The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy;
that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Azra Isakovic
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Your Tuesday Briefing What you should know for Tuesday, December 29
Covid19 – The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump | Glenn Greenwald
Covid19 – Des reconfinements locaux envisagés après les fêtes | Les Echos
Trump Weighed Naming Election Conspiracy Theorist as Special Counsel | New York Times
Books – The Habsburgs by Martyn Rady review – negative genetic feedback loop, by John Gallagher | The Guardian
Updating the Strategic Canon for a Sinocentric Era John Sullivan, War on the Rocks
A Key to Johnson’s Triumph Over Europe Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
The Vast Gulf Between Scotland and England Iain Pope, The Scotsman
Old Man Trudeau and a Pack of Newbies Shannon Proudfoot, Maclean’s
What Canada’s Conservative Leader Must Do Kelly McParland, National Post
The 7 Secrets of 2020 Yanis Varoufakis, Project Syndicate
Russia🇷🇺/Baltic – Building Trust Between Russia and the Baltic Sea Region by Per Carlsen | Carnegie Russia
China/Diplomacy – Year in a Word: Wolf Warrior Tom Mitchell, Financial Times
Preventing a Crisis With North Korea Victor Cha, CSIS
The Next Pandemic May Be Closer Than You Think Jörg Phil Friedrich, Worldcrunch
China Wades Into Nepal’s Political Crisis Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat
Capital markets – Global banks generate record $125bn fee haul in 2020 | Financial Times
US🇺🇸 – Biden Must End the Forever Wars By David Klion | The Nation
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