Tag: Ukraine
Stevenson’s army, Febuary 28
– SIGAR has a new report on why the Afghan forces collapsed. There’s a summary by WSJ.
– NYT has long report on US training of Somali commandos.
– USTR has a new report on Chinese compliance with WTO
– Max Boot reports on Ukrainian corruption problems.
– NYT reports promised tanks are not arriving in Ukraine.
– More US troops in Thai exercises.
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– House GOP fights earmarks.
Stevenson’s army, February 27
WSJ first reported, others now follow, that Energy Dept now believes with low confidence that lab leak caused covid 19. Jake Sullivan notes there is still disagreement in intelligence community.
CID director Burns thinks China has doubts about invading Taiwan.
State Dept blames production bottlenecks for slow arms deliveries to Taiwan.
Politico Europe notes that Zelensky has weaknesses, not just strengths.
For some unexplained reason, he fired his top commander on Sunday.
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Stevenson’s army, February 24
Lots of media reviews, assessments, and forecasts on the Ukraine war
NYT on Biden-Zelensky relationship
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Stevenson’s army, February 23
– WSJ says US to greatly expand number of US troops in Taiwan for training.
– WSJ also says Zelensky is facing domestic problems.
– WaPo sees a “global divide” over Ukraine
– Task & Purpose updates US operations in Somalia.
-Graham Allison warns of the nuclear risks in Ukraine.
– Jim Fallows reflects on Jimmy Carter.
– Tom Edsall sees racial resentment at root of US political divide.
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Stevenson’s army, February 22
– The White House has released a fact sheet on the Ukraine war, including embedded links to even more details.
– Politico has a good summary of new laws and policies to counter Chinese technology [relevant to week 7 exercise]
– Yahoo News says Russia plans to take over Belarus.
– Prigozhin accuses Russian military of treason.
– David Frum makes case for AMLO as an autocrat.
– WaPo columnist details GOP budget games.
– Dan Drezner skewers DeSantis foreign policy
– A footnote inspired me to read this article on how, except for US independence, the British won the war of 1775-83.
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Stevenson’s army, February 21
– NYT details Biden’s secret trip.
– Guardian suggests Swedish Koran burning was financed by Moscow
– Axios reports secret meetings between Israelis and Palestinians
– Philippines moves closer to US
– Putin suspends participation in New START
– WaPo reports US military expansion in Pacific
– Atlantic writer criticizes “military first” approach there
– SAIS profs — Ed Joseph sees Ukraine-Kosovo link; Eliot Cohen says Biden visit is “gut punch to Putin”
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