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Stevenson’s army, April 1

The big news of the day:

– NYT notes that Russia lacks a field commander for Ukraine; story has interesting tidbits about Ukraine military culture.

Macron has fired his chief of military intelligence.

– NYT has background on Wagner mercenaries.

– Here’s text of British intelligence chief’s speech on Ukraine.

– DOD says aid to Ukraine is massive and speedy.

– Solomons PM says China won’t get military base.

Think about this: WOTR piece says maybe Putin didn’t plan war, just coercive diplomacy, until last minute. Another WOTR piece notes differences between defense experts and general public on security needs.

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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