NATO/Sweden/Finland - What NATO’s Northern Expansion Means, Carl Bildt, Project Syndicate Germany/Ukraine - Scholz under pressure: Germany plans new routes for arms to Ukraine, Deutsche Presse Agentur
Russia/Ukraine/Moldova - Via Southern Ukraine, Russia Eyes “Another Route” to Moldova’s Transnistria, Madalin Necsutu, Balkan Insight
Moldova - The West can’t afford to neglect Moldova because Putin won’t, Josh Rogin, Washington Post
Russia/US - Russians and Americans Sense a New Cold War, Dina Smeltz, Lily Wojtowicz, Denis Volkov and Stepan Goncharov, Chicago Council on Global Affairs/Levada Center
US - Will the Real MAGA Man Please Stand Up? Joe Joffe, American Purpose
Finance - Caught in the crossfire, The Economist
Finance/Digital - How central banks are moving e-money, The Economist
China - The Russian treatment, The Economist
Asia/Ukraine - Asia’s Ukraine Dilemma, The Economist
Migration/UK/Rwanda - The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum, Hanne Beirens and Samuel Davidoff Gore, Migration Policy Institute
Featured
NATO/Russia - What is NATO and how has it responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Dan Hamilton and Hans Binnendijk, The Source on Texas Public Radio
Must-Reads
Health - Covid Deaths by Country/Region/Sovereignty, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Human Rights - 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, U.S. Department of State
Global - The State of Globalization in 2022, Steven A. Altman and Caroline R. Bastian, Harvard Business Review
Global/Ukraine - The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security, Tim Benton et al., Chatham House
Ukraine/US - U.S. to send $750M in additional military aid to Ukraine, Alexander Ward and Andrew Desiderio, Politico
Ukraine/EU - Opinion on Ukraine’s application for membership of the European Union, Michael Emerson, Steven Blockmans, Veronika Movchan and Artem Remizov, CEPS
France - Mélenchon’s far-left voters become France’s reluctant kingmakers, Maia de la Baume, Politico
Italy/Energy - Italy looks to demote Russia and make Algeria its top gas supplier, Georgio Leali and Hannah Roberts, Politico
Sweden/Finland/NATO - Sweden wins the NATO lottery, Elisabeth Braw, Politico
Germany/Russia - How Germany Inc. played Russian roulette and lost, Matthew Karnitschnig and Nette Nöstlinger, Politico
US - Five charts explaining why inflation is so high, Alyssa Fowers and Rachel Siegel, Washington Post
US - Even in a Hot Economy, Wages Aren’t Keeping Up with Inflation, Jason Furman, Wall Street Journal
Syria - Looking Ahead: Geopolitical Dynamics and Scenarios for Syria in 2030, eds. Muriel Asseburg and Salam Said, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung/SWP
EU/US - Making the US-EU Trade and Technology Council Effective, Daniel S. Hamilton, U.S. Stakeholder Roundtable
Must Reads US - Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid, Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
US/Ukraine - America’s Interest in Ukrainian Victory, Andrew A. Michta, City Journal
https://www.city-journal.org/americas-interest-in-ukrainian-victory
NATO/EU/Ukraine - Let Ukraine In, Ivo Daalder, The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/ukraine-join-nato-eu-membership/629619/
Russia/Ukraine - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Mason Clark, George Barros, and Karolina Hird, Institute for the Study of War
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-20
Russia/Ukraine/Nuclear - Russia’s Nuclear Threats in the War against Ukraine, Liviu Horovitz, Lydia Wachs, SWP
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/comments/2022C29_RussiasNuclearThreats.pdf
Europe/Ukraine - Europe’s Fading Unity Over Ukraine, Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86948
Europe/US - More Europe, more dependent on the US, Andres Ortega, Elcano Royal Institute
https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/more-europe-more-dependent-on-the-us/
Digital/EU - Will the Digital Services Act save Europe from disinformation? Zach Meyers, Centre for European Reform
https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/insight_ZM_disinformation_21.4.22.pdf
EU/Southern Europe - What role should Southern Europe play after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine? Towards a shared agenda for EU reform, Pol Morillas, et al., CIDOB, Elcano Royal Institute, IFRI, IAI Rome, ELIAMEP, IPRI-NOVA
https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/what-role-should-southern-europe-play-after-the-pandemic-and-the-war-in-ukraine-towards-a-shared-agenda-for-eu-reform/
France – The roots of anger in rural France, Jérémie Gallon, Politico
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-roots-of-anger-in-rural-france-elections-campaign-emmanuel-macron/