Must-Reads Health - How the West Lost Covid, David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine Europe/Health/Economy - Rethinking Policy Priorities in the light of Pandemics: A Call to Action, Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development Europe/US/Economy - Mind the economic gap: Europe and the US are drifting further apart, Martin Arnold and James Politi, Financial Times Energy - Energy Transitions Outlook 2021, IRENA UK - Global Britain in a competitive age: The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, HM Government US/Defense – Statement of General Glen VanHerck, U.S. Air Force, Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, before the Senate Armed Services Committee NATO - ‘Lifting Up Our Values at Home’: How to Revitalize NATO’s Political Cohesion, Rachel Ellehuus and Pierre Morcos, CSIS EU/China/Investment/Media - EU deal cements China’s advantage in media war, Stuart Lau and Jakob Hanke Vela, Politico EU/Russia - It’s time to rethink the EU’s Russia strategy, Zachary Paikin, CEPS US/Arctic - Predictable Unpredictability? U.S. Arctic Strategy and Ways of Doing Business in the Region, Katarzyna Zysk, War on the Rocks Europe/Defense - Western Military Capability in Northern Europe 2020: Part I Collective Defence, Eva Hagström Frisell, et al., Swedish Defence Research Agency Northern Europe/Defense - Western Military Capability in Northern Europe 2020: Part II National Capabilities, Eva Hagström Frisell, et al., Swedish Defence Research Agency Arms - Trends in International Arms Transfers, Pieter D. Wezeman, Alexandra Kuimova and Siemon T. Wezeman, SIPRI