Featured Study 
Freedom of the Seas in the Arctic Region, J. Ashley Roach, in Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton, editors, Jason Moyer, associate editor, The Arctic and World Order, Johns Hopkins SAIS/Brookings Institution Press   

Must-Reads 
US – The American Abyss, Timothy Snyder, New York Times 
US – Present at the Destruction, Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs  
US – The US Must Now Stand Up for Democracy at Home and Abroad, Thomas Wright, The Atlantic 
US – The United States Needs a Democracy Summit at Home, James Goldgeier and Bruce W. Jentleson, Foreign Affairs   
US – American Soft Power Will Survive Donald Trump, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., National Interest 
Europe – Europe is not immune from America’s political madness, Gideon Rachman, Financial Times   
US/Western Balkans – How Biden can make a big difference in the Western Balkans, Engjellushe Morina and Vessela Tcherneva, European Council on Foreign Relations 
Europe/China/Investment – Europe’s China Gambit, Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate   
Europe/Health – Coronavirus vaccination in Europe – by the numbers, Cornelius Hirsch and Arnau Busquets Guàrdia, Politico 
UK/Foreign Policy – Global Britain, global broker: A blueprint for the UK’s future international role, Robin Niblett, Chatham House  
Germany/Russia/Energy – Gazprom to restart Nord Stream 2 construction, Henry Foy and Erika Solomon, Financial Times
Germany/France/Defense – Future Combat Air System: Too Big to Fail, Dominic Vogel, SWP   
China/Russia – How Chinese Tech Companies Are Conquering Russia, Anastasia Muravyeva and Vasily Lemutov, Carnegie Moscow