A daily newspaper should report the news, not play at geopolitics. Rafael Correa

Azra Isakovic

Wed 9 Dec 2020

Good Morning

Voici ce que vous devez savoir – Here’s what you need to know.

Coronavirus/Vaccine – Blunders Eroded U.S. Confidence in Early Vaccine Front-Runner | The New York Time

The Biden Transition – Biden’s Choice For Pentagon Chief Further Erodes a Key U.S. Norm: Civilian Control | Glenn Greenwald

The person Biden has reportedly picked to lead the Department of Defense is on the board of Raytheon, a key sup­pli­er of bombs to the U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen that has lob­bied aggressively in opposition to curbs on arms sales to the Sau­di-led coali­tion. https://t.co/vAVTwIRp8S pic.twitter.com/IfmCiEpTRr

— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) December 8, 2020

Covid19 – The Institutional Crisis and COVID-19, by George Friedman | Geopolitical Futures

Coronavirus/Vaccine  – Who gets it first? | International Politics and Society

EU/US/Digital – ‘Schrems II’: What Invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Means for Transatlantic Trade and Innovation, Nigel Cory, Daniel Castro, Ellysse Dick, ITIF

EU – Europe is right to risk a double ‘no deal’, Gideon Rachman, Financial Times 

US/Nuclear – Starting off on the right foot: Biden’s near-term arms control and strategic policy challenge, Frank A. Rose, Brookings 
US/Nuclear – Reviving Nuclear Arms Control Under Biden, Steven Pifer, American Ambassadors Review 

EU/UK – Britain is heading for a hard Brexit. Voters now prefer none at all, The Economist 

EU/Technology –EU vs Big Tech: Brussels’ bid to weaken the digital gatekeepers, Javier Espinoza, Financial Times 

The EU is about to launch a new push against the largest US tech companies — one that will have global implications. Within the next fortnight, the bloc's regulators are expected to come up with two major proposals. But will they work? https://t.co/hgJh0NrQ6g

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 8, 2020

US/Europe – A New Beginning with President Biden: Five German and European Priorities for the Transatlantic Agenda | SWP

Turkey/Libya – Why Turkey Intervened in Libya by Jalel Harchaoui | Foreign Policy Research Institute 📥 PDF

Baltic Security: Managing Adversity Between Russia and Its Northern Neighbors YouTube

China – Les nouveaux dazibao | Revue Esprit

N° Déc.👉https://t.co/8bPZ0NalHr
Source d’inquiétude autant que de fascination, la #Chine continue de représenter une énigme. Le socialisme "aux couleurs de la Chine" conjugue désormais un capitalisme sauvage avec un pouvoir ultra-centralisé, dans une synthèse politique inédite. pic.twitter.com/By2tOirzlu

— Revue Esprit (@RevueEsprit) December 4, 2020

US/China –The Trump State Department’s swan song? A strange, flawed China paper, Daniel Baer, Foreign Policy  

Europe/Defense –Europe Can Defend Itself, Barry R. Posen, Survival

 
US – The Reconstruction of America: Justice, Power, and the Civil War’s Unfinished Business, David W. Blight, Foreign Affairs

La laïcité – La laïcité, c’est quoi ? Retour au texte de 1905 avec Patrick Weil | France Culture

La laïcité, c’est quoi ? Retour au texte de 1905 avec Patrick Weil