Must-Reads US - Trump Names Robert O’Brien, a Hostage Negotiator, as National Security Adviser, Peter Baker, New York Times NATO/Nuclear - Decisive Response: A New Nuclear Strategy for NATO, Hans Binnendijk and David Gompert, Survival Europe - Liberal Overreach and the Misinterpretation of 1989, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, GMF Democracy - Authoritarian Advance: How Authoritarian Regimes Upended Assumptions about Democratic Expansion, Laura Rosenberger, GMF EU - From Triumph to Travail: The EU’s 1989 Legacy, Jan Techau, GMF Poland - The Mixed Fruits of Poland’s Freedom, Wawrzyniec Smoczynski, GMF Russia/Middle East - Strategic Consequences of Russia’s Economic Presence in the Suez Canal Zone, Ridvan Bari Urcosta, Jamestown Foundation US/Technology/Security - Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge, James Manyika, William H. McRaven and Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations Task Force US/Climate - EPA to revoke California’s power to limit vehicle emissions, Alex Guillen, Politico Georgia/Germany - Georgian-German Relations in the Context of Euro-Atlantic Integration: How to Align Expectations, Kornely Kakachia, Katrin Böttger, Bidzina Lebanidze, Viktoria Palm and Mikheil Sarjveladze, Georgia Institute of Politics/Institute of European Politics Berlin