Must-Reads US – The Nightmare Is Here, David A. Graham, The Atlantic US – Either Trump or Biden Will Win. But Our Deepest Problems Will Remain, Yuval Levin, New York Times Global – Ten ways coronavirus crisis will shape world in long term, Martin Wolf, Financial Times Global – The Pandemic Has Made Hunger Even More Urgent to Address, Sara Bleich and Sheila Fleischhacker, Foreign Affairs Europe/Terrorism – Despite the Horrors in Vienna and Paris, Jihadism has Declined, The Economist France – France’s President Stands on principle, But Stumbles in Practice, Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs Poland – Poland delays abortion ban as nationwide protests continue, Shaun Walker, The Guardian Poland – Will Women Defeat Poland’s Illiberal Regime? Slawomir Sierakowski, Project Syndicate Ukraine – This Is How Ukraine Will Destroy the Rule of Law While Claiming to Defend it, Nicolas N. Petro, National Interest Russia/Defense – Russian Military Forces Dazzle After a Decade of Reform, The Economist Germany/Energy – Examining Germany’s Clean Energy Transition, Nikos Tsafos, Center for Strategic and International Studies EU/Climate – EU Must Get Smarter to Lead on Climate Change, Bjorn Lomborg, Euractiv EU – The Case for Disaggregating the European Union, Dalibor Rohac, Foreign Policy EU/Security – The Best Defence: Why the EU Should Forge Security Compacts With its Eastern Neighbours, Gustav Gressel and Nicu Popescu, European Council on Foreign Relations EU/Digital – Automating Society Report 2020, AlgorithmWatch/Bertelsmann Stiftung EU/US/Technology – Europe and the US are drifting apart on tech. Joe Biden wouldn’t fix that, Nicholas Vinocur, Politico Russia/Digital – Russias Internet Freedom Shrinks as Kremlin Seizes Control of Homegrown Tech, Dylan Myles-Primakoff and Justin Sherman, Foreign Policy Russia/Arctic – Putin’s Real Arctic Playbook: Demography, Development and Defense, Elizabeth Buchanan, The National Interest
Must-Reads US – How to Bring American Diplomacy Back from the Brink, Joaquin Castro, Foreign Affairs US – Trump Killed the Pax Americana, Paul Krugman, The New York Times US – A List of Specific, Actionable Foreign Policy Ideas for the Next President, Madiha Afzal et al., Brookings US/Western Balkans – How Trump Lost the Balkans, Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Policy US/Afghanistan – Afghanistan: The Peace Negotiations Have Become an Extension of War by Other Means, Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS NATO – NATO’s Response to Covid-19: Lessons for Resilience and Readiness, Giovanna De Maio, Brookings Digital – The Internet of Bodies: Opportunities, Risks, and Governance, Mary Lee, Benjamin Boudreaux, Ritika Chaturvedi, Sasha Romanosky, Bryce Downing, RAND Digital/Central and Eastern Europe – Digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe: Building Regional Cooperation, Paula J. Dobriansky, Maciej Witucki, Jörn Fleck, and Eileen Kannengeiser, Atlantic Council Digital/EU– When Sovereignty Leads and Cyber Law Follows, Paul Timmers, Encompass EU/Defense – EU seals accord to let third countries into future joint military projects, Alexandra Brzozowski, Euractiv EU – EU Strategic Autonomy: A Reality Check for Europe’s Global Agenda, Niklas Helwig, Finnish Institute of International Affairs Europe – Geopolitical Europe in times of Covid-19, Mark Leonard, Europe’s Futures Moldova – Transatlantic Take 360: Moldova’s Pivotal Presidential Election, Jonathan Katz, GMF Kosovo/Serbia – Twin Crises: Political Dysfunction in the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, Engjellushe Morina, European Council on Foreign Relations Russia – The Geopoliticization of Russian Politics, Stefan Meister, Internationale Politik Quarterly Russia/South Caucasus – Russia on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Calculated Neutrality, Katarzyna Chawrylo, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
