‘Expect More, Not Less Geopolitical Tension’

News out of Eastern Europe was predictably foreboding on Thursday. Kyiv says it's being forced to shoot down Russian balloons used by the Kremlin "for reconnaissance or to confuse air defense systems"; Jens Stoltenberg described a "race of logistics" as the Ukrainian army uses more ammunition than its Western allies can replenish; experts worry the US will have to choose between a potentially dangerous reduction in America's own military stockpiles and leaving Ukraine ill-equipped; both sides a