When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow

By Azra Isakovic

February 01, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Monday Briefing

Books

Book Review –“Seeing Silence. » , Mark C. Taylor by Anthony Curtis Adler  | LA Review of Books (LARB)
Book Review – What Are the Cultural Revolution’s Lessons for Our Current Moment? By Pankaj Mishra | The New Yorker
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, by Samuel Moyn | IndieBound

Must-Reads

Pandemic – Lessons from A Pandemic Anniversary by zeynep tufekci
Burnout – Emotions on Strike, by Sarah Jaffe | Dissent Magazine
Edward Luttwak- The Machiavelli of Maryland By Thomas Meaney | The Guardian
US/China – Biden shows his hawkish side on China, by Demetri Sevastopulo – Financial Times
Arab Spring – The Arab Spring 10 Years On Georges Fahmi | Chatham House
Donald Trump – Truth After Trump by Yanis Varoufakis | Project Syndicate
China – Why are there no biographies of Xi Jinping? By Jeffrey Wasserstrom  | The Atlantic
Gulf – The GCC in 2021: Outlook and Key Challenges  | Chatham House

Research & Analysis

US/ East Asia – Toward an Inclusive & Balanced Regional Order: A New U.S. Strategy in East Asia, | Quincy Institute PDF
Japan – Innovation quality and global collaborations: Insights from Japan | Brookings Institution PDF 📥
Gulf – Economic diversification in the Gulf: Time to redouble efforts | Brookings Institution PDF