“Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.”
Lord Acton
By Azra Isakovic
February 02, 2021
Good morning
Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing
Books
À propos de : Comment perdre une guerre, Élie Baranets | CNRS Ed, par T Delamare | La Vie des idées
Surveillance Capitalism – The Coup We Are Not Talking About Shoshana Zuboff | The New York Times
Review – Napoleon & De Gaulle: Heroes and History, by Daniel J. Mahoney | City Journal
About: Le dossier sauvage, Philippe Artières | Gallimard, by Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod | Books & Ideas
Must-Reads
US/China – How We Lose against China | National Review
US – What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrong, Alasdair S. Roberts, The Conversation
US – Joe Biden’s ‘Buy American’ isn’t bad, it’s necessary, Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
US/Europe – Transatlantic relations for the Biden era and beyond, Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform
US/Turkey – A path for Joe Biden to reset US relations with Turkey, Sinan Ulgen, Financial Times
EU/Digital – Europe’s digital economy needs analogue wings to fly, Martin Sandbu, Financial Times
Draw Red Lines and Focus on Xi Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council
Taiwan – Taiwan as an Economic Fortress Huang Tien-lin, Taipei Times
Xi Tells the World What He Really Wants Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Biden’s Nightmare May Be China Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Von Der Leyen’s Trail of Disaster Matthew Lynn, Spectator
Vaccine – Why the European Commission Failed the Vaccine Challenge G. Rachman, FT
UK/China – The U.K.’s Incoherent China Strategy David Green, World Politics Review
Myanmar’s Coup – Myanmar’s Coup Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone Salil Tripathi, Foreign Policy
Myanmar’s Coup – Burma’s Coup: What to Watch For Michael Auslin, National Review
Myanmar’s Coup – A Hero or a Foil? Myanmar’s Leader Ends Up as Neither Hannah Beech, NYT
Research & Analysis
Environment – The Green Future Index | MIT Technology Review
Nuclear/Europe – Nuclear deterrence in Europe: points of convergence, singularities and prospects for cooperation, Emmanuelle Maitre | FRS
US/China – Inflicting Surprise: Gaining Competitive Advantage in Great Power Conflicts | CSIS
Turkey/Europe – Charting a Way out of Deadlock in Eastern Mediterranean Galip Dalay, Brookings
UK/US – A Washington Strategy for British Diplomacy Ben Judah, Policy Exchange
Podcasts
Inégalités – L’invention du bon et du mauvais pauvre Xavier Mauduit | France Culture
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