Featured Studies 
What Black America Means to Europe, Gary Younge, New York Review of Books 
President-elect Biden lays out immediate priorities for his Administration, Cynthia Arnson, Sherri Goodman, Shihoko Goto, Daniel S. Hamilton, Michael Kugelman, Wilson Center 

Featured Event 

What Black America Means to Europe, Kehinde Andrews, Khary O. Polk, Spencer Crew, Daniel S. Hamilton, Wilson Center, January 19 

Must-Reads 
US – Everything is Broken – and How to Fix It, Alana Newhouse, Tablet 
US – Memo from Incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain to Incoming White House Senior Staff on the First Ten Days of the Administration 
US – Conspiracy Theories will Doom the Republican Party, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), The Atlantic 
US – Foreign Policy Priorities for the Biden Administration, Chatham House   
US – America and the World: How to Build Back Better, Jonathan Tepperman and Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Policy 
US/Middle East – Biden Doesn’t Need a New Middle East Policy, James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs  
US/Trade – The Trade Agenda for the 46th U.S. President – Advancing Global Economic Order? Peter Rashish, Konrad Adenauer Foundation 
US/Europe/Corruption – Biden Can’t Fight Corruption Without Help From Europe, Kathleen Doherty, Foreign Policy 
Germany – Merkel era may only just be beginning, Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico  
Germany/US – More Ambition, Please! Toward a New Agreement between Germany and the United States, German Transatlantic Group, GMF  
UK/EU – The UK and EU are heading for bad-tempered rivalry, unless we can avert it, Timothy Garton Ash, ECFR
Technology – Why a dawn of technological optimism is breaking, The Economist