At WaPo, longtime China hardliner Josh Rogin says Biden is siding with “competitors”rather than “engagers” in foreign polic
– AEI’s Kori Schake in NYT hits Biden’s Ukraine policy: The real problem in administration policy is President Biden. The insular nature of his decision-making, including his reliance on like-minded advisers, lacks rigorous thinking and fuels a kind of arrogance that can lead to unforced errors.
– WSJ says Russia is already conducting cyber attacks on Ukraine
– WaPo notes Russian troops in Belarus also threaten the Baltics.
– CRS has a new paper on Congress and Yemen.
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