Transatlantic Must-Reads April 12, 2016

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Transatlantic Must-Reads

Tuesday April 12, 2016

US, China, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Baltic, Turkey, Israel, Corruption, Health, Digital

US - America and the Global Economy – The Case for U.S. Leadership, Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs
US - The End of the American Empire, Chas W. Freeman JR, War on the Rocks
US - What Ted Cruz Gets Right About Islamism, Hassan Mneimneh, Real Clear World
US/China – America needs more than symbolic gestures in the South China Sea, John McCain, Financial Times
China - The Brilliance of China's Grand Strategy: Don't 'Own' Land, Just 'Use' It, Parag Khanna, The National Interest
Ukraine - An ignoble end: Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns, The Economist
Ukraine - Ukraine From Revolution of Dignity to Government of Shame, Mikhail Minakov, Carnegie Europe
Ukraine/Eastern Europe - How to Fill Ukraine’s Security Vacuum, Andreas Umland, Carnegie Europe
Belgium - A Brussels Mentor Who Taught ‘Gangster Islam’ to the Young and Angry, Andrew Higgins and Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, New York Times
Germany - Europe's New Political Engine, Niklas Helwig, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Russia - Changing of the guard: Putin's law enforcement reforms, Nikolay Petrov, ECFR
Baltic – Assured Resolve – Testing Possible Challenges to Baltic Security, Julianne Smith and Jerry Hendrix, Center for New American Security
Turkey/Israel - Not yet a rapprochement - Moves to restore full Israeli-Turkish ties have lost steam, The Economist
Corruption – Why the Panama Papers might not lead to a tax crackdown, Francesco Guerrera, Nicholas Hirst and Florian Eder, Politico Europe
Health - A Zika Catastrophe Could Rival Hurricane Katrina, Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic
Digital - Competition, Growth and Regulatory Heterogeneity in Europe's Digital Economy, Matthias Bauer and Fredrik Erixon, ECIPE

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