Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas. Lewis Black

By Azra Isakovic

Monday, March 01

Welcome to Your Monday Briefing

Books

Reclaiming Public Ownership Andrew Cumbers | Zed Books
The Problems of Genocide, Dirk Moses | History at Cambridge

Just finished reading @acumbers' brilliant book on Economic Democracy
The book criticizes both central socialist planning & Hayekian market utopias
Instead, it puts forward six forms of public ownership that allow for more democracy in economic decisions/1https://t.co/OS1PU3bUVY

— Julia Rone (@JuliRone) February 25, 2021

Must-Reads

US/Iran – Iran Rejects Nuclear Deal Talks With U.S. , by Farnaz Fassihi & David E. Sanger | The New York Times
Brexit – The Ugly Divorce Between Britain and Brussels Mark Landler | The New York Times
China – The age of empire is back, by Aris Roussinos | UnHerd
Nord Stream 2 – Le gazoduc russe qui sème la zizanie en Europe | Le Monde
Chartbook Newsletter #14 by Adam Tooze
US/China – How to stop China’s long march, by Edward Luttwak | UnHerd
EU – Can the EU survive the death of liberalism? By Larry Siedentop | UnHerd

Research & Analysis

US – United States Counterterrorism Operations 2018–2020, Stephanie Savell, Watson Institute, Brown University [PDF] 📥
Soft Power – Global Soft Power Index | Brand Finance [PDF] 📥
EU/India – Circles of EU-India Engagement | Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Ukraine – Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Parts of Ukraine’s Donbas since 2014, | Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Global Soft Power Index – L'étude de recherche sur les perceptions des marques nationales – #Allemagne🇩🇪 en première place alors que les #ÉtatsUnis🇺🇸 tombent au 6e rang | @BrandFinancehttps://t.co/gLJ2rdmycm
[PDF] 📥 https://t.co/gxDb6nUSMR pic.twitter.com/0rC576SuVV

— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) February 27, 2021

Podcasts

Costs of War – The Human Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars | Brown University