Stevenson’s army, December 16

– I strongly agree with Phil Zelikow that the US is losing its capacity to do things in foreign policy. We have ideas but can’t turn them into operations.

– IISS has its latest Armed Conflict Survey

– Lawfare says Congress is working on classification laws

– Guyana and Venezuela make nice

– CNN says US criticizes Israel for Lebanese attacks

– Fred Kaplan says Hamas is gaining support

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