Must-Reads
Digital - Lessons of the SolarWinds Hack, Marcus Willett, Survival
US - How leaving Afghanistan cancels our post-9/11 use of force, Jane Harman, The Hill
US - Biden Can’t Decide What Counts as a ‘Democracy’, Ivan Krastev, The New York Times
US/Trade - Missing Deals, Kathleen Claussen, Columbia Law Review
US/Europe - Biden struggles with western pandemic disunity, Edward Luce, Financial Times
US/EU/Digital - US and EU tech strategy aren’t as aligned as you think, Konstantinos Komaitis and Justin Sherman, Brookings
US/EU/Digital/Energy - What the US Colonial pipeline cyberattack means for Europe, America Hernandez and Laurens Cerulus, Politico
US/Health/Defense - What Has Covid-19 Taught Us about Strengthening the DOD’s Global Health Security Capacities? Thomas R. Cullison and J. Stephen Morrison, CSIS
EU - Navigating a Covid World: The European Union’s Internal Rebirth and External Quest, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci, International Spectator
EU/Health - The EU Health Union in search of a definition and an open discussion, Agnes Sipiczki and Karel Lannoo, CEPS
Western Balkans - Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways Forward in Analyzing External Actors’ Influence, Ioannis Armakolas, Barbora Chrzová, Petr Čermák and Anja Grabovac, eds., Prague Security Studies Institute
Georgia - Re-examining the Radicalizing Narratives of Georgia’s Conflicts, Natia Chankvetadze and Ketevan Murusidze, Carnegie Europe
Russia/Belarus - Why Fears of a Russia-Belarus Merger Never Come True, Dzianis Melyantsou, Carnegie Moscow Center
Germany/Climate - Radical Change Today, not Tomorrow, Noah J. Gordon, DGAP
Germany/Technology - Patent Suspensions Threaten Germany's Booming Biotech Industry, Claus Hecking, Michael Sauga, Thomas Schulz and Gerald Traufetter, Der Spiegel