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Stevenson’s army, July 7

-Columbia prof Robert Jervis has a devastating critique of John Bolton’s new book and of his performance as national security adviser.
– NYT review Bob Gates’ new book favorably. I’ve just finished reading it and support his call for strengthening the non military tools of foreign policy.
-NYT assesses Biden’s performance as VP on foreign policy and personal diplomacy.
– Phil Gordon as a good piece on post-Trump China policy.
– WSJ reminds us of the severe drop in remittances by foreign workers because of the pandemic.
– New Yorker has a thoughtful piece comparing how Germany confronted its Nazi past and how the US might deal with its legacy of racism.

– Politico has story and links to official documents on the administration’s new exclusions of foreign students.

My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to 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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