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Monday, December 7, 2020
Afghanistan, Central and Eastern Europe, China, Climate, Conflict, Defense, Democracies, Digital, EU, Europe, Global, Health, Mediterranean, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Space, Turkey, US

Must-Reads
Sweden/HealthLong a Holdout from Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment, Bojan Panchevski, Wall Street Journal 
US/Democracies
The United States must marshal the “Free World,” Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs   
US/Turkey
Problematic prospects for US-Turkish ties in the Biden era, Alan Makovsky, SWP  
Russia/China/Space
Sino-Russian cooperation in outer space: Taking off? Richard Weitz, The Jamestown Foundation   
Climate/Conflict
Sahel climate conflicts? When (fighting) climate change fuels terrorism, Luca Raineri, European Union Institute for Security Studies    
US/Europe/China
A China strategy, Edward Lucas, CEPA 
Romania – 
Romania’s Orban set to stay in power after tight vote: exit poll, Matei Rosca, Politico   
Moldova
Moldovan presidential elections driven by insecurity not geopolitics, Dumitru Minzarari, SWP  
Russia/China/Digital
Countering Russian and Chinese cyber aggression, Franklin Holcomb, CEPA   
Digital/US
How Joe Biden Could Help Internet Companies Moderate Harmful Content, Sue Halpern, New Yorker 
Digital/EU
EU Hypocrisy on Digital Trade, Robert D. Atkinson, ITIF 
Digital/EU/US
Breaking the Transatlantic Data Trilemma, Tyson Barker, DGAP 
Digital/EU/US –  
A transatlantic effort to take on Big Tech, Rana Foroohar, Financial Times 
Turkey/Russia –  
The Price of Turkey’s Russian Dalliance, Lindsay Graham and James Lankford, The Wall Street Journal 
US/China/Global
Annual Report to Congress, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission  
US/Mediterranean – 
Biden victory, vaccine and an anniversary: good karma for the Mediterranean? Aylin  Ünver Noi, The Hill 
China/Central and Eastern Europe –  
Central and Eastern Europe is no Chinese Trojan horse, Alicja Bachulska, East Asia Forum 
EU/Defense
European strategic autonomy in security and defence, Dick Zandee, Bob Deen, Kimberley Kruijver, Adája Stoetman, Clingendael 
Afghanistan – 
Can Central Asia Deliver U.S. Foreign Aid to Afghanistan? James Durso, International Policy Digest 

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