Stevenson’s army, February 2

– David Ignatius and Tom Friedman each describe US hopes and plans for the Middle East

– Biden imposed sanctions on some West Bank settlers

– NYT says Netanyahu faces a dilemma

-WSJ sees looming conflict with Iran

– US intelligence says Iran doesn’t fully control proxies

– WaPo explains Ukraine civ-mil tensions

– NYT says Trump tariffs hurt jobs but pleased voters

– AP says DEA ran covert op in Venezuela

– CSIS has video and transcript of Israel discussion including Prof Cohen

The excellent D Brief has this: Lastly, “Dr. Strangelove” was released 60 years ago this week. Read a chronology of how the film came to be (from All the Right Movies), and an examination of what it got right (from Eric Schlosser).

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