Transatlantic Must-Reads 12/17/2018

December 17th, 2018
Armenia, Asia, Climate, EU, Europe, Italy, NATO, North Korea. Russia, Syria, Trade, Ukraine, UK, US

Must-Reads

Russia/Ukraine - Russia pays no price for piracy in Kerch Strait, Stephen Blank and Debra Cagan, The Hill
Europe/North Korea - Facets of the North Korea Conflict: Actors, Problems and Europe’s Interests, Hanns Günther Hilpert, Oliver Meier, eds., SWP
US - The Battle Inside the Political Parties for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall, War on the Rocks
US - New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep, Craig Timberg and Tony Romm, Washington Post
US - How Did the Republican Party Get So Corrupt? George Packer, The Atlantic
US/Syria - America’s Hidden War in Syria, Liz Sly, Washington Post
US/Asia - What Does Growing U.S.-China Rivalry Mean for America’s Allies in Asia? John S. Van Oudenaren, National Interest
Trade - Comments on Negotiating Objectives for a U.S.-European Union Trade Agreement, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Trade - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): Potential impact on EU companies, European Parliament Research Service
Trade - The impact of artificial intelligence on international trade, Joshua Meltzer, Brookings Institution
NATO/US - Why the United States Needs a Cohesive NATO, Ben Hodges, GMF
Armenia - Armenia’s Revolution Will Not be Monopolized, Maxim Edwards, Foreign Policy
Italy - The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy, Walter Mayr, Der Spiegel
UK/EU - Brexit: the Conservatives and their thirty years’ war over Europe, Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times
Climate - 5 takeaways from the COP24 global climate summit, Kalina Oroschakoff and Paola Tamma, Politico

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Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor, at Johns Hopkins University SAIS