Tag: Venezuela

Stevenson’s army, February 11

– Opposition wins in Pakistan.

– Senate resumes voting today on foreign aid package

– WSJ reports Hamas tunnels beneath UNRWA HQ

Egypt threatens end of Camp David accords

– WaPo has background on Abraham Accords

– Venezuela builds troops on Guyana border

– Trump questions NATO treaty, encourages Putin

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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, September 26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cPAueZ-4M
Quick and clear, including the Israeli judge.

Here is the text.

– Peter Baker sees a divided America. Note this point:

In an increasingly tribal society, Americans describe their differences more personally. Since Mr. Trump’s election in 2016, according to the Pew Research Center, the share of Democrats who see Republicans as immoral has grown from 35 percent to 63 percent while 72 percent of Republicans say the same about Democrats, up from 47 percent. In 1960, about 4 percent of Americans said they would be displeased if their child married someone from the other party. By 2020, that had grown to nearly four in 10. Indeed, only about 4 percent of all marriages today are between a Republican and a Democrat.

WSJ says US warned Iran in advance of suicide bombers.

– WSJ says US will meet with China about Red Sea– Vox sees more war going on.- Analyst says Iraq is falling apart

– FP questions Biden’s Venezuela policy

– FP reports European reactions to Trump

-WaPo says US foreign military training has inconsistencies

– Europe has different models of conscription

– Think tank reports on Chinese FDI in Latin America

– Experts see North Korea readying for military action 

Josh Rogin agrees

ICJ first decision

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Stevenson’s army, December 29

– Sarah Binder explains what happened/didn’t happen in Congress this year

– Axios has word of latest Bibi-Biden phone call

– USA Today has DOD report on extremism in the military2

– Here’s Maine Secretary of State ruling barring Trump from ballot

– UK sends warship to Guyana, Venezuela responds

– WSJ revisits Marine transformation

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Stevenson’s army, December 16

– I strongly agree with Phil Zelikow that the US is losing its capacity to do things in foreign policy. We have ideas but can’t turn them into operations.

– IISS has its latest Armed Conflict Survey

– Lawfare says Congress is working on classification laws

Guyana and Venezuela make nice

– CNN says US criticizes Israel for Lebanese attacks

– Fred Kaplan says Hamas is gaining support

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Stevenson’s army, December 15

– US “officials” are making clear to the media that the Biden administration wants Israel to reduce the intensity and shorten the duration of its operations in Gaza. Here’s NYT version. And from WSJ. And from Axios.  Israel seems to be resisting.

CNN reports a DNI assessment — later confirmed by WaPo — that almost half Israeli air attacks have been with “dumb” bombs.

– Bulwark has detailed analysis of US views on Gaza war.

– Despite earlier reports of a work-around, Hungary vetoed additional EU aid to Ukraine at this time.

– NYT reports harsh Ukraine recruiting tactics

– AP explains the various US pots of money for Ukraine

On other issues– FP blasts Biden policy toward Venezuela.

– FP analyzes China’s actions in SCS

– National Security Archive releases collection on Carter Administration

-NYT has ticktock on SCOTUS on Dobbs decision

FYI, today is Bill of Rights Day, celebrating 1791 ratification of first ten amendments to the Constitution.

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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