Must-Reads
Technology/Diplomacy - Diplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Corneliu Bjola. Elcano Royal Institute
Digital/Finance - Libra and the Others: The Future of Digital Money, Nicola Bilotta and Fabrizio Bott, IAI Rome
Drugs/Atlantic Basin - Changing gear, The Economist
US/Europe - US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit, Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta, Defense News
NATO - NATO’s “Brain Death”: Burdensharing Blunders Focusing on the Right Investment, Force Strength, and Readiness Needs, Anthony H. Cordesman, Max Molot, CSIS
EU/Defense - Hedges and wedges, The Economist
Corruption/US/Eastern Europe - The dirty mop, The Economist
Eastern Europe/Southeastern Europe - How Holocaust Memory was Hijacked in Post-Communist States, Jelena Subotic, Balkan Insight
China/Nuclear - Warheads up, The Economist
China/Ukraine - New Revelations of China’s Growing Interests in Ukraine, Alla Hurska, Jamestown Foundation
Trade/WTO - The end of world trade as we know it, Adam Behsudi and Finbarr Bermingham, Politico
Germany/Libya - Germany’s quiet leadership on the Libyan war, René Wildangel and Tarek Megerisi, European Council on Foreign Relations
Romania - Romania’s Election Is More About the People than the Candidates, Alexandra Ioan, GMF
US/Russia - U.S. Policy Toward Russia: A View From Congress, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Heather A. Conley, CSIS
Russia - The last of the offended: Russia’s first post-Putin diplomats, Kadri Liik, European Council on Foreign Relations
Russia/China/Middle East - Russia and China in the Middle East: Playing their best cards, Marco Siddi and Marcin Kaczmarski, Finnish Institute of International Affairs