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This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Contributing Editor Eric Ciaramella to talk through the week\u2019s big natsec stories, including:

• \u201cNot Done Nyet.\u201d U.S. foreign assistance is finally on its way to Ukraine, along with additional support from European allies. But will it be enough to solidify or advance the beleaguered Ukrainian military\u2019s position? What is the state of the conflict and how does it look set to move forward?
• \u201cOfficial Tracts.\u201d Last week, the Supreme Court heard wide-ranging arguments in Trump v. United States, the appeal of Trump\u2019s criminal prosecution for events related to Jan. 6 considering his far-reaching claims of presidential immunity. Several of the justices seemed quite committed to weighing in on where the lines of immunity should be drawn (even if few seemed to think they were relevant in this particular case), but there was far less consensus on the actual limits. Where is the Court headed and what will it mean for Trump\u2019s prosecution? 
• \u201cLive and Let Modi.\u201d The Washington Post has broken a major story suggesting that the United States inadvertently disrupted a plot by Indian intelligence to assassinate a Sikh dissident (and U.S. national) on U.S. territory. What will this major breach of sovereignty mean for the budding U.S.-India alliance? And how should the Biden administration manage it?

For object lessons, Alan got on the Amor Towles admiration train and endorsed both his book \u201cA Gentleman in Moscow\u201d and the forthcoming TV adaptation. Quinta recommended the classic 2003 journalism period piece \u201cShattered Glass.\u201d Scott log-rolled for a forthcoming project by our friends at Goat Rodeo and Project Brazen: Fur and Loathing, which looks at one of the most significant chemical weapons attacks in U.S. history, which took place at a 2014 convention for furries. And Eric shared a cultural lesson his Italian friend impressed upon him about the impropriety of drinking a cappuccino after 11:00am.

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