Must-Reads Europe/US/Defense - Illusions of Autonomy: Why Europe Cannot Provide for Its Security If the United States Pulls Back, Hugo Meijer and Stephen G. Brooks, International Security US/EU/Digital - How the US and EU can counter digital threats together, Harry I. Hannah, Atlantic Council US/Afghanistan - Here’s What Biden Must Do Before We Leave Afghanistan, Michael McCaul and Ryan C. Crocker, The New York Times US/Russia - Don’t Underestimate Importance of Joe Biden’s First Sanctions Move, Maria Shagina, Moscow Times Russia - New Tools, Old Tricks: Emerging Technologies and Russia’s Global Tool Kit, Andrew S. Weiss, Carnegie Endowment Germany/Security - The Engine Room: Germany, the Unwilling Coalition Partner, Jana Puglierin, Internationale Politik Quarterly Germany - Germany’s Post-Pacifist Generation Is Nearing Power, Emily Schultheis, Foreign Policy EU/Democracy - The effect of Covid on EU democracies, Sophia Russack, CEPS Western Balkans/EU - The 'non-paper' carving up Balkans and undermining Europe, Vesna Pusić and Sonja Biserko, EU Observer Greenland - Greenland’s Rare-Earth Election, Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic