Stevenson’s army, January 5

– DOD is out of money for Ukraine

– CBO explains what has to happen under the budget law. Kevin Drum has  a summary

– Eliot Cohen reports on a trip to Israel

– Fred Kaplan says Kennan et al had it easy. [I still believe Phil Zelikow is right that the US needs more better trained USG officials]

– What could possible go wrong to disrupt the 2024 elections? Politico has a scary list.

And another history lesson: Good Authority has campaign ads with foreign policy theme, going back to 1952

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-In FT, sanctions expert warns against seizing Russian assets.