Stevenson’s army, August 22

– NYT sees trends in recent elections in Ecuador and Guatemala.

– FT’s Gideon Rachman sees East Asia hitting a demographic wall.

– Both NYT and WaPo see trend of state legislation against China

– WaPo sees cluster bombs helping Ukraine

– OMB has released new Circular A11, tells agencies how to prepare their budgets [be careful, it’s 1,070 pages]

– State has warned Americans to leave Belarus immediately.

– Dan Drezner weighs the 14th amendment case for blocking Trump, says it would be better for him to lose at the ballot box.

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