“Americans dreaded democracy and contrived their constitution against it.”
Lord Acton
By Azra Isakovic
Jan. 25, 2021
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Books
Matt Gallagher – Empire City | CONSEQUENCE
Michael Lind – The New National American Elite | Tablet
Richard M. Reinsch II – Why We Need Freedom From Aristocrats | Law & Liberty
John Rogister – Voltaire’s History of Louis XIV’s Reign | Times Literary Supplement-
Must-Reads
EU/Europe – Chartbook Newsletter # 12 by Adam Tooze
China/Climate – The geopolitics of climate Bruno Maçães
France/Algeria – France tries to come to terms with colonial past in Algeria | Financial Times
National Interest – System Worked: Stress-Testing American Democracy by Graham Allison
TomDispatch – Peering Into a Forever-War Crystal Ball Danny Sjursen,
Washington Post – The Biden Admin’s Saudi Problem David Ignatius,
Moscow Times – Protests for Navalny Sweep Russia Uliana Pavlova & Felix Light,
WPR – Can Laschet Lead Germany’s CDU Into Post-Merkel Era? Josie Le Blond,
Al Monitor – Who Is Behind Attacks on Turkish Presence in Idlib? Sultan al-Kanj
The National – Has Biden Cooled on Iran Nuclear Talks Return? Raghida Dergham
Spectator – Russia Hit by Protests Owen Matthews
War on the Rocks – Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law Deborah Pearlstein
Foreign Affairs – Iran Wants the Nuclear Deal It Made Mohammad Javad Zari
Research & Analysis
Report – Vibrant Neighborhoods Forum: Leveraging Civic Engagement for Social Impact by Anne Marie E. Brady & Lauren Burke | German Marshall Fund
Arctic – Inside, Outside, Upside Down? Non-Arctic States in Emerging Arctic Security Discourses, Marc Lanteigne, in Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton, editors, Jason Moyer, associate editor
Nuclear – The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions, Congressional Research Service
Podcast
Histoire du mensonge (1/4) : Les démocraties ont-elles inventé la propagande ? par Xavier Mauduit | France Culture
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