US/Iran - The Dire Consequences of Trump’s Suleimani Decision, Susan E. Rice, New York Times
US/Iran - Will Iran’s Response to the Soleimani Strike Lead to War? What Tehran Is Likely to Do Next, Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Affairs
US/Iran - Why A U.S.-Iran War Isn’t Going to Happen, James Holmes, National Interest
US - This New Year, Diplomacy Will Take A Back Seat to Impeachment and the Presidential Campaign, Robert E. Hunter, Responsible Statecraft
US/China - The Future of America’s Contest with China, Evan Osnos, New Yorker
US/China/Trade - Don’t be fooled by the trade deal between America and China, The Economist
US/China - Is China Beating the US to AI Supremacy? Graham Allison, The National Interest
China/West - 5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge, Lindsay Gorman, The Atlantic
EU/Climate/Energy - The EU’s China moment, Paola Tamma, Politico
US/Central Europe - America Can Unleash Central Europe’s True Potential, Ian Brzezinski and James Jay Carafano, National Interest
China/Central and Eastern Europe - Dilemmas of Chinese Presence in Central and Eastern Europe, Jacek Raubo, Warsaw Institute
Turkey/Libya - Erdogan Announces First Turkish Troops Are Heading to Libya, Carlotta Gall, New York Times
UK - Will Brexit Bring the Troubles Back to Northern Ireland? James Angelos, New York Times
Strategic - Hypersonic Missiles Are A Game Changer, Steven Simon, New York Times
Arctic - The 5 most important races for the Arctic, Charlie Duxbury, Politico
US/Africa - Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift, Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt, New York Times