Day: August 8, 2022
Stevenson’s army, August 8
– Gen. Milley almost resigned in anger at Trump, according to chapter in forthcoming book by Susan Glasser and Peter Baker.
– I’ve been in favor of industrial policy for technology development since helping to enact a program in the 1980s creating Sematech, a private-public consortium for semiconductor manufacturing. Economist Noah Baker mentions that background in analyzing the new CHIPS Act.
– WSJ says there is a draft text of a revived Iran nuclear deal.
– NYT explains dispute over Amnesty International report saying Ukraine endangers civilians.
– Politico says White House opposes new bipartisan bill on Taiwan.
– Chris Buckley [son of Wm F.] reviews new Dana Milbank book blaming Newt Gingrich for changing GOP into nasty culture warriors.
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. 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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