Stevenson’s army, August 3

2 years ago

- Speaker Pelosi has left Taiwan and China has muscled up. - More details on al-Zawahri killing, from NYT and…

Stevenson’s army, August 2

2 years ago

- al-Zawahri assassination: CNN has the tick tock; Fred Kaplan has analysis. - Pelosi going to Taiwan: Tom Friedman criticizes; …

Stevenson’s army, August 1

2 years ago

Celebrate the admission of my home state to the Union in 1876. - Mixed news from Ukraine: at last, a…

Stevenson’s army, July 30

2 years ago

- Politico wonders whether Russia was behind the collapse of the Italian government - NYT says Blinken resists Hill calls…

Stevenson’s army, July 28 and 29

2 years ago

-WaPo sees brighter Ukraine prospects.- - Wagner forces said to be in front lines for Russia. - US poll sees…

Stevenson’s army, July 26

2 years ago

- Russia has significantly cut natural gas supplies to Europe. Carnegie has good background. - CNN says Huawei equipment could…

Wake up: in the Balkans bad ideas never die

2 years ago

Six years ago I published a piece criticizing electoral reform proposals for the Federation 51% of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It…

Stevenson’s army, July 25

2 years ago

- Yale prof says Russian economy is hurting. - Politico details fights over size of the Navy. - Politico has…

Stevenson’s army, July 23

2 years ago

So what's been happening? Russia and Ukraine agreed to a grain shipment deal. Good. But I still share Andrew Sullivan's…

Does the US still care about human rights?

2 years ago

That's the question President Biden's trip to the Middle East raised. He met "bilaterally" with "pariah" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…