Must-Reads Sweden/Health – Long 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