America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration. – Warren G. Harding
Azra Isakovic
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Your Wednesday Briefing – What you should know for Wednesday, December 30
Books
Books – The Best of Books 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Books – How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas | Literary Hub
Books – What We Still Get Wrong About Alexander Hamilton, by Christian Parenti et Michael Busch | Boston Review
Must-Reads
Arab Monarchies – In Arab Monarchies, Absolute Rule May Be Dwindling by Hilal Khashan | Geopolitical Futures
China/EU – China-E.U. Talks Hit Another Snag as Biden Camp Objects | New York Times
2020 Saw the Return of the State Leviathan Ferdinando Giugliano, Bloomberg
Turkey Sticks to Its Guns on S-400 Semih Idiz, Al Monitor
Viktor Orbán – The Broad Coalition Trying to Take Down Orban Dalibor Rohac, The Bulwark
Will Italy-U.S. Relations Become Less Ambiguous? Dario Cristiani, GMF
Hong Kong Reveals China’s Long-Term Strategy Guy Sorman, City Journal
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us Ed Yong, The Atlantic
Global inequality – Chateaubriand and inequality: two centuries later | Branko Milanovic
Far-Right – A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A. | New York Times
Research & Analysis
#Covid19/#Europe🇪🇺 – Le COVID-19 révèle la solitude stratégique de l’Europe, par Éric-André Martin | Ifri | IAI Papers PDF 📥
Covid19/Europe🇪🇺/#US🇺🇸/#China🇨🇳 – L’Europe face à la rivalité sino-américaine : le coronavirus comme catalyseur | IFRI PDF 📥
Japon/Afrique – La diplomatie économique du Japon en Afrique, par Céline Pajon| Notes de l’Ifri décembre 2020 PDF 📥
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