Your Tuesday Briefing

27 avril 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

« We are not makers of history. We are made by history. »
Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Azra Isakovic

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing

Featured

US Foreign Policy – Understanding the Kennan Consensus Robert Kaplan | National Interest

American foreign policy elites have adopted a partial myth about George Kennan's containment strategy, Robert D. Kaplan writes. https://t.co/SrIRLUGJPJ
— National Interest (@TheNatlInterest) April 26, 2021

Books

War in Abkhazia – Mobilizing in Uncertainty – Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia, by Anastasia Shesterinina | Cornell Press
Slavic Studies – Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900, Edited by Valerie A. Kivelson and Christine D. Worobec | Cornell Press
À propos de : Paul Chauvin, L’obligation militaire sous l’Ancien Régime | Institut Universitaire Varenne, par Sümbül Kaya | La Vie des idées

Tuer et mourir pour le Roi: À propos de : Paul Chauvin, L'obligation militaire sous l'Ancien Régime, Institut Universitaire Varenne. Contrairement à certaines idées reçues, le roi n'était pas tout puissant sous l'Ancien Régime. En matière de guerre,… https://t.co/eqL8JKRKCq
— La Vie des idées (@laviedesidees) April 8, 2021

Must-Reads

Germany – Angela Merkel Has Been in Power for 15 Years. What Comes Next? Anna Sauerbrey | The New York Times
EU/Technology – EU outlines wide-ranging AI regulation, but leaves the door open for police surveillance, James Vincent | The Verge
US/Japan – Defense Ties With Japan, U.S. Needed Yao Chung-yuan | Taipei Times
China/Taiwan – China’s Pineapple Ban Shows Taiwan’s Vulnerability Shang-su Wu | EA Forum
US/China – Without Trade Strategy, There’s No Winning Against China F. Kempe | AC
US – Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Reshaped America, Jonathan Chait | New York Magazine
Ukraine – Ukraine is an intractable problem, made worse by a lack of strategy, Iulia Joja | The Hill
Climate/US/Europe – New US climate strategy opens up old faultlines with Europe, Mehreen Khan, Leslie Hook, Victor Mallet and Katrina Manson | Financial Times
Nuclear Secrecy – Alex Wellerstein pulls back the curtain on nuclear secrecy Dr. Susan D’Agostino | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

So excited to share my conversation with @wellerstein about US nuclear secrecy in @BulletinAtomic.

He offered welcome nuance to my understanding of secrecy in general.https://t.co/S0sG5XX0rx
— Dr. Susan D'Agostino (@susan_dagostino) April 26, 2021

Research & Analysis

US/EU/Afghanistan – A transatlantic charter on Afghan sovereignty, security, and development, Shaharzad Akbar, Madeleine Albright and Federica Mogherini, et al. | Atlantic Council
Libya – Libya’s Flawed Unity Government, Wolfram Lacher | SWP Berlin
EU/India – India: An Ambivalent Partner for the West, Christian Wagner, Jana Lemke | SWP Berlin
Europe/Technology – Europe’s Capacity to Act in the Global Tech Race, Kaan Sahin and Tyson Barker | DGAP

The narrative of a partnership with India based on shared values, which has been cultivated in Europe & the USA, will shift more towards coinciding strategic interests & less towards common democratic values. An analysis by Christian Wagner & Jana Lemke. https://t.co/SQFSXKwyw9
— SWP Berlin (@SWPBerlin) April 22, 2021

Podcasts

Tchad – Mort d’Idriss Déby : une perte stratégique pour la France avc Alain Antil | RTL France
Global Security Briefing – Germany and the Future of European Security | RUSI

Your Friday Briefing

23 avril 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

“The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.”
Otto Von Bismarck

By Azra Isakovic

Friday April 23, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Friday Briefing

Featured

Wirecard Scandal – The Weird, Extremely German Origins of the Wirecard Scandal, Adrian Daub | The New Republic

“An over-identification with something so nebulous as ‘the economy‘ can easily become a trap. It sustains you in good times, but what happens when what you identify with is found to be a fraud?“ – @adriandaub https://t.co/hvAPzLShkB
— Quinn Slobodian (@zeithistoriker) April 22, 2021

Books

Covid19 – The Covid Consensus – The New Politics of Global Inequality, Toby Green | Hurst Publishers
Sanctions – The Economic Weapon – The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War, Nicholas Mulder | yalebooks

For those interested in sanctions, interwar history, and political economy: my book "The Economic Weapon" is coming out with Yale University Press in early 2022. 11 January in the US and 22 February in the UK. https://t.co/WTX3zeetdq pic.twitter.com/frtBe9aLXf
— Nicholas Mulder (@njtmulder) April 22, 2021

Must-Reads

Europe/China/Technology – TikTok sued on behalf of millions of European children over data concerns, Madhumita Murgia | Financial Times
US/Japan – With U.S. Help, Japan’s Stance on China Hardens Jennifer Lind | Financial Times
US – Engage Americans in Foreign Policy Daniel Baer | Foreign Policy
US/Russia – Why Is Biden Risking War With Russia? Ted Galen Carpenter | 1945
US/Russia – Did Biden Blink on Russia? Paul Roderick Gregory | The Hill
Xinjiang – A Manitoba Couple Who Saw the Horrors in Xinjiang J. Chiu & J. Nuttall | The Star
Australia/China – Australia Vetoes Victoria’s Belt and Road Deal With China | Stratfor Worldview
Australia/China – We Lead the World in Confronting China Eryk Bagshaw | Sydney Morning Herald
Belarus – The Bizarre Belarus ‘Coup Plot’ Brian Whitmore [ Atlantic Council
Digital/Trade – The changing nature of digital trade, current and future barriers and ideas to overcome them, Javier López-González | Wilson Center
Russia – Russia and the Future of Drone Swarms Samuel Bendett | Modern War Institute Russia/Czech Republic – Russian attacks in the Czech Republic: domestic context, implications, perspectives | OSW
Defense – The Nine Commandments on Countering Hybrid Threats, Michael Rühle | Internationale Politik Quarterly

There are some rules that the Western strategic community should adhere to in order to create a common understanding of "hybrid" threats and responses, argues Michael Rühle @MichaelRhle2

Read his "nine commandments" here:https://t.co/VHi0fnlSBU pic.twitter.com/VMFakXdo2u
— lnternationale Politik Quarterly (@IPQuarterly) April 22, 2021

Research & Analysis

EU/Technology – Proposal for a Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence | European Commission
China – After Xi: Future Scenarios for Leadership Succession in Post-Xi Jinping Era, Richard McGregor, Jude Blanchette | CSIS

As Xi Jinping continues to concentrate political power and personalize his rule, the likelihood of a destabilizing succession crisis grows. https://t.co/1pPOf1B0Kc
— CSIS (@CSIS) April 22, 2021

Podcasts

Josep Borrell – La Commission européenne est-elle devenue vraiment géopolitique ? | IFRI

Your Thursday Briefing

22 avril 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

A society without dreams is a society without a future.
Carl Gustav Jung

By Azra Isakovic

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Thursday Briefing

Featured

Green Energy – America’s race to net zero, Adam Tooze | New Statesman

In which I try to make sense of the modest dimensions of the climate component of the American Jobs Plan. Deeply indebted to @70sBachchan for help with this. https://t.co/W9uO8i3UyK
— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) April 21, 2021

Books

US/History – Ages of American Capitalism, Jon Levy | Penguin Random House
Review – Ages of American Capitalism | Eric Primm
À propos de : Karen Akoka, L’asile et l’exil. Une histoire de la distinction réfugiés/migrants, La Découverte, par Annalisa Lendaro | La Vie des idées

À lire sur @laviedesidees, une belle recension de "L’asile et l’exil" de Karen Akoka, un livre qui revient sur la construction des politiques d’asile en France. Une contribution nouvelle à l’analyse du pouvoir d’État en actes à l’égard des étrangers.https://t.co/VPjbOJGnrT
— Éditions La Découverte (@Ed_LaDecouverte) April 18, 2021

Must-Reads

India/Covid19 – ‘The system has colla p sed’: India’s descent into Covid hell, Hannah Ellis-Petersen | The Guardian
Vaccine – How the Pandemic Changed Europe, Isaac Chotiner & Adam Tooze | The New Yorker
ECB – Hawks press ECB to scale back bond buying despite rising Covid wave Martin Arnold | Financial Times
Ukraine – Prepare for the Worst, András Rácz | DGAP
Ukraine/Russia – Russia, Ukraine and the West: Déjà vu all over again, Ian Bond | Encompass
Russia/Ukraine – Why Russia Is Escalating in Ukraine Andreas Umland | National Interest
Interventionism – Is Liberal Interventionism Dead? Sholto Byrnes | The National
Angela Merkel – The Merkel Model and Its Limits Constanze Stelzenmüller | Foreign Affairs
US/Japan – The U.S.-Japan Summit: Uneventful and Indecisive June Teufel Dreyer | FPRI
Germany – Germany’s corruption scandals: How to limit authoritarian influence in the EU, Gustav Gressel and Majda Ruge, | ECFR
Ukraine/Turkey – Ukraine-Turkey Cooperation Has Its Limits Dimitar Bechev | Al Jazeera
Biden/Tax Havens – Biden’s War on Tax Havens Could Pinch Europe David Böcking et al | Der Spiegel
US – How Joe Biden is reshaping America’s global role | The Economist
US/Digital – America’s Place in Cyberspace: The Biden Administration’s Cyber Strategy Takes Shape, David P. Fidler | CFR
Economy/Technology – The digital revolution is eating its young, Mark Esposito, Landry Signé, and Nicholas Davis | Brookings
Neoliberalism – Are Intellectual Property Rights Neoliberal? Yes and No, by Quinn Slobodian | ProMarket

Intellectual Property Rights are often bluntly described as neoliberal. Yet many actual existing neoliberals—including Hayek—were deeply skeptical of them. I explored the paradox here 👇 https://t.co/CKDwWB7m8M
— Quinn Slobodian (@zeithistoriker) April 19, 2021

Research & Analysis

Economy/Global – Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy, C. Fritz Foley, James R. Hines Jr. and David Wessel | Brookings
Global Trade – East Asian Forum Quarterly: Reinventing global trade | Hinrich Foundation
Freedom – 2021 World Press Freedom Index | Reporters Without Borders
Europe/Climate – Europe’s green moment: How to meet the climate challenge, Susi Dennison, Rafael Loss and Jenny Söderström | ECFR
American Foreign Policy – Do External Threats Unite or Divide? Rachel Myrick | Cambridge Core

#FirstView from @IntOrgJournal –

Do External Threats Unite or Divide? Security Crises, Rivalries, and Polarization in American Foreign Policy – https://t.co/wl4pcXBQtl

– @rmmyrick91 pic.twitter.com/zCsEkYlih0
— CUP Politics (@CUP_PoliSci) April 20, 2021

Podcasts

Ukraine – « Zelenskyy’s foreign policy: One year in » | Atlantic Council

Your Tuesday Briefing

12 avril 202113 avril 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.
June Jordan

By Azra Isakovic

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing

Featured

Droits de l’homme –Pourquoi se souvenir de Srebrenica ? Florence Hartmann | Revue Esprit

Il est de ces textes qu'on aimerait avoir le talent d'écrire tant ils mettent des mots sur ce qu'on ressent, avec gravité et pessimisme.

Lisez ce texte de Florence Hartmann, qui en dit autant sur nous que sur Srebrenica. Un nous lâche et misérable https://t.co/k1e20tf0Op
— Loïc Tregoures (@LTregoures) April 6, 2021

Books

Russie – Un nouvel équilibre des pouvoirs: la Russie à la recherche d’un équilibre en matière de politique étrangère, Dmitri Trenin | Carnegie Russia
Review –Basic Urban Services in India: a Paradoxical Bricolage, by Hugo Ribadeau Dumas | Books & Ideas
Review – The Neglected Rights of the Disabled, by David Le Breton | Books & Ideas

Despite the many measures designed to promote inclusiveness, it is a struggle for disabled people to exercise their rights.

A review of @anne_rev's book "Des droits vulnérables" (@EditionsScpo) by David Le Bretonhttps://t.co/h7r0kO3oSv
— Books & Ideas (@booksandideas) April 12, 2021

Must-Reads

Europe/Asia-Pacific – Could Europe’s reemergence in Asia be a win-win this time? Richard Javad Heydarian, The National
US – Biden’s infrastructure plan replaces federal cynicism with a sweeping vision, Adie Tomer, Brookings
Ukraine – Conflict in Donbas: What Does Ukraine Stand to Gain? Sarah Lain, CEPA
Ukraine/Russia/US – On Ukraine’s doorstep, Russia boosts military and sends message of regional clout to Biden, Isabelle Khurshudyan, David L. Stern, Loveday Morris and John Hudson | The Washington Post
EU/Asia – Europe’s Re-Emergence in Asia: A Win-Win? Richard Javad Heydarian | National
Germany – Söder Shakes Up German Succession Guy Chazan | Financial Times
UK – England Prepares to Get Drunk Cristina Gallardo | Politico EU
US/China – Side That Heals Itself First Will Win US-China Cold War Huang Jing | Nikkei
US/Health – What America’s Vaccination Campaign Proves to the World, Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic
Afrique – ONU et mercenaires russes en Centrafrique : le pacte du silence ? | Centre Afrique subsaharienne

🚨🇨🇫Silence assourdissant de la #MINUSCA face aux mercenaires russes 🇷🇺 en #Centrafrique. Nouvel article de @TVircoulon, chercheur à l'@IFRI_ et du journaliste @Sabr_Jendoubi pour le blog Afrique Décryptages. https://t.co/IhGzFdmcfa pic.twitter.com/CsVQt1K8kz
— Centre Afrique subsaharienne (@Afrique_IFRI) April 12, 2021

Research & Analysis

US/Central and Eastern Europe – 100 Days of Biden’s New Transatlantic Strategy – Where Does Central and Eastern Europe Stand? Danielle Piatkiweicz | Europeum
EU/China/Technology – Technological Competition: Can the EU Compete with China? Francesca Ghiretti | IAI
Digital – Internet from Space: How New Satellite Connections Could Affect Global Internet Governance, Daniel Voelsen | SWP

Companies from the U.S. and China are planning to create satellite networks which would provide Internet access anywhere on Earth. The SWP Research Paper by @d_voelsen @SWP_Global examines how it could change global Internet governance.

Thread/1https://t.co/ZpwiLU4Jv8
— SWP Berlin (@SWPBerlin) April 12, 2021

Podcasts

China’s Maritime Militia – Trouble in the South China Sea Ankit Panda | The Diplomat

Turquie – L’Europe se montre-t-elle trop faible face à la Turquie d’Erdoğan? Ariane Bonzon, Christophe Carron, Jean-Marie Colombani, Alain Frachon | SlatefrPodcasts

Your Monday Briefing

29 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

“The main thing is to make history, not to write it.”
Otto Von Bismarck

By Azra Isakovic

Monday, March 29

Good morning

Welcome to Your Monday Briefing

Featured

Misinformation – How to Stop Misinformation Before It Gets Shared, by Renee DiResta | Wired

New article in Wired today, written with (AND illustrated by!) @tobiasrose. The convo on misinformation is often focused on content itself (old problem), rather than on virality & reach (newer dynamic). It's reactive, focused on moderating after the fact. https://t.co/7wSxqv8zR6
— Renee DiResta (@noUpside) March 26, 2021

Books

Ideas – Conservatism: A View from Sweden | University Bookman
Biography – Making of a Cold War President Jason K. Duncan | University Bookman
Review – “The World Turned Upside Down”, by Branko Milanović | Brave New Europe

With the increasing inability of Western governments to govern and the reversion to culture wars, this piece has an eerie relevance

Branko Milanović @BrankoMilan

“The World Turned Upside Down” – a critical reviewhttps://t.co/xHk1lQqFVv #politics #China #Government pic.twitter.com/zkr5UkvVml
— Brave New Europe (@BRAVENEWEUROPE1) March 28, 2021

Must-Reads

Big Tech – The mess at Medium, Casey Newton | The Verge
Autocracy – Why the International Order Is Tilting to Autocracy A. Cooley & D. Nexon | For. Aff.
UK – Is the United Kingdom Still a Nation? Henry Hill | Spectator
Suez – In Suez Canal, a Warning About Excessive Globalization Peter Goodman | NYT
Suez – With Suez Canal Blocked, Shippers Begin End Run Around a Trade Artery Peter S. Goodman & Stanley Reed | New York Times
China – « La Chine devient plus que jamais une puissance clivante » Alice Ekman | Le Monde
China/Iran – China, With $400 Billion Iran Deal, Could Deepen Influence in Mideast by Farnaz Fassihi et Steven Lee Myers | New York Times
US –How the United States’ legal community became global oligarchs’ most useful enablers, Alexander Cooley & Casey Michel | Foreign Policy
Pandémie – Avec la pandémie, l’Occident perd du terrain face aux régimes autoritaires chinois et russe, Cyrille Bret, Florent Parmentier | Slate.fr

Géo-biopolitique de la pandémie: la désoccidentalisation du monde (BRET-PARMENTIER Telos) https://t.co/sYWJKL8uaH
— Bret Cyrille (@cy_bret) March 29, 2021

Research & Analysis

History –Austerity and the Rise of the Nazi Party | Cambridge University Press
History –Testing Marx. Income Inequality, Concentration, and Socialism in Late 19th Century Germany | Center for Open Science @OSFramework
EU/Economy – The Corona Debt Conundrum in the Eurozone, Paweł Tokarski and Alexander Wiedmann | SWP

Due to the growing public debt, the #Eurozone's ability to act financially continues to depend on the #ECB's expansionary monetary policy. @Pawel_Tokarski @SWP_Europe and @Wiede_10 look at alternatives to this model. #COVID19 https://t.co/pYTpVm3lnw
— SWP Berlin (@SWPBerlin) March 26, 2021

Podcasts

Revue de presse internationale – Quelles leçons tirer des embouteillages au canal de Suez ? Camille Magnard | France Culture

Libya – Can Libya’s New Unity Government Transcend the Divides? | SWP

Your Tuesday Briefing

23 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education. – John T. Chambers

By Azra Isakovic

Tuesday, March 23

Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing

Featured

Essays – Geopolitics of a pandemic, by Helen Thompson | Engelsberg Ideas
Decarbonisation – Realism & Net-Zero: The EU Case Adam Tooze | Chartbook Newsletter #17

Realism about the net zero path for EU to 2050 also means thinking hard about the impact on MENA countries that rely heavily on fossil fuel exports to EU.
Chartbook Newsletter #17https://t.co/C2lIxkqeBx pic.twitter.com/WRHeJ6x2jk
— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 23, 2021

Books

About: Unsustainable Inequalities, by Adam Tooze | Dissent Magazine
Review – A Study of Edward Said, One of the Most Interesting Men of His Time, by Dwight Garner | New York Times Books
Clan/Power/UAE – Reinventing the Sheikhdom, by Matthew Hedges | Hurst Publishers
Study – Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said, By Timothy Brennan | Farrar, Straus & Giroux

#Livres📚/ Une étude d'Edward Said, l'un des hommes les plus intéressants de son temps, par @DwightGarner | @nytimesbooks https://t.co/eOFtPuqAU4 pic.twitter.com/aOeLjMuTLq
— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) March 23, 2021

Must-Reads

Decarbonisation – Europe’s decarbonisation challenge, by Adam Tooze | Social Europe
EU/China – China’s sanctions over EU officials and entities are justified | Global Times
EU/China – EU-China deal spells trouble for Macron at home, by Giorgio Leali | POLITICO Europe
US/France/Sahel – How France and the US can work to stabilise the Sahel | ECFR
UK – Britain’s global pipe dream | ECFR
Economy – The American Rescue Plan as Economic Theory, J. W. Mason | Brave New Europe
China/Thailand – Plan to establish joint MRO facility, by Jon Grevatt | Janes
Digital – Google chante le requiem pour les cookies, mais le grand chœur du pistage résonnera encore | Framasoft
Biden Administration – The Fury of a Superpower in Decline Graham Fuller | Responsible Statecraft

Research & Analysis

Arms Transfers – Trends in international arms transfers, 2020 | SIPRI
US/Europe/China – The China Plan: A Transatlantic Blueprint, Hans Binnendijk and Sarah Kirchberger | Atlantic Council
US/Turkey/Security – A Dual Framework for the Turkey-U.S. Security Relationship, Şaban Kardaş and Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı, | German Marshall Fund [PDF]

Podcasts

Climate –The Tragic Choices of Climate Change | Talking Politics | Acast

Decarbonisation –La neutralité carbone, c’est quoi | Ausha

Your Friday Briefing

19 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

We should establish a chair for the teaching of reading between the lines.
Leon Bloy

By Azra Isakovic

Friday, March 19

Good morning

Welcome to Your Friday Briefing

Books

Health – The Next Shift : The Fall o f Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, Gabriel Winant | Harvard University Press
Philosophy – In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy, by Katrina Forrester | Princeton University Press

The paperback of my book, In the Shadow of Justice, exists! Out now in the US, later this month in the UK https://t.co/q3ykew3bWA pic.twitter.com/Qbh3o7jYYh
— Katrina Forrester (@katforrester) March 18, 2021

Must-Reads

Health – The Rise of Healthcare in Steel City, Gabriel Winant | Dissent Magazine
Health/EU – Has the EU Lost Its Mind? Peter Franklin | UnHerd
Nuclear Risk – An existential discussion: What is the probability of nuclear war? By Martin E. Hellman, Vinton G. Cerf | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Vaccination –The Elephant In the Room: Herd Immunity via Tragedy | Zeynep Tufekci
US/Libya – The Libya Allergy, Colum Lynch | Foreign Policy
Mali conflict – ‘It’s not about jihad or Islam, but justice’ Patricia Huon | The Guardian
Europe – Is Denmark creating an inverted-Apartheid? Peter Franklin | UnHerd
US/Strategy – Humility in American Grand Strategy Mathew Burrows & Robert Manning | WOTR
US/Africa – Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa | Crisis Group
Vaccine – Vaccine Suspense: Why Some Countries Are So Cautious P. Treble | Maclean’s
Germany – Merkel’s CDU Mired in Scandal, Incompetence Melanie Amann et al | Der Spiegel

Mali: A report from the ground. https://t.co/r3tADX8QBx
— Ulrich Speck (@ulrichspeck) March 17, 2021

Research & Analysis

Germany/US/China – Germany Between a Rock and a Hard Place in China-US Competition, Markus Jaeger | DGAP
US/EU/Technology – What’s Ahead for a Cooperative Regulatory Agenda on Artificial Intelligence? Meredith Broadbent | CSIS
US/Extremism – Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021 | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
EU/Counterterrorism – The Next Steps for EU Counterterrorism Policy, Raphael Bossong | SWP

Podcasts

Commune de Paris – Les damnés de la Commune, Raphaël Meyssan | ARTE
Histoire – Debout les damnés de la terre, destins de communards, par Xavier Mauduit | France Culture

🍒🍒🍒 #Commune
Dans Le Cours de l'histoire sur @franceculture : Debout les damnés de la terre, destins de communards !

Avec Raphaël Meyssan @ARTEfr @DelcourtBD Jean-Louis Robert @MaitronD @SorbonneParis1 Michel Cordillot @Univ_Paris https://t.co/dcVmIBpvOo
— Xavier Mauduit (@XavierMauduit) March 19, 2021

Commune de Paris – Dernière révolution avant la République (4/4), par Perrine Kervran | France Culture

Commune de Paris – Les damnés de la Commune, Raphaël Meyssan | ARTE

📻 A 9h sur @franceculture dans Le Cours de l’#Histoire, @XavierMauduit reçoit @RaphaelMeyssan, réalisateur du doc "Les Damnés de la Commune", adapté de son roman graphique @DelcourtBD. #CommunedeParis.
Déjà sur https://t.co/H2Ijv8g0eq, jusqu'au 21.05
Sur @ARTEfr le 23.03 pic.twitter.com/JswNJanHY1
— ARTE pro (@ARTEpro) March 19, 2021

Your Tuesday Briefing

16 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. Jack Kerouac

By Azra Isakovic

Tuesday, March 16

Good morning

Welcome to Your Tuesday Briefing

Books

Seshat Histories – History of the Axial Age by Daniel Hoyer, Jenny Reddish | Seshat
John le Carré – My father was famous as John le Carré, Nick Cornwell | The Guardian
Reading – Reading in a complex media-driven world | Tressie McMillan Cottom

Excellent from @tressiemcphd on the process of writing, researching, and ideas: “When I cannot write, I take that to mean that I do not yet have anything to, well, say. It is a novel concept, but I do not write until I have a point of view or an argument.” https://t.co/ox4pitdAnb
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) March 14, 2021

Must-Reads

History Databank – Cleaning History Data: The Conflict Catalogue, by Jill Levine | Seshat
US/Digital – Why America Needs a Tech New Deal, by Nicol Turner Lee | Democracy Journal
Covid-19 – Capitalising on a crisis? by Brett Meyer | LSE EUROPP blog
NATO/China🇨🇳 – China’s rise is exactly the kind of threat NATO exists to stop, by Sara Bjerg Moller | Washington Post Opinions
US – How the 2020 census may help Republicans regain power in Washington | The Economist
Privacy – The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool, by Matt Burgess | WIRED UK
Brief – Russia’s Foreign Minister Visits Gulf States | Geopolitical Futures
Vaccination – I’ll take the « hippie dippy wishful thinking » case for vaccinating the worl | Zeynep Tufekci

#Vaccination/ Ils pensent que le message selon lequel être «égoïste et pratique pour vous et votre famille» conduira à une vaccination mondiale plus répandue là-bas que si nous défendions le vaccin comme un droit humain fondamental, par @zeynep https://t.co/Sb7sSdIenE
— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) March 16, 2021

Research & Analysis

US/Health/Economy/Defense – COVID-19 Impacts on Defense Supply Chains and the Defense Industrial Base, Bill Edgar | National Institute for Public Policy
Australia/Tech/Quad – Networked: Techno-Democratic Statecraft for Australia and the Quad, by Martijn Rasser | CNAS
US – The Department of Homeland Security: Priorities for Reform | CNAS
Defence – Sweden’s security -The long way towards total defence, by Justyna Gotkowska | OSW [PDF]

Finally, here comes the English version of my recent report about Swedish security & defence policy 👇👇👇https://t.co/T9JSDV6Upb pic.twitter.com/br9cQ8lOee
— Justyna Gotkowska (@jgotkowska) March 16, 2021

Podcasts

Au Quad! – Les origines de «l’Indo-Pacifique» | ChinaTalk

To The Quad! The Origins of "Indo-Pacific"

Fantastic episode of ChinaTalk podcast featuring @Rory_Medcalf, @megan_lamberth, and @jordanschnyc. #Quad

The first of a series of ChinaTalk podcasts sponsored by @CNASdc https://t.co/7t5QkVoPrW pic.twitter.com/6WFdhhmPUM
— Martijn Rasser (@MartijnRasser) March 14, 2021

Your Wednesday Briefing

3 mars 20213 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

“Duty [is] not taught by the state.” Lord Acton

By Azra Isakovic

Wednesday, March 03

Good morning

Welcome to Your Wednesday Briefing

Books

France – Communautarisme ? par Marwan Mohammed & Julien Talpin | Puf/Vie des idées
Algeria – Electric News in Colonial Algeria, by Arthur Asseraf | Oxford University Press
How Economics Spurred Witch Hunts in Germany Johannes Dillinger, Aeon
Was There One Enlightenment or Many? Jesse Norman, The Spectator USA
The Eclectic Travels of Albrecht Dürer Laura Cumming, The Guardian

Marwan Mohammed @marwanormalzup est en direct sur Les Matins de France Culture @Lesmatinsfcult. Avec @JulienTalpin, il réfléchissait pour nous à la notion de communautarisme dans cet ouvrage :https://t.co/YMT21LY5h3
— La Vie des idées (@laviedesidees) March 2, 2021

Must-Reads

War – What Civilization Owes to War Dov Zakheim, National Interest
Ideas – Mars Is a Hellhole Shannon Stirone, The Atlantic
Japan/Cambodia – How Japan Can Send a Strong Message to Hun Sen Sam Rainsy, The Diplomat
Biden – Biden’s Brutal Choice on Afghanistan Fred Kaplan, Slate
US/Saudi – A Realist Reset for U.S.-Saudi Relations Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
France – Sarkozy Conviction Rocks French Conservatives Marion Solletty, Politico EU
Syria – Syria Strike Sparks New Debate Over War Powers Robbie Gramer & Jack Detsch, FP
Germany/Bosnia and Herzegovina – Great power politics in Bosnia: How Berlin can stabilise a dysfunctional state, Majda Ruge, ECFR
Germany/Russia/Energy – Pass the Buck to Moscow: A Possible Solution to the Nord Stream 2 Conundrum, Wolfgang Ischinger, Der Spiegel
Iran – For Iran, Nuclear Weapons Can Wait, by Hilal Khashan | Geopolitical Futures
US/China – The One-Sided War of Ideas With China Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy
US/China – Four Flashpoints in the U.S.-China Cold War Hal Brands, Bloomberg

My latest for @ecfr on 🇩🇪 nomination of Christian Schmidt as the new High Representative to #Bosnia. Read about the risks surrounding this candidacy & the urgent need for a strategy to mitigate them. Spoiler: 🇷🇺's opposition is not the only risk. https://t.co/9hzC4du4CJ
— Majda Ruge (@majda_ruge) March 2, 2021

Research & Analysis

Technology – Final Report, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
EU – European Strategic Autonomy: What It Is, Why We Need It, How to Achieve It, Nathalie Tocci, Istituto Affari Internazionale

#NSCAI Final Report is available now at https://t.co/C2nfLwsjAW. The Final Report presents the NSCAI's strategy for winning the #artificialintelligence era. pic.twitter.com/M6kkYA9YeI
— National Security Commission on AI (@AiCommission) March 2, 2021

Podcasts

Rixes entre bandes – Les mécaniques de la violence | France Culture

"Les commentaires sur les RS liés à des embrouilles, c'est un système de notation comme sur les marchés financiers : la cote monte ou descend, et on peut aller au crash. C'est compliqué pour les jeunes de rester indifférents." Marwan Mohammed, sociologue https://t.co/2XdRqdHOff pic.twitter.com/gbD9Zo8W1C
— France Culture (@franceculture) March 2, 2021

Your Thursday Briefing

25 février 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

What we need is to use what we have. – Susan Sontag

By Azra Isakovic

Thursday, February 25

Good morning

Welcome to Your Thursday Briefing

Books

France – À la ligne de Joseph Ponthus | Editions Table Ronde
France – La guerre des mots par Nicolas Framont, Selim Derkaoui, Antoine Glorieux | éditions le passager clandestin
US/China – The Great Decoupling by Nigel Inkster | Hurst Publishers

Must-Reads

EU – Chartbook Newsletter #13 by Adam Tooze
Khashoggi report – Biden set to call Saudi king, by HansNichols | Axios
Russia/Turkey – The biggest geopolitical shake-ups since the end of the cold war | The Economist
BigTech – Facebook and Australia both claim victory | The Economist
Capitalisme – Ce que le règne de McKinsey et des cabinets de conseil nous dit, par Nicolas Framont | Frustration magazine
US – ‘Great Power Competition’ is a Dangerously Simple Frame, C. Anthony Pfaff | Defense One
US/Defense/Europe/Africa – US to push troop synchronisation between Europe and Africa commands, Alexandra Brzozowski | Euractiv
Europe/China – China Faces European Obstacles as Some Countries Heed U.S. Pressure, Daniel Michaels and Valentina Pop | The Wall Street Journal

Research & Analysis

Tech Future – Improving Social Media | Scribd
Europe/Defense – Collective Collapse or Resilience? European Defense Priorities in the Pandemic Era, Corentin Brustlein (ed.) | IFRI
Africa – A Post-Covid-19 Reset: The Future of Africa’s Foreign Partnerships, By Judd Devermont | CSIS

Podcasts

Joseph Ponthus : « L’usine a enlevé tout le gras de mes textes » | France Culture
Joseph Ponthus – À la ligne : feuillets d’usine | YouTube

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