Featured Podcast The U.S. Election 2020: Impact on Transatlantic Security, Daniel S. Hamilton at the Riga Security Forum 2020 Must-Reads US – The Electoral College: A 2020 Presidential Election Timeline, Congressional Research Service US – 2020 Exit Polls Show a Scrambling of Democrats’ and Republicans’ Traditional Bases, William H. Frey, Brookings US – What the Voters Are Trying to Tell Us, David Brooks, New York Times US – Trump Won’t Be the Last American Populist, Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Affairs US – America Changes Course, While Remaining Very Much the Same, The Economist US/Europe – What we Have Lost: Trump, Biden and the Meaning of Transatlantic Relations, Jeremy Shapiro, European Council on Foreign Relations Europe – Baldrick’s Europe: Europe should stop defining itself as what it is not, The Economist Europe/Economy – European Economic Forecast, Autumn 2020, European Commission Europe/Climate – Perspective of Comprehensive and Comprehensible Multi-Model Energy and Climate Science in Europe, A. Nikas, A. Gambhir, E. Trutnevyte et al., Elsevier EU – ‘Historic’ EU rule of law deal faces challenges. Lily Bayer and Maïa de La Baume, Politico France/EU – Macron Calls For a ‘Refoundation of the Schengen Area’, Elisa Braun, Politico Georgia – Georgian Opposition Does Not Recognize Legitimacy of Newly Elected Parliament, Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation Global/Economy – The Global Economy: Heading Toward a Dark Winter, Brad W. Setser, CFR
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)