In the post-Snowden world, you need to enable others to build their own cloud and have mobility of applications. That’s both because of the physicality of computing–where the speed of light still matters–and because of geopolitics. Satya Nadella
Azra Isakovic
Good Morning
Here’s what you need to know – Voici ce que vous devez savoir
Livres – Guerres Invisibles ; Nos prochains défis géopolitiques de Thomas Gomart – À paraître 21 Janvier 2021 chez Tallandier | HallDuLivre
Europe – The European Coup by Perry Anderson | London Review of Books
Nuclear risks – Nuclear risks are growing, and there’s only one real solution By Victor Gilinsky | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Nuclear risks – Revenge is a dish best served nuclear. US deterrence depends on it. | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Europe – Europe’s 2020 Pileup David Herszenhorn & Hans Von Der Burchard & Jacopo Barigazzi, Pol. EU
La Transition Biden – L’Amérique de Joe Biden : le calme après la tempête ? | IFRI
UK –What world is Brexit being launched into? Simon Kuper, Financial Times
Romania/Hungary – Cooperation despite mistrust. The shadow of Trianon in Romanian-Hungarian relations, Kamil Calus, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
Eastern Mediterranean – Is there a new window of opportunity in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis? Galip Dalay, Brookings
Europe/Gulf states/Iran – Gulf of difference: How Europe can get the Gulf monarchies to pursue peace with Iran, Cinzia Bianco, European Council on Foreign Relations
Sweden/NATO – ‘NATO-option’ gets majority in Swedish parliament, Pekka Vanttinen, Euractiv
US – President Joe Biden and the restoration of US global leadership: Turning the tide? Ville Sinkkonen, Charly Salonius-Palsternak, Bart Gaens, and Niklas Helwig, Finnish institute of International Affairs
Saudi Aramco – Missiles, bullying claims, a tragic death: what’s going on at Saudi Aramco? | Financial Times
Germany/ Russia – Rüdiger von Fritsch became the German ambassador to Russia in 2014. A conversation about the art of diplomacy and drawings in Putin’s notepad by Jan Pfaff | taz
China/Europe – European organizers rejected China’s demands to exclude certain participants from an annual dialogue between CEOs, officials and academics | The Wall Street Journal
China/Australia – The Great China-Australia Divorce Has Arrived Salvatore Babones, 1945
U.S./China – The U.S. Can’t Check China Alone Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs
The Biden Transition – Biden’s Curious Defense of Austin Thomas Joscelyn, The Dispatch
China/Terrorism – Evolution of China’s ‘Preventive Counterterrorism’ M. Clarke & S. Kam Li Yee, CGP
Arab Spring – What’s the Legacy of the Arab Spring? Kali Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
US/Afghanistan – How We Could End This ‘Forever War’ James Stavridis, Time
Biden Transition – Why the Premature Verdict on Lloyd Austin? Bilal Saab, Middle East Institute
European Union/ The Balkans – North Macedonia on the Threshold of Europe Dimitar Bechev & Damir Marusic, AC
European Union/ Human Rights EU Has New Muscle to Flex on Human Rights Jen Kirby, Vox
Biden Transition – Why the Premature Verdict on Lloyd Austin? Bilal Saab, Middle East Institute
Biden Transition – On to the Next Presidency George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
C’est tout pour ce briefing. À la prochaine.
Azra
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Encore un briefing de très bonne qualité! Merci bcp!
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