Stevenson’s army, August 24

– Dan Drezner comments on the foreign policy points in the GOP candidate show. He links to an earlier column on force against Mexico, which Gov. DeSantis emphasized.

– I’m repeatedly impressed by the entrepreneurial reporting and analysis by Politico’s Nat Sec Daily. You should all subscribe [it’s free] Last night they looked into the possible sources for the many similar “Ukraine isn’t doing what we advised” stories. [Scroll to the second story]

– Reuters has more on the Prigozhin flight.

– NYT has report on Russia’s recruitment advertising.

-BRICs are adding members.

Charlie sent this latish yesterday:

– Tom Nichols assesses Prigozhin’s likely death.

– Earlier, NYT spoke to analysts critical of Ukraine’s offensive, though Jake Sullivan denied stalemate.

– David Ignatius calls for a bigger Space Force.

– Lawfare sees legal issues over Niger coup.

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