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Subject The Latest from Responsible Statecraft 08/01/2023
Date August 1, 2023 12:02 PM
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** Another war on drugs won’t solve the fentanyl crisis ([link removed])
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By Emma Sanderson on Jul 31, 2023 03:00 am
Washington should ditch the military rhetoric and refocus efforts on work with China and Mexico.
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** Niger becomes latest domino falling to Western-trained militaries ([link removed])
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By Alex Thurston on Jul 28, 2023 11:47 am
US and allied counterterrorism strategy in the Sahel strikes out, and a thorough reassessment is in order.
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** Senate bails out the weapons industry once again ([link removed])
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By William Hartung on Jul 28, 2023 11:27 am
A proposal this week to modestly cut the already needlessly high and wasteful Pentagon budget failed miserably.
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** Moscow and Washington shadowboxing in the skies over Syria ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Jul 28, 2023 03:00 am
Tensions related to the war in Ukraine are resulting in actual physical altercations on another battlefront thousands of miles away.
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** When facts cut through the fog of war ([link removed])
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By Katrina vanden Heuvel on Jul 28, 2023 02:32 am
As the Ukraine counteroffensive grinds on, conditions on the ground are now too obvious to ignore. Is it time for talking, yet?
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** Biden roils oversight community with nominations for Ukraine aid watchdogs ([link removed])
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By Connor Echols on Jul 27, 2023 02:00 pm
The administration is facing blowback for passing over the acting inspectors general at USAID and the State Department.
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** Cutting US aid to Israel won’t cure what ills ([link removed])
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By Matthew Petti on Jul 27, 2023 03:00 am
America is tied and obligated to Jerusalem in ways that go far beyond just $3.8 billion a year in assistance.
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** Did the US know the Ukraine offensive might fail, and if so, when? ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Jul 26, 2023 03:00 am
This also begs the question of whether Washington will recognize when it must start pushing for an armistice.
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