Tag: Ukraine
Stevenson’s army, February 13
– IISS released its annual military posture report, covered here.
– Here’s the background report for the Munich Security Conference, beginning this weekend.
– UN report says North Korea has made over $3 billion in cyber attacks.
– USAF will keep B52s for decades more
– Just before dawn today, the Senate approved the $95 billion foreign aid package.
-The FY2025 budget won’t be released until March 11.
– Dan Drezner updates his Ideas Industry [part assigned for week 12]
History lesson: this is the 100th anniversary of a highly restrictive immigration law, anti-Catholic nativism at the Democratic National Convention, and Rhapsody in Blue.
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Stevenson’s army, February 9
– Zelensky fired his top general. Eliot Cohen seems sympathetic to Zelensky
– Senate may miss Super Bowl for foreign aid fight
– Russia spreads disinformation in Africa
– Russia messages US civil war
– Biden stresses international law from aid recipients
– Army cancels helicopter program
– Europeans tell how to Trump-proof Europe
– Treasury sanctions some Ecuadorans
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Stevenson’s army, February 8
– From Netanyahu
– From Senate GOP
– From House GOP
– From Cong. McCaul on Derek Chollet
– Ukraine worries, says NYT
– WaPo sees troop shortage in Ukraine
– Politico tells where money would go
– CBO says deficit is shrinking
– NYT updates us on Ecuador
– Ian Bremmer says Chancellor Scholz is “toast”
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Stevenson’s army, February 2
– David Ignatius and Tom Friedman each describe US hopes and plans for the Middle East
– Biden imposed sanctions on some West Bank settlers
– NYT says Netanyahu faces a dilemma
-WSJ sees looming conflict with Iran
– US intelligence says Iran doesn’t fully control proxies
– WaPo explains Ukraine civ-mil tensions
– NYT says Trump tariffs hurt jobs but pleased voters
– AP says DEA ran covert op in Venezuela
– CSIS has video and transcript of Israel discussion including Prof Cohen
The excellent D Brief has this: Lastly, “Dr. Strangelove” was released 60 years ago this week. Read a chronology of how the film came to be (from All the Right Movies), and an examination of what it got right (from Eric Schlosser).
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Stevenson’s army, February 1
– Americans trust nurses the most, members of Congress the least.
– John Bolton doesn’t trust Donald Trump
– Ukraine can trust EU, given aid deal
– Shippers can’t trust freedom of the seas
– Retired 2 star says US learned wrong lessons from recent wars
– Paul Pillar says US is repeating mistakes about Iran
-Journalist interviews Houthis
– Reuters says US uses exercises to prepare for defense of Taiwan
-Politico has story about Sullivan China speech
– Axios lists likely Trump advisers on China
– HFAC considers changes in arms sales rules
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Stevenson’s army, January 31
-Lawfare has update on the Philippine-Chinese war wars
– Additional pieces convince me that Congress doesn’t need to authorize strikes on the Houthis; customary international law on piracy already does that, as does the right of self-defense
– WSJ explains the 3 stage pause proposed for the Gaza war.
– Despite denials, FT says Zelensky will fire top general; NYT has background.
– State Dept minimizes significance of cut to UNWRA
– FP looks at history of Hungarian resistance to outsiders
-Last night I heard Jake Sullivan discuss US China policy at CFR. His talk persuaded me that the US has a robust, whole of government effort at work, the kind needed for great power competition and cooperation.
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