Must-Reads
Health - To prevent a second coronavirus wave, we need to look beyond the R number, Rowland Kao, The Guardian
Global - The Pandemic’s Geopolitical Aftershocks Are Coming, Tom McTague, The Atlantic
Germany - One Crisis Too Many: How the Coronavirus Pushed Germany to Shift Course, Steven Erlanger, New York Times
Germany/Energy - German regulator opposes preferences for Nord Stream 2, Ryszarda Formuszewicz and Szymon Kardaś, OSW Warsaw
Italy/Europe/China - Playing with fire: Italy, China, and Europe, Giovanna De Maio, Brookings
Europe/China - The Meaning of Systemic Rivalry: Europe and China Beyond the Pandemic, Andrew Small, ECFR
Europe/US/China - In the Post-Pandemic Cold War, America Is Losing Europe, Noah Barkin, Foreign Policy
US - So Long to American Exceptionalism, Karen Greenberg, Tomgram
US/Technology - Mitigating Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preserving U.S. Strategic Competitiveness in Artificial Intelligence, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
US/Trade - The US need an honest debate about trade policy, focusing on the WTO is a distraction, Joshua P. Meltzer, Vox CEPR Policy Portal
US/Russia/Greenland - Russia Expects Growing Conflict with US Over Greenland, Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation
US/Africa/Security - Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons beyond Counterterrorism, Judd Devermont, CSIS
Sweden - Rebuilding Sweden’s crisis preparedness: Lack of clarity impedes implementation, Mariette Hägglund, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Global - Implementing and Enforcing UN Arms Embargoes, Judith Vorrath, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik