Must-Reads Health/Economy - Persistent COVID-19: Exploring potential economic implications, Olivier Blanchard and Jean Pisani-Ferry, PIIE Health/Digital - Covid-19 vaccination programmes are showcasing the merits of digital healthcare, Shane Markowitz, LSE Democracy/Technology - How to Put Out Democracy’s Dumpster Fire, Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev, The Atlantic US - America’s partnerships are ‘force multipliers’ around the world, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, Washington Post US - How the 2020 census may help Republicans regain power in Washington, The Economist US/Health/Economy/Defense - COVID-19 Impacts on Defense Supply Chains and the Defense Industrial Base: Understanding the Real Impacts, Bill Edgar, National Institute for Public Policy US/Russia - The Future of U.S.-Russian Arms Control: Principles of Engagement and New Approaches, Heather A. Conley, Vladimir Orlov, Evgeny Buzhinsky, Cyrus Newlin, Sergey Semenov, and Roksana Gabidullina, CSIS US/Digital - Why America Needs a Tech New Deal, Nicol Turner Lee, Democracy EU/Digital - Why Europe’s Digital Decade Matters, Margarethe Vestager and Josep Borrell, Project Syndicate UK/Digital - The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool, Matt Burgess, Wired UK/EU - Northern Ireland protocol can work with a light-touch approach, Denzil Davidson, Financial Times NATO/China - China’s rise is exactly the kind of threat NATO exists to stop, Sara Bjerg Moller, Washington Post Germany - Regional defeats spell national trouble for Merkel’s party, Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico