Stevenson’s army, February 1

– Summits lead to deals. Qatar’s leader met with Biden and won “Major Non-NATO Ally status”  CNN has background.  Qatar promised help with the Taliban.

– Archives confirmed what Politico and others reported previously: President Trump often shredded documents which by law should have been preserved; so they’ve been taped together.

– There’s also more evidence that Trump sought DOD or DHS to seize voting machines.

– North Korea is bragging about its missile tests.

– NYT looks for patterns in recent African coups.

– [This came up in class Monday] FT analyzes German internal debates over Russia and Ukraine.

– Location matters.Both Boeing and Airbus promise to build new tankers in US.

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