Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. – Thomas Jefferson
By Azra Isakovic
Jan. 12, 2021
Good morning
Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing
Books
Books – Too Nice to Be President? By Tim Stanley | Literary Review
Books – ‘Visionary success’: Jonathan Alter makes the case for Jimmy Carter David Smith | The Guardian
Books – ‘Reaganland’ explores how ‘the Gipper’ changed American politics | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Must-Reads
EU/China – The EU’s Double Bind Mark Leonard, Internationale Politik Quarterly
US – The Ingredients of a Coup Attempt Fiona Hill, Politico
US – The American Abyss, Timothy Snyder, New York Times
US – Present at the Destruction, Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs
US – The US Must Now Stand Up for Democracy at Home and Abroad, Thomas Wright, The Atlantic
US – The United States Needs a Democracy Summit at Home, James Goldgeier and Bruce W. Jentleson, Foreign Affairs
US – American Soft Power Will Survive Donald Trump, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., National Interest
Europe – Europe is not immune from America’s political madness, Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
US/Western Balkans – How Biden can make a big difference in the Western Balkans, Engjellushe Morina and Vessela Tcherneva, European Council on Foreign Relations
Europe/China/Investment – Europe’s China Gambit, Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate
Research & Analysis
UK/Foreign Policy – Global Britain, global broker: A blueprint for the UK’s future international role, Robin Niblett, Chatham House
Germany/France/Defense – Future Combat Air System: Too Big to Fail, Dominic Vogel, SWP
Arctic –Freedom of the Seas in the Arctic Region, J. Ashley Roach, in Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton, editors, Jason Moyer, associate editor
