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Stevenson’s army, December 11

I posted yesterday’s as today’s (now corrected). Apologies. This is today’s:

– WSJ says US faces new era of hostage diplomacy.

– NYT sees US political divisions over hostages.

– Air Force/DOD dispute over drones.

– Warsaw & Berlin dispute over Patriot missiles.

– US disputes WTO decision on steel tariffs.

– US public support for Ukraine lessens.

– WSJ reports increased Iranian support for Russia.

– Ukraine has a landmine problem.

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Stevenson’s army, November 28

There are more and more students protesting at Tsinghua University, shouting “democracy, rule of law, freedom of expression”, which is the earliest political appeal in Beijing’s protests.

– Ukraine aid slows arms to Taiwan.

NATO uneasy with US hard-on-China push

– Ukraine fighting wears out its artillery.

And here’s news abut Taiwan’s elections this wekeend:

Taiwan’s ruling tough-on-China party gets clobbered

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen stepped down as leader of the ruling Democratic Progress Party after it lost big to the opposition Kuomintang party, or KMT, in Saturday’s local elections. As expected, the KMT, which has long favored closer ties with Beijing but denies being pro-China, swept the polls across most big cities. The DPP had tried to turn the election into a referendum on protecting Taiwan’s democracy from Chinese encroachment, but it didn’t work: Voters responded better to the KMT’s pitch about prioritizing local issues such as COVID and the economy. Meanwhile, the upstart Taiwan People’s Party — seen as a rising alternative to the DPP and KMT — turned heads by capturing Hsinchu, known as the self-ruled island’s Silicon Valley because it is home to many semiconductor companies. The result ups the ante ahead of the 2024 presidential election, when voters will likely be more worried about China’s growing threat. A KMT victory would be welcomed by Beijing, but success in local elections doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll do well in 2024. After all, in early 2020, the DPP recovered from a similar local election defeat to reelect Tsai in a landslide.

Charlie added later:

Reuters says US may send missile with 100-mile range to Ukraine.

Dan Drezner has praise for Biden foreign policy.

He doesn’t like Biden’s trade policy, but the Politico weekly trade newsletter notes how carefully the administration is consulting with stakeholders over new rules.

Two GOP Members have bill to drive “wokeness” from the Pentagon.  Their plan.

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Stevenson’s army, November 21

– US wants expanded military presence in Philippines

– Germans consider subsidies to avoid trade war with US

Iran helps Russia build drones, WaPo says.

– Russia has growing debt problem

– And the tech sanctions are hurting, too, says FP

House GOP targets the Pentagon

– US pressures Netanyahu over defense appointment

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Stevenson’s army, November 16

Both my internet service and I have been out of commission the last few days, so I’ve missed lots of Stevenson’s army and other things. I’ll try to keep up now:

– Polish deaths blamed on errant Ukrainian air defense missile.

-New Congress will have almost 100 military veterans.

Congressional commission on China urges trade policies. It’s new annual report is here.

– GAO hits US military aircraft readiness.

-Chicago prof says Russia sanctions are doing long term damage.

Russia lost UN GA vote on Ukraine.

– Lawfare argues for repealing 2002 AUMF.

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Stevenson’s army, November 1

Apropos of nothing in particular:

Political Wire got hold of NBC’s briefing book.

AP explains new laws that might affect voting this year.

Military Times speculates on what GOP win could mean for defense.

WaPo says trade secondary to security in US view of China.

NYT has interactive report on how Russia is paying for its war.

Turkey & Hungary still haven’t approved NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.

China unhappy US plans to send B52s to Australia.

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Stevenson’s army, October 8

– WaPo says Ukraine admits hitting Russian bridge to Crimea.

– Biden order tightens rules on drone strikes.

– Another order tries to limit Chinese access to US semiconductors.

– Also new sanctions on North Korea.

– And there’s now an official Arctic Strategy.

– Commerce has draft rule for new category of bad guys — Foreign Adversaries.

– New Yorker reviews new books on CIA with great headline, Has CIA done more harm than good?

-Fred Kaplan discusses nuclear options.

– UNC prof reminds that Hitler gained power legally.

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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