Must-Reads
US - New bombshells show Trump's coup threat was real and hasn't passed, Stephen Collinson, CNN

US/Afghanistan - Henry Kissinger on why America failed in Afghanistan, Henry Kissinger, The Economist

Afghanistan/China/Russia - Afghanistan: The West Fails; a Win for China and Russia? Sabine Fischer and Angela Stanzel, SWP

Russia/China - How to Distance Russia from China, Timothy W. Crawford, Washington Quarterly

China/Lithuania - The China-Lithuania Rift Over Taiwan Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe, Franklin D. Kramer and Hans Binnendijk, Foreign Policy

Germany - The stalemate election: Can Germany move beyond Merkel? Wolfgang Münchau, The Spectator

Germany - What Germany Says About Far-Right Politics, Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic

Digital - Freedom on the Net 2021: The Global Drive to Control Big Tech, Freedom House

Technology - Taming Techno-Nationalism: A Policy Agenda, Hugo van Manen, Tobias Gehrke, Jack Thompson and Tim Sweijs, Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

Iran/China - China Headaches for Iran Deal, Jon B. Alterman, CSIS