Featured Event:
What After Europe Whole and Free? Thomas Wright, Daniel Hamilton, and Patrycja Sasnal, PISM/Transatlantic Leadership Network

Must-Reads
Health - The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic, Solomon Hsiang, et al., Nature
Global - The Pandemic and Political Order, Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs
Global - When the System Fails: COVID-19 and the Costs of Global Dysfunction, Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs
Global/Economy - Global Economic Prospects, World Bank
US - Defund the police? Here’s what that really means, Christy E. Lopez, Washington Post
US - America, This is Your Chance, Michelle Alexander, New York Times
US - A popular rebellion to fulfill America’s promise, at home and abroad, Robert E. Hunter, Responsible Statecraft
US/Europe/Energy - U.S. LNG showcases transatlantic rift on climate and energy, Julian Wettengel, Clean Energy Wire
US/Germany - Trump’s Sudden and Dangerous Troop Withdrawal From Germany, Philip H. Gordon, Council on Foreign Relations
US/Germany/NATO/Russia - The folly of a NATO troop withdrawal decision, Hans Binnendijk, DefenseNews
Russia - Myths About Russia: When Past Isn’t Prologue, Lilia Shevtsova, American Interest
Russia/Nuclear - New Document Consolidates Russia’s Nuclear Policy in One Place, Olga Oliker, Russia Matters
Poland/Energy - Polish gas network close to fully financing Baltic Pipe to Norway, James Shotter, Financial Times
Digital - How to improve cybersecurity for artificial intelligence, Josephine Wolff, Brookings Institute
Syria/Turkey - The Stakes in the Syrian-Turkish Border Zone, Kheder Khaddour, Carnegie Middle East Center
Europe/Africa - After covid: Resetting Europe-Africa relations for mutual benefit, Andrew Lebovich, European Council on Foreign Relations