Tag: Cuba

Stevenson’s army, October 25

– US public support for political violence is rising. Here’s the survey.

Confidence in the media is dropping.

– WSJ says arms are flooding into West Bank.

– Fred Kaplan says US democracy promotion helped Hamas.

– US intelligence concludes Israel not responsible for hospital attack.

Mike Johnson is latest speaker nominee, notable for lead role in brief to SCOTUS supporting Trump election charges, also has opposed Ukraine aid.

– Johnson circulated a program showing completion of appropriations bills in winter 2024.

– On 61st anniversary of Cuban missile crisis Lawfare notes Congress had authorized force. [As I did in my chart showing authorizations of force  since 1789]

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Stevenson’s army, September 20

– New Pew poll shows how unhappy Americans are with US politics

– GOP Senators are unhappy with the new dress code

– Semafor, linking to paywalled Bloomberg,  say US may ease some Cuba sanctions:

Washington is set to ease restrictions on Cuba’s private sector in a bid to revive the island nation’s moribund economy that has forced thousands to flee to the United States. The move — a rarity in Washington for having won the backing of both parties — will allow Cuban entrepreneurs to open U.S. bank accounts. Cuba is suffering its worst economic recession since the collapse of the Soviet Union more than three decades ago, with exports down more than 35% compared to last year. Food shortages, power blackouts, and soaring inflation, coupled with a violent crackdown on dissent, have forced record numbers of Cubans to emigrate.

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Stevenson’s army, June 21

-D Brief explains Somali requests for US military help

– EU considers a “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine

– Congress may not save the A10s

– Democrats criticize GOP cuts in international spending

-Modi discusses relations with US

– WSJ reports Chinese tech workers in Cuba

– WaPo has its story on US-Iranian talks

– NYT hits Senate for nomination delays

-Axios notes loww congressional productivity because of messaging bills

– Media hit for paying more attention to Titanic tourists than dying migrants.

– Noah Smith raises doubts about Chinese economic strength.

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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, June 13

– The ever-valuable Politico NatSec Daily explains the administration’s gyrations over the Chinese spy base in Cuba.

– It came up in class: Does Trump’s Judge Cannon have conflict of interest? New Yorker interview explains the law.

US rejoins UNESCO.

– Putin says he’s moving nukes to Belarus.

– NYT says Chinese Coast Guard is more like  a navy.

– Politics of military base names.

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Stevenson’s army, June 11

– WH admits China spying from Cuba — since 2019.

– Trump supporters call for violence.

– Researcher sees growing anti-MAGA majority.

– Any finds political polarizing between men and women.

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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