Transatlantic Must-Reads 1/7/2019

January 7th, 2019
Afghanistan, Atlantic Basin, Balkans, Central Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Economy, EU, Euro, Europe, Germany, Global, Romania, Russia, Syria, US

Must-Reads

Atlantic Basin - Atlantic Currents: An Annual Report on Wider Atlantic Perspectives and Patterns -- Overcoming the Choke Points, Policy Center for the New South
Global - The End of the World that 1948 Made, Yehudah Mirsky, Tablet
US - The key factor in the rise of Trumpism that we continue to ignore, Mitchell Lerner, Washington Post
US - America First is Only Making the World Worse: Here is a Better Approach, Anthony Blinken and Robert Kagan, Washington Post
US/Syria - 5 reasons why Trump is right about getting America out of Syria, Aaron Miller and Richard Sokolsky, Los Angeles Times
US/Syria - Bolton Puts Conditions on Syria Withdrawal, Suggesting a Delay of Months or Years, David E. Sanger, Noah Weiland and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
Afghanistan - Time to Get Out of Afghanistan, Robert D. Kaplan, New York Times
US/Europe - Transatlantic ties, interrupted, Julianne Smith, Live Mint
Europe - Brexit Watch: Nasty Normal Europe, Jan Techau, American Interest
Europe - 6 post-Cold War taboos Europe must now face, François Heisbourg and Maximilian Terhalle, Politico
Euro - The Euro Turns 20, Daniel Gros, Project Syndicate
EU - The EU Can’t Fulfill Its Purpose, Jakub Grygiel, American Interest
EU/Economy - The rise of poverty among EU workers since the financial crisis — in charts, Valentina Romei, Financial Times
EU/Russia - New year, same problem: EU divisions on Russia remain, Eva Fischer, Handelsblatt
Russia - How to Hit Russia Where It Hurts, Peter Harrell, Foreign Affairs
Russia - The Rasps of Putin’s Political Machine, Maxim Trudolyubov, Moscow Times
Russia/China - How Russia and China Could Come Unhinged, Robert D. Kaplan, Wall Street Journal
Balkans - Make Plan A work, Daniel Serwer, Peacefare
Romania/EU - Old wounds fester as Romania assumes the EU presidency, Tony Barber, Financial Times
Romania/EU - Romania’s press freedom in free fall as its takes over EU presidency, Reporters Without Borders
Central/Eastern Europe - Life After Liberation, Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs
Germany - Merkel’s Germany, a Generation after Reunification, George Will, National Review

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