Transatlantic Must-Reads 1/18/2019

January 18th, 2019
Defense, Democracy, EU, Finance, Middle East, NATO, Norway, Nuclear, Russia, Sweden, Trade, Turkey, UK, US

Must-Reads

UK/EU - It was never about Europe. Brexit is Britain’s reckoning with itself, Fintan O'Toole, Guardian
Trade - EU’s Narrow Focus for U.S. Trade Talks Risks Trans-Atlantic Clash, Emre Peker, Wall Street Journal
Trade - Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations of an agreement with the United States of America on the elimination of tariffs for industrial goods, European Commission
Trade - Directives for the Negotiation of an Agreement with the United States of America on the Elimination of Tariffs for Industrial Goods, European Commission
Trade - Recommendation for a Council Decision authorizing the opening of negotiations of an agreement with the United States of America on conformity assessment, European Commission
Trade - Directives for the Negotiation of an Agreement with the United States of America on Conformity Assessment, European Commision
EU - European Parliament backs plan to link EU funds to rule of law, Lili Bayer, Politico
EU/Finance - Equity finance and capital market integration in Europe, Inês Gonçalves Raposo and Alexander Lehmann, Bruegel
Sweden - Sweden gets new government after weeks of coalition wrangling, Charlie Duxbury, Politico
Norway - Norway's PM Solberg forms majority center-right government, Camilla Knudsen, Terje Solsvik, Reuters
NATO - The World Still Needs NATO, Ursula von der Leyen, New York Times
US/Democracy - Is Democracy the Problem? Thomas Carothers, The American Interest
Turkey - Turkey’s Civil Society: Playing the Long Game, Dilek “Dee” Ertukel, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
US/Middle East - The Inflection Point, Jon B. Alterman, Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Nuclear/Russia/Defense - Russia’s Conventional Weapons Are Deadlier Than Its Nukes, Rowan Allport, Foreign Policy

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