Featured European Commerce and the 50 U.S. States: A State-by-State Comparison, Daniel S. Hamilton and Joseph P. Quinlan, Wilson Center/JHU/U.S. Chamber of Commerce/AmCham EU Must-Reads Health - Vaccine passports and the tough questions we haven’t confronted, Megan McArdle, The Washington Post Health/Economy - The New Age of Protectionism: Coronavirus “Vaccine Wars” Could Herald a Broader Retreat From the Free Market, Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, Foreign Affairs Europe/Health - Europe’s third wave: ‘It’s spreading fast and it’s spreading everywhere’, Financial Times NATO - NATO’s focus on China is too narrow, Hans Binnendijk, Defense News Bulgaria - Bulgaria’s Borissov faces struggle for political survival, Boryana Dzhambazova and Christian Oliver, Politico US/Migration - 4 things the Biden administration should pay attention to with the border crisis, Elaine Denny, David Dow, Jose Ordoñez, Wayne Pitts, Diego Romero, Juan Tellez, Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, Erik Wibbels and Pamela Zabala, Brookings US/Defense - Recalculating the math of great-power competition, Arun Iyer, Atlantic Council US - Great-Power Competition Is a Recipe for Disaster, Emma Ashford, Foreign Policy EU/Digital - The Encryption Debate in the European Union: 2021 Update, Maria Koomen, Carnegie Economy/Technology - It Is Western Europe’s Turn for a Brain Drain, Nima Sanandaji and Klas Tikkanen, Foreign Policy UK/EU/Finance - Brexit has crippled EU’s soft power over financial rules, Matei Rosca, Politico EU/North Africa/Middle East - From Tectonic Shifts to Winds of Change in North Africa and the Middle East: Europe’s Role, Nathalie Tocci, Riccardo Alcaro, Francesca Caruso, Silvia Colombo, Dario Cristiani, Andrea Dessì, Flavia Fusco and Daniela Huber, IAI EU/Yemen - How the EU can better pursue peace in Yemen, Awfa Alnami, EU Observer Hungary/EU - To the Viktor Go the Spoils, Milan Nič and Julian Rappold, DGAP