Transatlantic Must-Reads 1/15/2019

January 15th, 2019
Balkans, China, Economy, EU, Europe, Germany, Middle East, NATO, Nuclear, Poland, Romania, Russia, Trade, Turkey, UK, US

Must-Reads

Russia/US/Nuclear - Russian views of US nuclear modernization, Dmitri Trenin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
US/NATO - Trump Discussed Pulling U.S. From NATO, Aides Say Amid New Concerns Over Russia, Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper, New York Times
US/Middle East - Iraq, Iran, the Gulf, Turkey, and the Future: The Meaningless Debate over the Trump Strategy in Syria, Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Turkey/US/Europe - Turkey’s new presidential system and a changing West: Implications for Turkish foreign policy and Turkish-West relations, Kemal Kirişci and Ilke Toygür, Brookings Institution
UK/EU - In Search Of Lost Brexit: How The UK Repeatedly Weakened Its Own Negotiating Position, Charles Grant, Centre for European Reform
Balkans - “1 in 5 million”: Mounting pressure in Balkan protests, Alida Vračić, European Council on Foreign Relations
Poland - Poland is horrified by the murder of Gdansk’s mayor, The Economist
Trade - The Free-Trade Paradox, Alan S. Blinder, Foreign Affairs
China/EU - When The China Dream And The European Dream Collide, Theresa Fallon, War on the Rocks
EU/Romania - EU’s treacherous road through Romania, David M. Herszenhorn, Politico
Germany/Economy - Political clouds gather over Germany’s export machine, Claire Jones and Valentina Romei, Financial Times

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