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Stevenson’s army, October 22

– WaPo says Mar a Lago documents included sensitive materials about Iran and China.

– While I worry about a Russian attack from Belarus, NYT says officials doubt it.

– NYT lists other Ukrainian opportunities.

– NDAA amendment questions shift of SOCOM forces to Germany.

– SAIS prof Todd Harrison analyzes DOD 2023 budget.CFIUS announces new guidelines.

-Even Freedom Caucus wants return to “regular order.” See its critique of how the House runs.

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Stevenson’s army, September 16

– The question of “dues” to campaign committees came up in class. Punchbowl News has a story.-

– Biden signed an executive order on Chinese investments. NYT has more.

-House GOP announces its agenda.

– FT reports pressure on Turkey.

– FP says Iraq is on verge of shiite civil war.

-At Harvard they can’t read cursive.

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Stevenson’s army, September 14

– Reuters says Putin rejected a pre-invasion deal to keep Ukraine out of NATO.

-US says Russia gave at least $300million to foreign political parties.

– Feaver & Fluornoy stress civil-military norms.

– UVa prof questions value of CFIUS investigations.

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Stevenson’s army, May 20

– The President is in South Korea. FT says Biden softened IPEF language to gain support.

– WaPo notes continuing interagency fight over China tariffs.

– WSJ says China wants elites to cut foreign investments.

– WaPo says Biden has small inner circle of officials.

– NYT reports Russians relieved of duty in Ukraine.

– NYT has good analysis of US aid to Ukraine.

– NYT says Hungary is rich on cheap Russian oil.

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Stevenson’s army, February 1

– Summits lead to deals. Qatar’s leader met with Biden and won “Major Non-NATO Ally status”  CNN has background.  Qatar promised help with the Taliban.

Archives confirmed what Politico and others reported previously: President Trump often shredded documents which by law should have been preserved; so they’ve been taped together.

– There’s also more evidence that Trump sought DOD or DHS to seize voting machines.

North Korea is bragging about its missile tests.

– NYT looks for patterns in recent African coups.

– [This came up in class Monday] FT analyzes German internal debates over Russia and Ukraine.

– Location matters.Both Boeing and Airbus promise to build new tankers in US.

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Stevenson’s army, January 18

– WSJ says US is investigating a Chinese investment in a startup aircraft company.

– NYT says Russia has been withdrawing staff from its Kyiv embassy.

– Houthis have attacked UAE. An analysis.  And another analysis.

– AP says Taiwan has paid Guatemala to lobby US for it.

– The Hill has a background piece on Wendy Sherman’s negotiations. In the Conduct course, I assign a chapter from her memoir on how she ran her team in the Iran nuclear negotiations. Excellent statecraft.

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