Transatlantic Must-Reads May 3, 2016

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Transatlantic Must-Reads

Tuesday May 3rd, 2016

US, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Europe, EU, Turkey, UK, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Energy, Nuclear

US – The rising longevity gap between rich and poor Americans, Gary Burtless, Brookings
US – Republicans and Democrats are fixated on nostalgia — and have deformed our politics, Michael Gerson, Washington Post
US – Republicans have a massive electoral map problem that has nothing to do with Donald Trump, Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
US/Iran/Iraq – Why America needs Iran in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, Politico Europe
Middle East – A Tale of Two Trips, or: Why there’s still No Common Transatlantic Approach to the Middle East, Cornelius Adebahr, Global Policy Journal
Europe – Reinventing Europe, Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate
EU/Turkey – Making the Best of the Bad EU-Turkey Deal, Rosa Balfour, GMF
UK – The worst for Labour is yet to come, Janan Ganesh, Financial Times
Russia – Russia Seeks to Reenergize Its Pivot to the East, Pavel K. Baev, Jamestown Foundation
Ukraine – Ukraine’s New Government Scores Big Reform Win - Land Reform Should Be Next, Basil A. Kalymon, Atlantic Council
Armenia/Azerbaijan – Trapped Between War and Peace: The Case of Karabakh, Gulshan Pashayeva, Jamestown Foundation
Energy – Why Europe’s energy policy has been a strategic success story, Tim Boersma and Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings
Nuclear - The offense/defense problem: How missile defense and conventional precision-guided weapons can complicate further deep cuts in nuclear weapons, Dennis M. Gormley, Deep Cuts

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