Stevenson’s army, September 21

Charlie says this is a PM edition, but I didn’t get the AM. Sorry about that:

Dan Drezner has more about AUKUS, including how France had done to Japan, what the US has now done to France.

Profs Barno & Bensahel says the AVF [All Volunteer Force] needs to rethink.

Air Force secretary reveals info about new B21 and raises doubts about hypersonics.

SCMP sees big drop in Chinese FDI in US

WaPo lists areas of US-Chinese tech competition.

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