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Stevenson’s army, July 11

– NYT sees Biden playing the long game to restore balance in US-China relations

– WaPo tells how Biden at al. got Erdogan to agree to admit Sweden to NATO

– US today said Turkey would get F16s  [It’s curious that the Biden people aren’t — yet — claiming credit which they probably deserve.]

– SAIS Prof Mary Sarotte says German model won’t work for Ukraine in NATO

– Ed Luttwak also has an analysis of the Ukraine war.

– House Rules Committee is deciding which of 1400 amendments will be allowed for House NDAA debate. DOD weighs in with SAP [statement of administration policy] on items already in the bill.

– I was struck by Peter Beinart’s discussion of Israel’s long term options, and especially by Finance Minister Smotrich’s 2017 master plan as well as his recent comments.

– I was dismayed by the Gallup poll showing a further deep drop in US confidence in higher education.

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).

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