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Stevenson’s army, August 21

– An article in Washingtonian says “geofencing” is the new tool — putting digital ads in the zipcode where the president is on a given day.
China plans sanctions in response to US jet sales to Taiwan.
– Lawfare shows Daniel Webster’s changing views on war powers. [BLUF: where you stand depends on where you sit]
CRS has several interesting recent papers,; check out the ones on national emergency powers, CFIUS, etc.

My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. If you want to get it directly, 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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