Featured Study 30 Years Ago, a Time of Joy and Hope, Adam Michnik, in Daniel S. Hamilton and Kristina Spohr, eds., Exiting the Cold War, Entering a New World, (Johns Hopkins SAIS/Brookings Institution Press) Must-Reads US/Ukraine - William Taylor’s testimony at today’s impeachment hearings, Politico US/Ukraine - George Kent’s testimony at today’s impeachment hearings, Politico US/Economy - Red and Blue Economies Are Heading in Sharply Different Directions, Jed Kolko, New York Times US/China - How the US should deal with China, Martin Wolf, Financial Times China/Russia - The China-Russia Relationship is More About Survival Than Friendship, James Carafano, National Interest Russia - Five Faces of Russia’s Soft Power, Şener Aktürk, PONARS Russia - Russia’s Southern Strategy, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Foreign Policy Research Institute EU - European Parliament: Facts and Figures, European Parliamentary Research Service EU - The new EU leadership: The von der Leyen Commission focuses on Europe’s geo-economic power, Niklas Helwig, Finnish Institute of International Affairs France/EU/Defense - France dominant in new flurry of EU military projects, Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico France/Europe/US - Emmanuel Macron’s transatlantic turbulence, David M. Herszenhorn, Jacopo Barigazzi and Rym Momtaz, Politico France/Germany - Two people separated by a common idea: Why Macron and AKK agree, Ulrike Esther Franke, European Council on Foreign Relations