“Progress, the religion of those who have none.”
Lord Acton
By Azra Isakovic
Friday, February 05
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Welcome to Your Friday Briefing
Books
Review – « Graveyards of Clerics. Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia », par Pascal Ménoret | Stanford University Press, by Roman Stadnicki | La Vie des idées
Review – Has Tech Destroyed Democracy? Steven Levy | Wired
Must-Reads
US/China/EU – Macron: EU shouldn’t gang up on China with US, Rym Momtaz | POLITICO Europe
États-Unis – Joe Biden veut renouer avec une diplomatie fondée sur les « alliances » et les « valeurs » | Le Monde
Indo-Pacific – Can the EU and the UK Cooperate in the Indo-Pacific? | IPQ
US – Joe Biden’s Peace Force? William Astore, TomDispatch
US/China – Biden’s Team Faces the Ugly Facts on China | New York Post
Myanmar –Suu Kyi Was Right About Myanmar Luv Puri | Japan Times
Health – How to save the world from long Covid, Simon Kuper | Financial Times
Health –Vaccine passports: path back to normality or problem in the making? Natalie Thomas | Reuters
Europe/Health – Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Has Descended Into Chaos, Sylvie Kauffmann | New York Times
Energy – How the race for renewable energy is reshaping global politics, Leslie Hook and Henry Sanderson – Financial Times
Digital – The Digital Transformation of SMEs | OECD
US/Europe/Defense– Europe troop withdrawal plans ‘on hold,’ top general says, Connor O’Brien | Politico
US/Eastern Europe – Biden’s Challenge: Continuing Progress in Eastern Europe Despite Russian Adventurism | Middle East Institute
Research & Analysis
China🇨🇳/Covid19- Chinese COVID-19 Misinformation A Year Later, By Elizabeth Chen | Jamestown Foundation 📥 PDF
EU/Russia – EU Strategic Autonomy in the Shadow of Geopolitical Rivalry: A View from Moscow, Sergey Utkin | FIIA
Deterrence – Deterrence in the 21st Century: Insights from Theory and Practice, Frans Osinga and Tim Sweijs, eds. | Hague Centre for Strategic Studies/Springer
EU/Middle East/North Africa – The EU-MENA partnership: time for a reset, Marc Otte | Egmont
Trade – Global Trade Today is Global Value Chains, David Henig | ECIPE
Podcasts
A conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron | Atlantic Council
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