Ukraine - It’s too soon to celebrate Putin’s losses, the hard miles are yet to come for Ukraine, Keir Giles, The Guardian
Black Sea - Breaking the Black Sea Blockade, Lawrence Freedman, Substack
Ukraine/Russia/Digital - What the digital front lines in Ukraine say about the future of war, Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Russia - We Should Say It: Russia is Fascist, Timothy Snyder, New York Times
Russia - Russia takes first steps to withdraw from WTO, WHO, Sarah Anne Aarup and Ashleigh Furlong, Politico
Turkey - The Strongman Cometh, Eric Edelman, JINSA
Germany/Europe - Germany, Inc., Jan-Werner Müller, London Review of Books
EU/Energy - EU earmarks €2B to ease pain of Russian oil ban, America Hernandez, Politico
Europe/Digital - How can Europe catch up on its digital backlog? Laurence Boone, Jörg Haas, David Haugh and Young-Hyun Shin, OECD Ecoscope
US - Pushed to Extremes: Domestic Terrorism Amid Polarization and Protest, Catrina Doxsee, Seth G. Jones, Jared Thompson, Grace Hwang and Kateryna Halstead, CSIS
US/Disinformation - How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts, Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post
US/Hungary - The Orbanization of America: The U.S. right walks in Hungary’s path, Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
US/China - China Tech’s Grip Persists Long After Orders to Rip It Out, Sheridan Prasso, Bloomberg
US/Indo-Pacific - Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is not an FTA: 5 things to know, Kentaro Iwamoto, Nikkei Asia
UK/Ireland - Europe’s Ireland Problem Is Here To Stay, Tom McTague, The Atlantic