Tag: Ukraine

Stevenson’s army, August 11

– WaPo details data on support to Ukraine.

– Politico has data on supplemental request.

– NYT details Musk’s Starlink

– NYT notes changes in views of GOP voters

– NYT analyzes latest deal with Iran, despite many missing details

– WaPo doubts Sen. Tuberville lives in Alabama

– WSJ says US intelligence will share more with private companies

– WaPo reports problems in F16 training for Ukraine

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Stevenson’s army, August 9

– NYT says Biden will release order limiting investments in China today.

-IISS reports divisions among Kurds.

– Fred Kaplan discusses how Gen. Groves lied about atomic radiation.

– More information on navy spies for China

– NYT analyzes the war in the Black Sea

-WSJ says Niger coup leader was US favorite

-Lawfare says Trump will have to attend his trials.

– Article says DOD should learn innovation lessons from business.

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Stevenson’s army, August 7

– US public support for Ukraine is eroding.

– US imports from China are dropping.

– More people are trying to avoid the news.

– NYT analyzes Ukraine’s slow offensive

– FT says China tells economists not to be negative.

History lesson – how close the 1916 election was.


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Stevenson’s army, July 28

I’ll be away for a few days, but I wanted to highlight good news about Congress.

– Senate passed its NDAA. And the appropriators did their job.

– The House is another story.

– Problems in Haiti — State warning; New Yorker analysis.

– Problem in Niger with broader ramifications.

– Tom Friedman sees US mideast push

-Politico Nat Sec Daily analyzes Biden/Austin relationship.

-Commerce & Defense together on industrial base.

Some ideas to ponder: Maybe social media don’t worsen polarization.

– Maybe dictators aren’t so effective

-Maybe there’s a feasible peace in Ukraine.

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Stevenson’s army, July 26

This is the 70th anniversary of the armistice which suspended combat in the Korean war. I guess that’s a pretty good example of a frozen conflict.

– Biden wants Chollet for OSD Policy

-FP’s China Watcher analyzes the ouster of the Chinese FM

– Megatrends: NYT shows world demographic changes; WaPo notes study warning of Gulf Stream tipping point.

– WSJ analyzes effects of Ukraine stalled offensive.

– UVa law prof urges Hughes-Ryan approach for national security AI.

– UNC prof says Trump wasn’t a fascist, but could be.

– History lesson: when Congress “expunged” a censure of a president.

– Jonathan Chait debunks conservative claim of long march to liberal domination.

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, July 24

– WSJ says China has greatly reduced its FDI in the US

– Politico says China has sent a lot of military hardware to Russia.

– NYT calls Ukraine war a violent stalemate

Spanish elections end in deadlock, not the right wing takeover predicted

Today is the 75th anniversary of Truman’s executive order desegregating the US armed forces. Yes, good policy can be good politics.

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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