“All men are born free: just not for long.”
John le Carré

By Azra Isakovic

Monday, March 08

Good morning

Welcome to Your Monday Briefing

Books

China – Biden’s China Challenge by Christopher Smart | Project Syndicate
Meteorology – Atmospheric Changes, by Laura Marris | The Point Magazine
À propos de : À la gauche du droit, Liora Israël | EHESS | La Vie des idées

#Livres📚/#Recension/ Défi chinois de Biden, par @csmart | Project Syndicate @ProSyn https://t.co/SNCQJDbyuI pic.twitter.com/HBqXzxDwut

— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) March 8, 2021

Must-Reads

Radioactivity – Irony as Saharan dust returns radiation from French nuclear tests in the 1960s, by Rafael Cereceda | Euronews

Saharan dust blowing across France and the Iberian Peninsula is full of caesium-137 from the French nuclear test sites in the Sahara.https://t.co/iyaaL4aH4b

— Laleh Khalili (@LalehKhalili) March 5, 2021

Digital- A ‘splinternet’ won’t solve global cyber defense problems by Yaron Rosen | C4ISRNET
Russie – À l’intérieur du Red Web, par Clémence Maquet | Siècle Digital
Splinternet – Goodbye free Internet? By Zuzana Pison | New Europe
UK/US – New UK-US Alignment Can Reshape Transatlantic Cooperation | Chatham House
EU/China – European navies hold stronger China deterrent than first appears, Akita Hiroyuki | Nikkei Asia
UK – A cut too far: why shrinking the Army would be a huge strategic blunder, By Freddie Fitzjames | CapX  
US/Russia/China – Kissinger Revisited. Can the United States Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China? Eugène Rumer Richard Sokolsky | Carnegie Russia
US/China – What Could Cause a US-China War? by Joseph S. Nye, Jr. | Project Syndicate
US/Economics/Biden – The United States’ massive relief package is more than a technocratic policy. It’s a democratic triumph, by Adam Tooze | Foreign Policy

A bunch of us have been urging EU to do more on fiscal policy and making comparison to the Biden admin. What is at stake is not just economic/social policy. This is an issue of democracy.
In its tattered state, US democracy is nevertheless delivering. https://t.co/EL1LjKv1RE, pic.twitter.com/j8PXzpK0pF

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 5, 2021

Research & Analysis

US/Trade – 2021 Trade Policy Agenda and 2020 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program, United States Trade Representative
EU/Geo-Economics – Germany’s Debt Brake and Europe’s Fiscal Stance after COVID-19, Shahin Vallée, Jérémie Cohen-Setton, Dominik Buhl | DGAP [PDF] 📥
US/North Korea – Sanctions by the Numbers  | CNAS

The US recovery package promises to widen the #fiscal divide between 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸. To avoid this, the #BTW21 should spark an honest debate about a retightening of fiscal policy & the 🇩🇪 #debtbrake. #PolicyBrief by @cohensetton @ShahinVallee & Dominik Buhl https://t.co/3skzyJ15R6

— DGAP (@dgapev) March 7, 2021

Podcasts

EU/Russie – Europe–Russia Relations Today, with Kadri Liik and Dmitri Trenin | Sound Cloud