Stevenson’s army, June 24

What’s happening in Russia? Have to watch and wait. Updates at NYT, also at WaPo, and at this independent Russian site

Meanwhile, quick takes from Anne Applebaum and Tom Nichols.

Lawfare says a new Iran nuclear deal has to stay verbal.

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, with occasional videos of my choice. 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).