Must-Reads US - The Whistle-Blower Complaint: Read the Document, The New York Times US - The Trump- Zelensky Phone Call: Key Takeaways From Two New Documents, Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman, The New York Times US - The Trump-Ukraine Transcript Contains Evidence of a Quid Pro Quo, David French, National Review US - The Missing Word in Trump’s Call: ‘Russia’, Jim Geraghty, National Review US - How Americans Were Driven to Extremes, Thomas Carothers and Andrew O’Donohue, Foreign Affairs US/UK - Trump and Johnson on the Brink, Roger Cohen, The New York Times US/Iran - White House Bars Iranian Officials from U.S as Its Diplomatic Efforts Falter, Farnaz Fassihi, Lara Jakes and Edward Wong, The New York Times US/Iran - How the ‘Obama Doctrine’ can solve the Iran stand-off, Edward P. Joseph, The Hill US/Japan - Trump Announces a Trade Pact With Japan, Ana Swanson, The New York Times US/Global - US strong-arm approach pays off in international postal dispute, Andy Bounds, Financial Times China - Open Arms: Evaluating Global Exposure to China’s Defense-Industrial Base, C4ADS Digital/Resilience/Trade - Every Part of the Supply Chain Can Be Attacked, Bruce Schneier, The New York Times Canada - Trudeau’s Foreign Policy: Progressive Rhetoric, Conventional Policies, Dominik Tolksdorf and Xandie Kuenning, Green European Journal EU/Economy - Challenges ahead for the European Central Bank: Navigating in the Dark? Gregory Claeys, Maria Demertzis and Francesco Papadia, Bruegel Germany - Merkel’s political twilight sees Germany’s influence wane, Guy Chazan, Financial Times Arctic/UK - Global Britain’s Arctic Security Policy: Going Forward While Looking Back, Agne Cepinskyte, Finnish Institute of International Affairs