Tag: United States
Stevenson’s army, December 21
– President Zelensky is coming to DC, will meet with President Biden around 2pm, address a joint meeting of Congress around 7:30pm. WaPo says the big news will be US deal to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Politico says Ukraine wants more than US is willing to give.
– WaPo says it’s still not clear who sabotaged Nordstream lines.
– Politico says US will press Netanyahu to discipline his government.
-Legistorm says 2/3 of House offices haven’t used their increased budgets.
– Politico has details from new insider look at Biden administration. Looks like a lot of good interviews.
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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Stevenson’s army, December 17
Most of you know that I’m a print guy, enjoying broadsheet newspapers and wishing everyone read them. But I see online that the NYTimes has an amazing piece on Russia’s Ukraine war, with numerous videos and artifacts and photographs. I suppose the print version will run tomorrow. Don’t wait. View the online version now.
-Yahoo News has a summary of what little new there is in the just-declassified JFK files.
– And for a comprehensive end of year assessment of US foreign policy by FDD, described as a “hawkish think tank,” read this.
Charlie also added this to yesterday’s edition:
– Someone listed as N.S. Lyons does a frightening job of foreign policy papers using Chat GBT.-[h/t Andrew Sullivan]
– An official review seems happy with current joint command of CyberCom and NSA
– Vox reports military-industrial complex is happy with Ukraine.
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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Stevenson’s army, December 15
– WaPo details Hill-WH fight over Yemen bill.
– US wins UN vote against Iran.
– House staffers win benefits.
– Lower level courts are already overturning precedents.
– Two opinions countering consensus on China policy — one in Politico, the other in New Yorker but citing FA article.
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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Stevenson’s army, December 13
[CRS has new report on US security assistance to Ukraine.]
[Another CRS report says Congress has appropriated $66 billion in aid for Ukraine.]
– Axios reports that Iran is limiting range of missiles its sending to Russia.
– Bipartisan report suggest ways for US to get back into TPP. The Asia Society report is here.
– In FT, Gideon Rachman says Korean armistice is the best model for Ukraine war.
– CRS has new short piece on local impact of defense spending.
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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Stevenson’s army, December 10
This is closer to the truth than any of us like to admit:
– WaPo explains by Sen. Sinema party change won’t change the Senate.
– WaPo describes latest US military activities in Somalia.
– WSJ suggests a Ukraine win over Russia may be too costly.
– NYT reports what’s happening in Moldova.
– Jamelle Bouie says Supreme Court is grabbing power with “before judgment” cases.
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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Stevenson’s army, December 7
– You can read the 4,408 page NDAA, an agreed package to be voted on later this week. What’s in and what’s out? The loss leader was a Democratic concession on the vaccine mandate.
– TPM discusses the deals McCarthy may make to become speaker.
-WSJ says Blinken favors Ukraine return to pre-invasion borders,
– Jeff Shogol has more on US limits on equipment sent to Ukraine.
– Hungary has blocked EU economic aid to Ukraine.
– Diplomats want a State Dept authorization bill.
– Michael Walzer in FP discusses moral obligations of soldiers in Ukraine war.
Fred Kaplan assesses the impact of the drone strikes inside Russia.
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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