Notes on international politics
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-have-targeted-200-groups-tied-to-presidential-election-microsoft-says-11599763502
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-bidens-china-policy-it-looks-a-lot-like-trumps-11599759286
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-geopolitics-of-energy-11599836521
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-01-23/why-america-must-lead-again
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/05/army-v-corps-headquarters-will-be-first-unit-move-poland.html
https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/poland-agrees-to-pay-almost-all-costs-of-us-troop-presence/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/trumps-military-shuffle-in-europe-will-take-time-and-be-costly-idUSKCN24V28Q
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/31/afrcom-ordered-to-plan-move-out-of-germany-latest-pullout-from-key-european-ally/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-spite-germany-plan-11596064244
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/european-union-coronavirus-aid
https://freedomhouse.org/article/poland-and-hungary-must-not-be-ignored
Not Necessarily Done When You’ve Won: On Kicking a Great Power When It’s Down
Wrestling with Fog: On the Elusiveness of Liberal Order
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/east-asia/2020-07-08/taiwan-next-hong-kong
The Long, Perilous Route Thousands Of Indians Have Risked For A Shot At Life In U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/09/814957398/the-long-perilous-route-thousands-of-indians-have-risked-for-a-shot-at-life-in-u
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/business/hong-kong-security-law-tech
The great power threats that exist in the Western Hemisphere look different than those in other parts of the globe, U.S. Southern Command’s Adm. Craig Faller told the Washington Examiner, with China seeking port rights and technological penetration and Russia increasing disinformation and intelligence-gathering.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/exclusive-southcom-commander-describes-china-russia-threats-in-the-americas
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-troops-fireworks-south-korea-july-4th-2020-7
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/us/politics/coronavirus-us-embassy-saudi-arabia
Reflections on Ordering the World
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/politics/trump-phone-calls-national-security-concerns/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-federal-intervention-5g-huawei-china-nokia-trump-cisco-11593099054
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-u-s-is-moving-troops-out-of-germany-11592757552
https://medium.com/dfrlab/taiwans-battle-against-covid-19-disinformation-eaf76bf57d14
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-18/how-prevent-war-asia
https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/trump-troop-cut-in-germany-fits-a-pattern-of-hitting-allies-1.634388
Revelations about Russia’s Nuclear Deterrence Policy
China’s Strategic Assessment of the Ladakh Clash
What two years ago was mostly a confrontation between China and the U.S. is developing into a broader showdown with the advanced democracies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-united-front-on-china-starts-to-take-shape-11592398800
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/world/asia/china-india-border-himalayas
https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/announcement-expected-on-troop-increase-in-poland-us-official-says-1.633805
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-chooses-a-senseless-withdrawal-from-germany-he-threatens-national-security/2020/06/08/9e95ad36-a9a7-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/world/europe/germany-troop-withdrawal-america
Factional Struggles Emerge in Virus-Afflicted Taliban Top Ranks
Richard Haas – Domestic Events & International Impact
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-05/protests-pandemic-world-watching
Kevin Rudd – US China Post COVID-19
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-05-06/coming-post-covid-anarchy
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/fcc-failed-to-monitor-chinese-telecoms-for-almost-20-years-senate-report/
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