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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Three Levels of Arctic Geopolitics, Andreas Østhagen in Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton, editors, Jason Moyer, associate editor, The Arctic and World Order, Johns Hopkins SAIS/Brookings Institution Press   

Must-Reads 
US – The Last Chance for American Internationalism, Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs   
US – The outlook for America looks grim, but that could quickly change, The Economist   
US/Nuclear – Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review, George Perkovich and Pranay Vaddi, Carnegie Endowment
US/Climate – Choosing Wisely: How the Biden Administration can Build a Better Coalition on International Energy and Climate Policy in a Post-COVID World, David Goldwyn and Andrea Clabough, Atlantic Council   
Europe/Health – What do vaccination passports mean for Europe? Lionel Jeanrenaud, Mario Mariniello, and Guntram B. Wolff, Bruegel 
EU/US/Turkey – Why the EU and the United States Should Rethink Their Turkey Policies in 2021, Marc Pierini and Francesco Siccardi, Carnegie Europe  
Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean – What Erdogan Really Wants in the Eastern Mediterranean, Zenonas Tziarras and Jalel Harchaoui, Foreign Policy   
Black Sea – The Black Sea…Or a Black Hole? Ben Hodges, CEPA   
EU/UK – The Breakaway, Perry Anderson, London Review of Books
EU/China/Investment – The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: One Deal, Two Realities, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, DGAP   
EU/China/US – Transatlantic Awakening: Why Europe and China are Creating a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Valbona Zeleni and Joseph Vann, National Interest 
Eastern Partnership – The Eastern Partnership: Three dilemmas in a time of troubles, Bob Deen, Wouter Zweers, and Iris van Loon (eds.), Clingendael   
France/Africa – Operation Barkhane and the Future of Intervention in the Sahel, Denis M. Tull, SWP
EU/Eurozone/Finance/Economy – The European economic and financial system: fostering openness, strength and resilience, European Commission