One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. Henry Miller
Azra Isakovic
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday, January 5.
Books
Books/Review – Unravelling liberal interventionism: local critiques of statebuilding in Kosovo, by Gëzim Visoka and Vjosa Musliu | International Affairs
Books/Review – Boris Johnson: The Gambler by Tom Bower review – the defining secret by Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Books – Turkey–West Relations, by Oya Dursun-Ozkanca | Cambridge University Press.
Featured Study
Middle East Studies Journal – The most popular articles of 2020 – free to access through 20th January | History at Cambridge
Asian Studies Journal – The most popular articles of 2020 – free to access through 15th January | History at Cambridge
Must-Reads
Trade/China/EU – Europe Hands China a Strategic Victory Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Trade/China/EU – The EU Takes a Gamble With China Constantin Eckner, Spectator
Trade/UK/EU – 10 key details in the UK-EU trade deal, Anna Isaac, Politico
Trade/UK/Turkey – UK signs free trade agreement with Turkey, Bethan McKernan, The Guardian
UK/Northern Ireland – The Irish Sea widens, The Economist
UK/Scotland – Brexit changed the game on Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon, Politico
UK/France –Never mind Brexit. Britain and France are condemned to work together,John Lichfield, Politico
UK/EU/Education – UK pulls out of ‘extremely expensive’ Erasmus scheme, Cristina Gallardo, Politico
EU/China/Investment – Europe’s disappointing investment deal with China, Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Nikkei Asia
The Biden Transition – What Biden Must Do to Restore U.S. Foreign Policy Robert Kaplan, National Interest
The Biden Transition – Biden Faces no Shortage of Foreign Policy Problems John McLaughlin, Ozy
The Biden Transition – Biden Inherits a Challenging Civil-Military Legacy Jim Golby & Peter Feaver, WOTR
Digital/US – As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm, David E. Sanger, Nicole Perlroth, Julian E. Barnes, New York Times
Digital/US – We Can Take Advantage of the Russian Hack. Here’s How, Glenn S. Gerstell, Politico
Tactical Nuclear Weapon – Do tactical nukes break international law? By Jaroslav Krasny | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Research & Analysis
Digital/EU – The EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade, European Commission
EU/China/Investment – Key elements of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, European Commission
Idées
Pandemie/Democratie – Comment s’engager en pandémie ? Avec Barbara Stiegler | France Culture
Europe – Sarajevo Revisited Benjamin Moser, New York Review of Books
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