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(UK) Is Boris Johnson’s ‘mea culpa’ really the best the UK can expect? (Nick Dearden, Al Jazeera)

Britain’s prime minister has apologised for 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, but says ‘we did everything we could’. Really? https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/28/is-boris-johnsons-mea-culpa-really-the-best-we-can-expect

(Russia) Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Takes Over Russia’s Academy of Military Sciences: What to Expect From Russian Planning for Future Warfare? (Roger McDermott,...

Army General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s General Staff (CGS) and first deputy defense minister, has been chosen as the new president of...

(Belarus) Strategic Thinking and a Fight for Belarusian Democracy (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

“Remember, I said a year ago that perhaps a time will come when Putin and I will have to stand next to...

(Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan) Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Seek to Expand Cooperation on Caspian Energy Production (Rauf Mammadov, The Jamestown Foundation)

A 30-year feud over an offshore oil field located between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea has finally come to an end. In...

(Nord Stream 2) Finding a Compromise on Nord Stream 2 (Nikos Tsafos, CSIS)

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline presents an early foreign policy test for the Biden administration. https://www.csis.org/analysis/finding-compromise-nord-stream-2

(Taiwan/Democracy/Disinformation) Protecting Democracy in an Age of Disinformation: Lessons from Taiwan (Jude Blanchette, Bonnie S. Glaser, Scott Kennedy, Scott Livingston, CSIS)

Taiwan has long defended itself from political meddling, including disinformation, by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Attempts to influence Taiwan’s domestic politics have...

(Food Insecurity/USA) Food Insecurity Crises at Home and Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead on Both (Caitlin Welsh, CSIS)

When it ultimately subsides, one of the lasting images of the pandemic in the United States will be a food bank with customers queued...

(USA/Afghanistan) Escaping the Graveyard of Empires? U.S. Options in Afghanistan (Seth G. Jones, CSIS)

One of the Biden administration’s most contentious war-related decisions will likely be what to do about Afghanistan. The U.S. military has been fighting in...

(Trade/Climate Change) Toward a Climate-Driven Trade Agenda (Jack Caporal, William Alan Reinsch, CSIS)

International trade and climate change have traditionally been considered two distinct issues for the global community to address. However, as the climate crisis gains...

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