Stevenson’s army, May 28

– SecState Pompeo has made a ruling on Hong Kong required by a law Congress passed last year. Here’s a CRS backgrounder on Hong Kong.
– Several organizations have newsletters on China. Axios has one. Politico has just started one.
– NYT says Trump will expel Chinese graduate students in the US who have ties to the Chinese military.
– Bipartisan support for the “Pacific Deterrence Initiative.“
– Daily Beast says administration plans new arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
– Lawfare writer tees up key foreign policy legal issues a Biden administration would face right away.

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