Transatlantic Must-Reads 12/3/2018

December 3rd, 2018
Biology, China, Defense, Eastern Europe, Energy, Europe, Middle East, NATO, Technology, Terrorism, Trade, Turkey, Ukraine, US

Must-Reads

Trade - G20 Leaders’ declaration Building consensus for fair and sustainable development, G20 organization
US - Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, Jon Meacham
US - What George H.W. Bush's Life Can Teach America About Overcoming the Challenges It Faces Today, Richard N. Haass, TIME
Technology/Biology - Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies, Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review
Ukraine/Eastern Europe - Nightmare: How the War in Ukraine Could Go Regional, Robert Legvold, National Interest
China - Chinese Grand Strategy – A Net Assessment: Cooperation, Competition and/or Conflict, Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic & International Studies
China - The Real China Challenge: Managing Its Decline, Bret Stephens, The New York Times
Eastern Europe - Civil Society Under Russia’s Threat: Building Resilience in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Mathieu Boulègue, Orysia Lutsevych and Anaïs Marin, Chatham House
Europe/Defense - Strategic autonomy: towards ‘European sovereignty’ in defence? Daniel Fiott, European Union Institute for Security Studies
China/Europe - China and Europe: Buying hearts and minds? Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform
NATO - NATO Priorities: After the Brussels Summit, Franklin D. Kramer, Hans Binnendijk and Lauren M. Speranza, Atlantic Council
Turkey/Middle East - From “hard power” to “soft power” and back again: Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East, Gönül Tol, Birol Baskan, Middle East Institute
Energy - Russian analysts: Nord Stream 2 is no commercial project, Willem Aldershoff, Financial Times
Energy - The hydrogen bombshell, The Economist
Energy - Qatar Says It Will Leave OPEC and Focus on Natural Gas, Ben Hubbard and Stanley Reed, The New York Times
Terrorism - The true origins of ISIS, Hassan Hassan, The Atlantic

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Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor, at Johns Hopkins University SAIS