Stevenson’s army, March 12

Moment of reflection: Two years ago today, SAIS shut down and I had to teach my first Zoom class.

-FT has good article on Putin’s inner circle.

-NYT debunks Russian claim of US bioweapons lab

– Fred Kaplan reviews Prof Sarotte’s book about NATO.

-AP notes how Congress has pushed Biden on Ukraine.

– WSJ notes China gave nuclear security guarantees to Ukraine in 2013.

And the start of Daylight Savings Time tonight reminds me of the time Congress was considering some change in the law and an Iowa lady wrote to her Senator: “I don’t like Daylight Savings at all. The extra hour of sunlight turns my grass brown.”

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