Must-Reads 
Health – Inside the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine: how BioNTech made the breakthrough, Joe Miller, Financial Times 
Health/Nordics – A Tale of Two Pandemics, Fabrizio Tassinari, Noema
Digital – 'Nobody can block it': how the Telegram app fuels global protest, Shaun Walker, The Guardian 
US/Digital – The National Security Case for Fixing Social Media, Glenn Gerstell, New Yorker
US/Digital – The Biden administration needs a fresh approach to Huawei and 5G, Andrew Grotto, Foreign Policy  
US/Global – Trump Remade His Party and the World, William Galston, Jr, The Wall Street Journal 
US/Russia – Biden’s Putin Challenge, David J. Kramer, Foreign Policy  
US/Afghanistan – Rushing for the exits in Afghanistan would leave a lasting stain on America, James Cunningham, John Negroponte, Ronald Neumann, Hugo Llorens, Richard Olson and Earl Anthony Wayne, Atlantic Council 
Trade – The meaning of RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement, The Economist 
Europe/Economy – Europe’s Collaborative Economy, William Echikson and Jesse Goldberg, CEPS   
EU/US/Technology – To meet the Biden administration, the EU needs an integrated tech foreign policy, Tyson Barker, DGAP  
France – The Macron Doctrine, Groupe d’études géopolitiques  
Climate – Paris is passé as climate green deals become chic, Karl Mathiesen and Kalina Oroschakoff, Politico 
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Opposition Takes Key Cities in Bosnia’s Local Elections, Srecko Latal, Balkan Insight 
Bulgaria/North Macedonia – Bulgaria threatens to veto North Macedonia’s EU talks, Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico 
Moldova – Pro-EU Candidate Wins Landslide Victory in Moldovan Presidential Race, Madalin Necsutu, Balkan Insight 
South Caucasus – Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Russia’s Return to the Caucasus, James Durso, International Policy Digest
China – China’s promise: ‘A free market for unfree people’, Andrew A. Michta, Politico