Transatlantic Must-Reads 3/18/2019

March 18th, 2019
Autocracy, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Digital, Economy, Energy, Health Security, Human Rights, Immigration, NATO, New Zealand, Russia, Technology, Terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Must-Reads

Autocracy - The strongmen strike back, Robert Kagan, Washington Post
Autocracy/Technology - The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit, Richard Fontaine and Kara Frederick, Wall Street Journal
Human Rights - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018, U.S. Department of State
Health Security/Technology - Bio Plus X: Arms Control and the Convergence of Biology and Emerging Technologies, Kolja Brockmann, Sibylle Bauer, Vincent Boulanin, SIPRI
New Zealand/Terrorism - The New Zealand Attack and the Global Challenge of Far-Right Extremism, Seth G. Jones, Center for Strategic & International Studies
New Zealand/Terrorism/Digital - The Dark Web Enabled the Christchurch Killer, Jacob Aasland Ravndal, Foreign Policy
Armenia - Armenia’s Foreign Policy Balancing in an Age of Uncertainty, Anahit Shirinyan, Chatham House
Azerbaijan/Russia - Azerbaijan’s Relations with Russia: Closer by Default? Zaur Shiriyev, Chatham House
Uzbekistan/Russia - Russia Tightens Its Grip on Uzbekistan’s Oil and Gas Industry, Rauf Mammadov, The Jamestown Foundation
Russia - The Troika Scandal: Is It Really What It Seems? Andrey Movohan, Carnegie Moscow Center
China/Economy - The big flip, The Economist
China/Economy - China’s Economic Black Box, Alice Siqi Han, Foreign Policy
NATO - The next ACT, The Economist
Turkey - The Rise of Tribal Politics: A Key to Understanding Turkish Politics, Emre Erdogan, GMF
Ukraine - Is the Risk of Ethnic Conflict Growing in Ukraine? Elise Giuliano, Foreign Affairs
Immigration - The Coming Demographic Disruptions, Larry Diamond, The American Interest
Energy - A European View: Europe, Nord Stream 2, and Diversification, Friedbert Pflüger, Atlantic Council
Economy - What’s Driving Automakers Out of Europe? Amie Tsang, New York Times

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