Turkey - Erdogan Says, ‘We Opened the Doors,’ and Clashes Erupt as Migrants Head for Europe, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times
Turkey/Syria - Turkey Declares Major Offensive Against Syrian Government, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times
Greece/Migration - Greece says it will stop accepting asylum requests amid migrant crisis, Nektaria Stamouli, Hans von der Burchard, Politico
Italy - Italy, Europe’s Coronavirus Lab, Beppe Severgnini, The New York Times
Economy - OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report March 2020: Coronavirus: the world economy at risk, OECD
US - The End of American Exceptionalism: What the United States Should Learn From Its Peers, Thanassis Cambanis, Foreign Affairs
US/Sanctions - Sanctions by the Numbers: U.S. Sanctions Designations and Delistings, 2009–2019,
Johnpatrick Imperiale, CNAS
US/Afghanistan - U.S. Strikes Deal With Taliban to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan, Mujib Mashal, The New York Times
US/Afghanistan - 4 Takeaways From the U.S. Deal with the Taliban, Mujib Mashal, Russell Goldman, The New York Times
US/Afghanistan - The U.S.–Taliban Deal is Not A Military Withdrawal; It Should Be, Adam Wunische, Quincy Institute
US/Russia - “He could get squishy on democracy”: Bill Clinton’s Perception of Vladimir Putin According to Recently Public Documents, Stephan Kieninger, History News Network
US - 2020 Trade Policy Agenda and 2019 Annual Report, United States Trade Representative
Europe/China - Europe’s Face-Off with China, Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal
China - Uyghurs for sale: ‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang, Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, et al., Australian Strategic Policy Institute
China/Energy - How China Became the World’s Leader in Green Energy And What Decoupling Could Cost the Environment, Scott Malcomson, Foreign Affairs
Slovakia - Hard graft ahead for Slovak election winners, Siegfried Mortkowitz, Politico
UK - The UK's approach to trade negotiations with the US, Department for International Trade