Transatlantic Must-Reads 12/21/2018

December 21st, 2018
Afghanistan, China, Digital, Europe, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, NATO, Russia, Syria, Trade, US

Transatlantic Must-Reads will return on January 7th. Best wishes of the holiday season and a great start to the new year!

Must-Reads

US - Letter of Resignation, James Mattis, U.S. Department of Defense
US/Afghanistan - T rump orders major military withdrawal from Afghanistan as Mattis departs, Dan Lamothe, Josh Dawsey, Missy Ryan and Paul Sonne, Washington Post
US/Syria - U.S. Withdrawal from Syria Shakes Up the Middle East, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times
US/Syria - This time, the United States is betraying more than just the Kurds, allies say, Liz Sly, Washington Post
US/Syria - Trump is Leaving 50,000 Syrians to Die, Josh Rogin, Washington Post
NATO - Trump blindsides allies at NATO, David M. Herszenhorn, Politico
US/Syria - Much Ado About 2,200 Troops in Syria, Russell Berman, The Atlantic
US/Syria - Why Trump Is Right to Withdraw Troops, Doug Bandow, National Interest
US - With Syria Decision, Trump’s Foreign Policy Doctrine Emerges, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
US - Public Policy for an Age of Extremes, Brink Lindsey, Steven Teles, Will Wilkinson, Samuel Hammond, Niskanen Center
Digital - The War-Torn Web, Sean Martin McDonald and An Xiao Mina, Foreign Policy
Hungary - Orbán doubles down, Lili Bayer, Politico
Europe/China/US - How Europe Will Try to Dodge the US–China Standoff in 2019, Robin Niblett, Chatham House
Georgia - When an Election Damages Democracy: Lessons from the 2018 Georgia’s Presidential Election, Kornely Kakachia, Bidzina Lebanidze, Georgian Institute of Politics
Trade - World trade returns to the law of the jungle, Jakob Hanke, Politico
Italy - Italy’s Unruly Rulers, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci, IAI
Russia/Europe - Russia and the European security order revisited: from the congress of Vienna to the post-cold war, Tuomas Forsberg, European Politics and Society

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