Must-Reads  
EU – Ursula von der Leyen plays safe with minimal Commission reshuffle, David M. Herszenhorn and Florian Eder, Politico 
EU/China/US – The Sinatra Doctrine. How the EU Should Deal with the US–China Competition, Josep Borrell, Istituto Affari Internazionali 
EU/China – The new China consensus: How Europe is growing wary of Beijing, Janka Oertel, ECFR 
Hong Kong – One Country, Two Systems, No Future, Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs  
Serbia/Kosovo – Much ado about nothing, Daniel Serwer, Peacefare 
Serbia/Kosovo – Trump’s Kosovo show: No big deal, Majda Ruge, Politico 
Russia/Belarus – What Russia Really Has in Mind for Belarus And Why Western Leaders Must Act, Michael Carpenter and Vlad Kobets, Foreign Affairs 
Belarus – In Belarus, China is Neither at Odds With Russia nor Wedded to Lukashenko, Temur Umarov, Carnegie Moscow 
Lebanon/EU – The EU’s Role in Addressing Lebanon’s Multiple Crises, Shahin Vallée, DGAP  
Eastern Mediterranean – What is at stake in the eastern Mediterranean crisis? David Sheppard, Laura Pitel and Michael Peel, Financial Times
US – For the First Time, America May Have an Anti-Racist Majority, Adam Serwer, The Atlantic  
US – Biden’s Domestic Priorities Should Guide His Foreign Policy. The United States Needs a Plan That Starts at Home, but Looks Abroad, Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs 
US – If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will survive intact, as it has 5 out of 6 times in the past, Alexander Cohen, The Conversation  
Populism/Nationalism – Why Populist Nationalists Are Not Having a Good Crisis Yet, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, GMF