Wednesday NatSec Roundup
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Nothing is very constant in Beirut. Certainly not dreams. But despair isn’t constant either. Beirut is a city to be loved and hated a thousand times a day. Every day. It is exhausting, but it is also beautiful.
- No useful words regarding the destruction of much of Beirut. Certainly an indictment of Lebanon’s political class, as well as the neighboring states who consider it their right to interfere.
- Interesting new book on Italian counter-insurgency methods during the interwar period, if you like truly deep counter-insurgency cuts.
- New series at War on the Rocks about Sino-Russian defense cooperation that I will be following very closely…
- LinkedIn is a great place to get recruited by Chinese intelligence…
- More on the issue of replacing F-15Es with F-15EXs. Very interesting stuff on how the Air Force is thinking about future acquisition.
- It seems obvious to me that Congress should play a role in arms transfers…