Stevenson’s army, December 16

This is not the worst of what the Russians are doing, but it is still terrible.

– GOP leader McCarthy has postponed votes on committee leaders until after the Jan 3 speaker election, further delaying organization, staffing, and hearings. – WSJ says Russia is wooing Uganda. – Semafor reports interagency fight over China restrictions. – International Crisis Group points to worse problems than Ukraine. – State is expanding China Desk to “China House.” – Senate approved huge NDAA, sending it to the president. Omnibus details won’t be revealed until Monday, ultimate passage likely — after political games. My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I republish here, with occasional videos of my choice. 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).