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Stevenson’s army, March 31

– WSJ says many Europeans don’t want a security guarantee for Ukraine.

– WaPo says Gulf countries unhappy with US.

– US pressured to open consulates in Western Sahara and Jerusalem.

Wang & Lavrov make nice.

On Ukraine, US continues info ops by claiming Putin angry at military and intelligence.

– UK intelligence chief adds more details  of Russian problems.

– Many Russian dead are ethnic minorities.

– WaPo details Russian logistical problems.

-Reuters details repression in Russia.

FY 2022international affairs budget has small increase. Much more proposed for FY 2023
Yesterday I sent Kori Schake’s critique of the new defense budget. Today, read Fred Kaplan’s complaint about excessive spending on nukes. CNAS has its reports on defense. DOD released mere 2 pages summarizing new National Defense Strategy. WaPo shows how Facebook uses K Street to fight TikTok.

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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