Must-Reads  
Health - COVID-19 Global Update, Johns Hopkins University 
Health - The First 2 Years of COVID-19: Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic, Jennifer B. Nuzzo and Lawrence O. Gostin, Journal of the American Medical Association 
US - One Single Day. That’s All It Took for the World to Look Away From Us, Francis Fukuyama, New York Times 
Global - A World of Mounting Disarray, Richard Haass, Project Syndicate 
Afghanistan - Afghanistan Has Become the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis, Jane Ferguson, The Atlantic 
Europe - 2022: Europe’s ‘ring of fire’ keeps smouldering, Alexandra Brzozowski, Euractiv 
Russia - What Putin Really Wants, Lilia Shevtsova, New York Times
Russia/Ukraine - The U.S. is Naïve About Russia. Ukraine Can’t Afford to Be, Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic 
Russia/Ukraine/NATO - What does the Russian ultimatum to the West mean? Françoise Thom, Desk Russie 
NATO/Russia - What It Will Take to Deter Russia: The Lessons of the U.S. Failure in Ukraine in 2014, Jim Townsend, Foreign Affairs 
US/Russia - Russia Thinks America Is Bluffing: To Deter a Ukraine Invasion, Washington’s Threats Need to Be Tougher, Chris Miller, Foreign Affairs 
Russia/Finance - SWIFT and Certain Punishment for Russia? There Are Better Ways to Deter Moscow Than Threatening Its Banking Access, Adam M. Smith, Foreign Affairs 
Russia/Germany/Russia - Germany’s Russia Test, Liana Fix, Moscow Times 
Nuclear - Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races