as significant.
– US says the balloon could collect communications signals.
– NYT details an expected executive order limiting US technology investments in China.
– Trump’s final Acting SecDef has given a strange interview to the Hill.
-In WOTR, four airmen offer lessons from the air war over Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, October 14
– NYT has important background on interagency debates before new order on Chinese tech.
– NYT also has details on US-Saudi pissing match.
– Axios has background on French West Africa policy.
– Military Times quotes conservatives arguing recruiting shortfalls are because the armed forces are too “woke.”
– US is punishing countries with child soldiers after waiving that sanction for years.
– NYT has short piece on subpoenaing former presidents, citing this CRS study.
– WaPo has details on the finally reopening Air & Space Museum.
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Stevenson’s army, September 9
– CIA director calls Russian invasion of Ukraine a failure.-
– Fred Kaplan says not to worry about latest Putin announcement.
– North Korea allows preemptive nuclear war.
– WOTR article sees dangers in dual-use technologies.
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