Must-Reads
Black Sea/Food - Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain, Bradley Martin and William Courtney, The Hill
Europe/Ukraine - Western Europe’s cynicism about Ukrainian suffering, Simon Kuper, Financial Times
Europe/Ukraine - Peace vs. justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine, Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, European Council on Foreign Relations
EU/Ukraine - Leaders pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit, John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
EU/Ukraine - Ukraine and what it means for European Union enlargement, Maria Demertzis, Bruegel
EU/Ukraine/Moldova/Georgia - Harnessing the EU Accession Perspective for Consolidating Democracy in Association Trio Countries, Marian Khotenashvili et al., Trans European Policy Studies Association
Europe/Ukraine/Energy - A new energy policy for Europe: The significance of Ukraine, Alexander Lanoszka, James Rogers and Patrick Triglavcanin, Council on Geostrategy
Romania/Energy - Romania Sees an Opening to Become an Energy Power in Europe, Stanley Reed, New York Times
Energy - U.S. and partners enter pact to secure critical minerals like lithium, Reuters
NATO - Between War and Peace: ‘Hybrid Threats’ and NATO’s Strategic Concept, Tim Sweijs, Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Germany/Energy - How Germany took over Russia's vast gas-trading empire, Bojan Pancevski and Georgi Kantchev, Wall Street Journal
France - Something Extraordinary Is Happening in France, Cole Stangler, New York Times
Bulgaria - Bulgarian government crisis opens door to pro-Russian hard right, Marton Dunai, Financial Times
Climate/EU - Carbon Dioxide Removal as an Integral Building Block of the European Green Deal, Felix Schenuit, Miranda Böttcher and Oliver Geden, SWP
EU - Does the EU Need Treaty Change? Stefan Lehne, Carnegie Europe
Economy - Five fateful shifts that will shape the future world economy, Arvind Subramanian, Financial Times
US/Europe/Digital - Digital Bridge, Mark Scott, Politico