Stevenson’s army, September 27

I’ve been traveling and negligent about publishing Charlie’s daily take, but I’ll try to do better this week:

– Erdogan defends military purchases from Russia.

– Chinese unsettled by hostage release deal.

-US Supreme Court sees sharp drop in favorability.

– WSJ says US failed to build sustainable economy in Afghanistan.

– WaPo explains failure of Afghan security forces.

– Guardian profiles Jake Sullivan.

And while this is not a prediction, Steven Dennis of Bloomberg describes the way legislative fights often work out:

“How deals sometimes come together in Congress

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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).