Must-Reads
US/Europe - The Atlantic Alliance After Afghanistan, Gunther Hellmann and Charles A. Kupchan, Project Syndicate
EU/Indo-Pacific - The EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
UK/US/Australia - Is the AUKUS alliance meaningful or merely provocation? Chatham House
Australia/France - Why Australia wanted out of its French submarine deal, Zoya Sheftalovich, Politico
Climate/Economy - Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth? Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram B. Wolff, Bruegel
China - How China Exports Authoritarianism: Beijing’s Money and Technology Is Fueling Repression Worldwide, Charles Edel and David O. Shullman, Foreign Affairs
Germany - Smart Sovereignty, Christian Mölling and Daniela Schwarzer, Internationale Politik Quarterly
Energy/Trade - The Seeds of Another Trade War over Clean Energy, Nikos Tsafos, CSIS
Russia - Russian elections: persecution, cash handouts and the Putin system, Max Seddon, Financial Times
Europe - It’s not all about populism: grassroots democracy is thriving across Europe, Richard Youngs, The Guardian
US/Africa - America’s Hollow Africa Policy: Washington’s focus on stability over human rights is alienating Africa’s youth, Socrates Mbamalu, Foreign Policy