Tag: Taiwan
Stevenson’s army, October 18
– FT says China tested a hypersonic missile.
– US & Canada sent FONOPs through Taiwan Strait.
– Congress rejected DOD reprogramming, protecting big contractors.
– DOD approves $6 billion in new Saudi arms sales.
– David Sanger assess new cold war.
– Intercept has Facebook’s blacklist.
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Stevenson’s army, October 16
– CNN says US intelligence doesn’t foresee Chinese invasion of Taiwan anytime soon.
– EU officials say Iran isn’t ready for talks on nukes.
–Politico’s new owner plans to put it behind paywall.
– FP continues its reporting on China’s evasion of sanctions.
– Already, massive fundraising for midterm elections, NYT reports.
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Stevenson’s army, October 10
– NYT has long article on growing US-China tension over Taiwan.
– Xi calls for peaceful reunification.
– Nuclear proliferator A Q Khan dies at 85.
– CRS has recent backgrounders on Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
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Stevenson’s army, October 9
– Two noted lawyers, one D and one R, urge Congress to reclaim its powers.
– At FP, 2 writers debate Taiwan commitment.
– Eliot Cohen worries about American democracy.
-Ezra Klein finds a political analyst who expects Democrats to lose power for a decade.
– CBO has given Congress 3 options for cutting defense spending.
– CFR now has a global trade tracker.
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Stevenson’s army, October 8
– WSJ says US special forces have been training Taiwanese for over a year.
– CIA is creating a special mission center focused on China. Director Burns is also speeding up processing of new employees.
– WSJ says US succeeded in hobbling Huawei.
–SecNav also focuses on China in new guidance.
– Politico’s China Watcher has good laydown of Chinese demands of US. Key graf: China’s strategy toward the U.S., hinged to a series of uncompromising demands spelled out in “Three Bottom Lines,” a “List of U.S. Wrongdoings that Must Stop” and a “List of Key Individual Cases that China Has Concerns With,” stymies Biden’s efforts to manage bilateral friction by resolving disputes on an issue-by-issue basis.
-Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in latest poll, also find public more concerned about China.
– Poll also found support for defending allies.
– Two members, R & D, call for end to strategic ambiguity over Taiwan.
In hearing our HFAC staffer talked about, Afghan IG said US relied too much on DOD for aid.
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Stevenson’s army, October 7
– Taiwan’s defense minister warns of Chinese attack capability by 2025.
– Fred Kaplan sees misreporting of Chinese air intrusions.
– Axios sees Biden effort to placate French.
– E.J. Dionne says even Biden cools on filibuster. And note this: From 1917 through 1970 (53 years), there were only 58 cloture motions to shut off filibusters. From 1971 to 2006 (35 years), there were 928 cloture motions. From 2007 to now (14 years), there have been 1,410 cloture motions.
Remember my point: there are many tools for obstruction in the Senate.
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