Tag: Hamas

Stevenson’s army, December 27

– Following WSJ yesterday on US intelligence on China, NYT has story of growing Chinese intelligence capacities

– NYT has long take on Trump’s trade agenda

– WSJ has its own story on Trump trade

– NYT notes skepticism about Israel’s goals for Hamas

– India has sent ships to counter drone attacks

– Lawyers urge revisions of Insurrection Act

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Stevenson’s army, December 22

– WSJ thinks it has the story on the Prigozhin assassination

– WaPo analysis questions Hamas use of Gaza hospital

-Gallup sees changes in Israeli opinion

– FP says US is partly to blame for Sudan problems

– NYT says US plans more Russia sanctions  and that US & EU may seize Russian assets

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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Stevenson’s army, December 20

– The Senate left town for the year, but cleared military nominations first.

– Here’s the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump from the primary ballot

– CNBC says crypto PACs have a lot of money

– Dan Drezner sees incentives for political games over foreign policy

– Politico discusses Trump attacks on civil service

– WSJ says Hamas is planning postwar governance

– Paul Musgrave defends academic freedom by citing the margarine battle in Iowa

– New York magazine tells of Kissinger’s post-government business and partying

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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Stevenson’s army, December 18

Netanyahu brags that he has blocked a Palestinian state.

– Semafor says US is considering attacks on Houthis.

– WSJ says US & Israel knew of Hamas funding but didn’t act.

– David Ignatius reports on the West Bank.

– Critics see problems in DOD drone program

-New NDAA includes provision requiring congressional action to pull out of NATO. [I sympathize with the intent but am unsure of its legality.]

– Lawyers urge SIOP for economic conflict with China

– Atlantic notes history of changing Supreme Court jurisdiction over cases

– On the 250 anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Smithsonian has history.

Semafor editor suggests these newsletters for following China: Flagship Senior Editor Prashant Rao recommended Sinocism, The Wire ChinaChinaTalk, and WSJ China for all your in-depth China-watching needs.

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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Stevenson’s army, Decemberr 15

– Former SAIS prof Mara Karlin, stepping down at DOD

– WaPo reports Chinese cyber attacks on US infrastructure

– NYT says US & Ukraine are working on a new strategy

– Economist has valuable report on Indian military, including strategy, organization, deployments, and civil-military tensions

– NBC says promised US-Chinese military hotline still hasn’t been started

– New NDAA, expected to pass this week, will allow some military program starts despite normal CR blocks

– French analyst explains internal Hamas debates

And this from Legistorm:

Time to hand out those holiday bonuses: The average House personal office is on track to end the year with more than $360,000 left in its annual operating budget.

The average House personal office used just 61% of its office budget in the first nine months of the year, according to a LegiStorm analysis. That puts each office on pace to use 81% of its budget by the year’s end, leaving close to $363,000 unspent per office.

The personal average office ended 2022 with 10% of its budget left unspent, or more than $176,000.

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Stevenson’s army, December 10

– NYT recounts how Israel agreed to Qatar’s financial support to Hamas in Gaza for years

– Mort Halperin recounts Kissinger’s lies to him. [Full disclosure: Halperin was my junior year tutor and later my boss in Policy Planning at State]

– State uses emergency authority to bypass Congress on weapons sale to Israel

– WSJ has background information on Hamas leader

– Kevin Drum explains the generational division over Israel

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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