Transatlantic Must-Reads
October 9th, 2017
US, Middle East, Iran, Digital, Arctic, Migration, Energy, Sovereignty, Ukraine, Turkey, EU, Eastern Europe, Germany, China, Russia

Featured SAIS Commentary

US/Middle East/Iran - Run-Up to Another Potential US Middle East Disaster, Robert E. Hunter​, LobeLog
Arctic/US/Russia - Russia and America can reset relations by looking north, Vladislav Inozemtsev, Financial Times

Must-Reads

Sovereignty - Why the Nation-State is Good, Dani Rodrik, Aeon
Ukraine - Schooled in Scandal: What Makes Ukraine a Hotbed of Intrigue, Andrew Higgins and Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times
US - Donald Trump is more than a blip in history, Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
US -The ‘Resistance,’ Raising Big Money, Upends Liberal Politics, Kenneth P. Vogel, New York Times
US/Turkey - U.S. Suspends Visa Services in Turkey, and Turkey Responds in Kind, Associated Press
Digital - Tech’s fight for the upper hand on open data, Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
EU/Eastern Europe - EU Enlargement: Door half open or door half shut? Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform
Germany - A German Who Explains Trump, Roger Cohen, New York Times
Germany/Migration - Angela Merkel accepts soft refugee cap, resists ‘Obergrenze’, Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico
Germany/Energy - Germany’s Shift to Green Power Stalls, Despite Huge Investments, Stanley Reed, New York Times
China/Europe - Enter the Dragon, Laurens Cerulus and Jakob Hanke, Politico