Must-Reads US - Who can trust Trump’s America? The Economist US - The High Price of Trump’s Great Betrayal, Richard N. Haass, Project Syndicate US/Ukraine - Mulvaney Says, Then Denies, That Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid as Quid Pro Quo, Michael D. Shear and Katie Rogers, New York Times US/Turkey/Syria - In ‘Cave-In,’ Trump Cease-Fire Cements Turkey’s Gains in Syria, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, New York Times US/Europe/Syria - The latest Syrian crisis is a warning to Europe, Gérard Errera, Financial Times US/G7 - Shrugging off allegations of self-dealing, Trump picks his Doral resort for G7 summit, Anita Kuman and Quint Forgey, Politico UK/EU - The Brexit deal explained, Politico UK/EU - European Union’s Message to U.K.: Just Leave Already, Steven Erlanger, New York Times UK/EU - 3 concessions by the EU that led to a Brexit deal, David M. Herszenhorn, Jacopo Barigazzi and Hans von der Burchard, Politico UK/EU/Ireland/US - Brexit And The Irish Issue—The American Dimension, Robert E. Hunter, Lobelog UK/Defense - UK defence policy and Brexit: Time to rethink London’s European strategy, Alice Billon-Galland, European Leadership Network EU/North Macedonia/Albania - EU leaders deadlock over membership talks for North Macedonia, Albania, David M. Herszenhorn, Politico Democracy/Eastern Europe/Eurasia - Behind the Electoral Curtain of Post-Soviet Regimes, Celestine Bohlen, New York Times Populism - The Case for Populism, Maria Schmidt, New York Times Populism - Are Populists Unusually Prone to Political Blunders? Lukas Kaelin and Benjamin Kaelin, Foreign Affairs Russia - Let Russia Be Russia: The Case for a More Pragmatic Approach to Moscow, Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs