If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal. – Emma Goldman

Azra Isakovic

Good morning and Welcome to Our Tuesday Briefing – Here’s what you need to know

US presidential election 2020 –  Republicans accept Joe Biden’s victory after Electoral College vote | Financial Times  

US🇺🇸 – Barr to step down as US attorney-general after Trump attacks | Financial Times  
Cyber warfare – US orders emergency action after huge cyber security breach | Financial Times

NEW: Evidence is emerging of what might become one of the most devastating cyber security failures on record

A security flaw has enabled attackers (likely Russian) to break into the IT systems of “numerous” govts & companies, including several US agencieshttps://t.co/QYvs6myJWQ

— Hannah Murphy (@MsHannahMurphy) December 14, 2020

EU/UK – Why the World Should Root for the EU in Brexit Talks, Edward Alden, Foreign Policy 
Germany – Who Will Succeed Merkel? Josef Joffe, Project Syndicate 
US – Al Gore: Where I Find Hope, Al Gore, New York Times  
US/Intelligence – Crisis of Confidence: How Biden Can Restore Faith in U.S. Spy Agencies, Foreign Affairs 
US/Russia – Managing US sanctions toward Russia, Steven Pifer, Brookings  
US/Russia – How to Safely Manage U.S.-Russian Great-Power Competition, Dmitri Trenin and Thomas Graham, Carnegie Moscow 

#ÉtatsUnis🇺🇸/#Russie🇷🇺/ Comment gérer en toute sécurité la concurrence des grandes puissances américano-russes, par @DmitriTrenin et Thomas Graham https://t.co/ypNhsGasiD via @CarnegieRu

— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) December 13, 2020

China – China pulls back from the world: rethinking Xi’s ‘project of the century’, James Kynge and Jonathan Wheatley, Financial Times 
China/NATO – China’s Rise Can Unite NATO, Henrik Larsen, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
US🇺🇸/China🇨🇳/Tech/ – Techno-nationalism and corporate governance, by Alex Capri | Hinrich Foundation
China claims quantum supremacy with new supercomputer

China🇨🇳/Nuclear notebook – Chinese nuclear forces, 2020 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
OSCE – Strengthening the OSCE’s Role in Election System Monitoring, Tyson Barker, DGAP 
Biography – On a New Biography of Karl Marx by Branco Milanovic | Brave New Europe
Economy – The Friedman doctrine in the 21st century by Michael Roberts | Brave New Europe

Michael Roberts – The Friedman doctrine in the 21st century: https://t.co/MpHYA5UBnG

— Branko Milanovic (@BrankoMilan) December 14, 2020