Tag: China
Stevenson’s army, June 5
– LA TImes says momentum is shifting toward Russia in Donbas.
– Ross Douthat says he can’t be a Ukraine hawk forever.
– Australian says China is winning in Asia.
– Together on a byline for the first time in decades, Woodward & Bernstein compare Nixon and Trump.
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Stevenson’s army, June 3
– Ceasefire in Yemen and increased oil output paves way for Biden trip to Saudi Arabia.
– Politico explains the bureaucratic shuffles to manage China policy.
– CNA Russia expert says it’s down but not out in Ukraine. And on WOTR has numerous details on Russian military.
– Islamic State attacking beyond Afghanistan.
– State corrects website on Taiwan.
– More details on China tariff review.
– Facts wrong on critical infrastructure.
– DPRK heads disarmament group? What’s wrong with this picture?
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-Fred Kaplan enjoyed new Top Gun movie, but raises many technical points.
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Stevenson’s army, June 1
– President Biden makes his Ukraine policy paper public as an op-ed in NYT. He makes clear:
So long as the United States or our allies are not attacked, we will not be directly engaged in this conflict, either by sending American troops to fight in Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces. We are not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders. We do not want to prolong the war just to inflict pain on Russia.
– Other reports say US is sending MLRS rockets, but Ukraine has promised not to fire them into Russia.
– WSJ says Zelensky has confirmed that condition.
– WSJ also reports, as I have long warned, that the European coalition on Ukraine is fracturing.
– NYT says Russia repeating its mistakes in renewed Ukraine fighting.
– NYT notes how much Erdogan is disrupting NATO.
– Two reports on Russia’s Wagner group — backgrounder by pro publica and report on massacre in Mali in NYT
– Pacific Islands cool to Chinese offers, but NYT report says China is winning in the Pacific.
-David Ignatius says MBS is winning because US has to deal with him.
– Ezra Klein says too many Democratic Party leaders are lawyers who are more excited about procedures than results.
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Stevenson’s army, May 27
– NYT sees disagreements over how to end Ukraine war.
– Reuters says US has had secret talks with Ukraine over escalation dangers.
– David Ignatius says US had good secret planning to thwart Russia in Ukraine.
– Here’s an analysis of SecState Blinken’s big China speech, and the text itself.
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– NYT reports on declassified documents, starting in 1950s, on emergency authorities.
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Stevenson’s army, May 26
– SecState Blinken gives a big China speech this AM (see above).
– NYT reports Chinese efforts to reach pact with Pacific islands.
– FP says West is losing Africa to Russia.
– Reuters said Russian troops surrounding Ukraine forces.
– Finland & Sweden in talks with Turkey.
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Stevenson’s army, May 24
– 20 countries coordinate military aid to Ukraine.
– China and Russia run a joint military exercise.
– Peter Baker tries to explain why Biden goes “off script.”
– WaPo has its own analysis.
– Supreme Court lets stand a ruling requiring clearance of ex-officials’ books.
– Michele Flournoy suggests ways to prevent next 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. 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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