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Stevenson’s army, January 31

-Lawfare has update on the Philippine-Chinese war wars

– Additional pieces convince me that Congress doesn’t need to authorize strikes on the Houthis; customary international law on piracy already does that, as does the right of self-defense

– WSJ explains the 3 stage  pause proposed for the Gaza war.

– Despite denials, FT says Zelensky will fire top general; NYT has background.

– State Dept minimizes significance of cut to UNWRA

– FP looks at history of Hungarian resistance to outsiders

-Last night I heard Jake Sullivan discuss US China policy at CFR. His talk persuaded me that the US has a robust, whole of government effort at work, the kind needed for great power competition and cooperation.

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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