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Present at the Transformation:  An Insider’s Reflection on NATO Enlargement, NATO-Russia Relations,  and Where We Go from Here, Alexander Vershbow, from Daniel S. Hamilton and Kristina Spohr, eds., Open Door: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security After the Cold War

 
Must-reads
Germany - In Harvard Speech, Merkel Rebukes Trump’s Worldview in All but Name, Rick Gladstone, New York Times
Germany - What Comes After Angela Merkel? Anna Sauerbrey, New York Times
Austria - Austria to get first female chancellor to lead caretaker Cabinet, Carmen Paun, Politico
France - How France’s cultural revolution is causing new political divides, Simon Kuper, Financial Times
Poland - Poland’s Government Is Systematically Silencing Opposition Voices, Makana Eyre and Martin Goillandeau, Foreign Policy
US/UK - Trump’s state visit to a country in a state, Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform
US/Mexico - Donald Trump vows to use tariffs to punish Mexico for migrants, The Economist
US/EU - EU told to ‘brace’ for multibillion Trump tariffs, Hans von der Burchard, Jakob Hanke and Maxime Schlee, Politico
US/EU/Iran - Strategy on Iran: U.S.-European Differences, Karl Kaiser, Metro UN
US/Russia/Iran - Pentagon Wary of Russia-Iran Cooperation, Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
EU/Western Balkans - Brussels tries new Balkan push, Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico
EU/Neighborhood - Antagonisms in the EU’s neighbourhood: Overcoming strategic deficits with regard to Syria – How the EU can demonstrate resolve and respond to the interests of regional powers, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Eastern Europe - ‘Grim’ eastern European demographics tipped to sap growth, Steve Johnson, Financial Times
Turkey - Turkey’s S400 vs. F35 Conundrum and its Deepening Strategic Partnership with Russia, Şaban Kardaş, GMF