Must-Reads Health - Global COVID-19 deaths top 3 million, Johns Hopkins University US - Why Political Sectarianism is a Growing Threat to American Democracy, Nate Cohn, New York Times US/Migration - Immigration is a defining asset of the United States. Here’s how to restore confidence in our system, George W. Bush, The Washington Post US/Afghanistan - Biden Made the Right Decision on Afghanistan, P. Michael McKinley, Foreign Affairs Germany/Health - The Failure of Germany's Coronavirus Strategy, Matthias Bartsch, et al., Der Spiegel China/Economy - No, China Does Not Make Everything! David Henig and Anna Guildea, ECIPE China/EU - Home Advantage: How China’s Protected Market Threatens Europe’s Economic Power, Agatha Kratz and Janka Oertel, Rhodium Group EU - Income inequality in the EU: General trends and policy implications, Stefano Filauro, Georg Fischer, VoxEU/CEPR EU/Indo-Pacific - EU Strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, Council of the European Union EU/US/Australia/India/Japan/Indo-Pacific - Friends in deed: How the EU and the Quad can promote security in the Indo-Pacific, Manisha Reuter, European Council on Foreign Relations EU/Mediterranean - The EU’s military engagement in Central Mediterranean: Migrant crisis and arms embargo intertwined, Vojtěch Freitag, Europeum Russia/Northern Europe - Russia’s redefined view on strategic stability: A security dilemma in Northern Europe? Jyri Lavikainen, Finnish Institute of International Relations