The Adversarial: December 7

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia The latest $175 million package of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine was announced on Dec. 6 with this somber warning from the State Department: “Unless Congress acts […] this will be one of the last security assistance packages we can provide to Ukraine.” On the same day, an attempt to move forward with a bill to provide billions in urgently needed security assistance for Ukraine failed in the Senate. Without additional