Transatlantic Must-Reads January 17th, 2018 China, Czech Republic, Eurozone, Foreign Policy, Kurdistan, Nordics, Nuclear, Russia, Ukraine, US CTR/SAIS Commentary
Russia - Russia’s Changing Relations with the West: Prospects for a New Hybrid System, Andrey Kortunov, in The Russia File, Daniel S. Hamilton and Stefan Meister (editors) US/Foreign Policy - Trump Doesn’t Believe in His Own Foreign Policy. Does That Matter?, Hal Brands, Foreign Policy US/Foreign Policy - Contours of U.S. Foreign Policy 2018, Michael Haltzel, Speech to the English-Speaking Union
Must-Reads
Nuclear - Pentagon Suggests Countering Devastating Cyberattacks With Nuclear Arms, David E. Sanger and William J. Broad Nuclear - Ernest J. Moniz Addresses Global Nuclear Risks, CSIS/Harvard Belfer Center Ukraine/Russia - To Understand Ukraine, Dimitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Russia - The Future of Navalny's Opposition Movement, Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs Russia/China - Contrasting China’s and Russia’s Influence Operations, Peter Mattis Russia/US - As U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise, Rekindle People-to-People Relations, Paul J. Saunders and Kristen Lord, National Interest Eurozone - The Euro in Decline? How the Currency Could Spoil the Global Financial System, Kathleen R. McNamara, Foreign Affairs Eurozone - Reconciling risk sharing with market discipline: A constructive approach to euro area reform and How to reconcile risk sharing and market discipline in the euro area, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, et al., CEPR/VoxEU Czech Republic - The Czech Republic’s pro-Russian president is in trouble, The Economist Nordics - Seeking Renewed Relevance: Institutions of Nordic Cooperation in the Reform Process, Christian Opitz and Tobias Etzold, SWP Berlin Kurdistan - Twilight of the Kurds, Joost Hiltermann, Maria Fantappie, Foreign Policy