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Stevenson’s army, March 1

We need to keep asking that question and not just ride the wave of news. There’s good news: Fred Kaplan notes Russian military problems.

Russia’s cyber capabilities haven’t been used much, or aren’t effective.

– Though NYT says tech defenses have been good.

But the portents are grim: Russia may double down and resort to massive, destructive attacks on the cities, says WaPo.  NYT says the same. NBC reports Putin’s anger.

Axios reminds us, Putin needs an off ramp. Dan Drezner sees no clear goal for the sanctions besides punishment.

Meanwhile, Biden administration courts Taiwan with former officials’ delegation. And despite slim majorities, Biden’s success rate in Congress was high last year.

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. 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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