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Stevenson’s army, April 6

– Paul Pillar notes how hard a Ukraine peace deal because of disagreements over war aims on all sides. More on that from WaPo.

– Gen. Milley disagrees with Biden budget cut to nuclear cruise missile.

– 63 House Republican oppose resolution supporting NATO.

– DOD officials admit inflation estimate too low.

– Kori Schake wants 50% increase in defense spending.

– Incoming South Korean president wants return of US nukes.

Japan has moved radar closer to China.

– WSJ says Czechs have sent tanks to Ukraine.

– With LePen surging in polls, GMF has survey of presidential candidates’ views on foreign policy.

– Andrew Exum explains Russian atrocities.

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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