Must Reads
US/China - Biden sets new rules restricting U.S. investments in China, Gavin Bade, Politico
EU/China - EU treads cautious line over US investment bans on Chinese tech, Alice Hancock, Laura Pitel and Leila Abboud, Financial Times
US/Europe/China - The West’s de-risking strategy toward China will fail, Chris Miller, The Economist
Energy/Technology/China - How China cornered the market for clean tech, Edward White, Financial Times
Energy/Europe/US - The IRA challenges the European climate model, Friedbert Pflüger, Atlantic Council
Energy/Europe - Europe blinks in its commitment to a great green transition, William Booth and Anthony Faiola, Washington Post
Resources - The new commodity superpowers, Leslie Hook, Harry Dempsey, and Ciara Nugent, Financial Times
Niger - How the Niger coup unfolded, and After the ECOWACS Intervention, What’s Next for Niger? Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings
Niger/France/Africa - Niger and the collapse of France’s empire, Thomas Fazi, UnHerd
Russia/Food - Turning food into a weapon: how Russia resorted to one of the oldest forms of warfare, Julian Borger, The Guardian
Poland/Belarus - The Poland-Belarus border is turning into a tinderbox, Ted Snider, Responsible Statecraft
Ukraine/Global - War in Ukraine: Twelve disruptions changing the world – update, Olivia White, et al., McKinsey
Ukraine - The myth of a strong postwar Ukraine, George Beebe, Responsible Statecraft
Digital/Defense - Digitalisation of Defence in NATO and the EU: Making European Defence Fit for the Digital Age, Simona R. Soare, IISS
NATO - NATO’s Concept for Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area,
Stephen R. Covington, Harvard Belfer Center
Europe/US/Defense - Europe’s Defense Dilemma: To Buy, or Not to Buy American, Stacy Meichtry, Alistair MacDonald and Noemie Bisserbe, Wall Street Journal