Your Friday Briefing

16 avril 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

« Only the vanquished remember history. »
Marshall McLuhan

By Azra Isakovic

Friday, April 16, 2021

Good morning

Welcome to Your Friday Briefing

Featured

EU – Imagine that the coronavirus pandemic, rather than undermining confidence in the European Union, had strengthened it, Yanis Varoufakis | Project Syndicate

.@yanisvaroufakis imagines how the pandemic could have made the European Union stronger, not weaker. https://t.co/sHtrK4mJo4
— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) April 10, 2021

Books

Essay –Brexit and the Two Irelands by Ophélie Siméon | Books & Ideas
Essay –The Japanese Press: a Global Exception? by César Castellvi | Books & Ideas
9/11 –Reign of Terror , Spencer Ackerman | Penguin Random House

Happy to announce a big endorsement for my forthcoming book. Preorder: https://t.co/6ujakcvGMq pic.twitter.com/gevIKk070x
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) April 15, 2021

Must-Reads

Vaccines – Always Read the Methods Section | Zeynep Tufekci
Vaccines – What a J&J vaccine pause means Matthew Field | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
EU/China/Russia – The EU’s Worst Nightmare: a China-Russian Axis, David Hutt | Internationale Politik Quarterly
US/Japan – The Summit That Can’t Fail Michael Hirsh | Foreign Policy
Germany – The Race to Define Germany’s Evolving Political Center Jeremy Cliffe | NS
India – India’s Trump Card Against China Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures
Russia/Ukraine – Why Russia Is Threatening Escalation Gustav Gressel | ECFR
Russia/Ukraine – Russian pressure on Ukraine: military and political dimensions, Marek Menkiszak and Andrzej Wilk | OSW
Digital/EU/UK/US – Do continued EU data flows to the United Kingdom offer hope for the United States? Kenneth Propp | Atlantic Council
Drones/Middle East –Droning On in the Middle East, Francis Fukuyama | American Purpose
Diplomacy – How Diplomacy Falls Flat Sholto Byrnes | The National The National
Taiwan – Is War Over Taiwan Imminent? Yun Sun | Korea Times
US/Japan – Can Japan, U.S. Lead way to 6G? James Schoff & Joshua Levy | The Diplomat

Is war over #Taiwan imminent? In her new op-ed with the Korea Times & APLN, Yun Sun, Co-director @Stimson_EAsia explores the plausibility of different options ranging from a peaceful unification and a war between China and US over Taiwan.https://t.co/KzVwdE6TqT pic.twitter.com/RoCPiD2yRm
— Asia Pacific Leadership Network (@APLNofficial) April 15, 2021

Research & Analysis

Proxy Warfare – The Future of Sino-U.S. Proxy War Dominic Tierney | Texas National Security Review
Russia/Central and Eastern Europe/Western Balkans –Russia: mighty Slavic brother or hungry bear next-door? The image of Russia in Central & Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, Daniel Milo | Globesec
China/Europe/Economy – Home advantage: How China’s protected market threatens Europe’s economic power, Agatha Kratz and Janka Oertel | ECFR
US/Health – The Time Is Now for U.S. Global Leadership on Covid-19 Vaccines, J. Stephen Morrison, Katherine E. Bliss and Anna McCaffrey | CSIS
NATO/Climate –A Climate Security Plan for Nato: Collective Defence for the 21st Century, Erin Sikorski and Sherri Goodman | Policy Exchange

📖 Online now: The Geopolitics of Climate Change, first edition of the new @Policy_Exchange journal, Environmental Affairs.

Read here 👇https://t.co/xd582dsra7

1/5
— Policy Exchange (@Policy_Exchange) April 14, 2021

Podcast

UK – Wales, England and the Future of the UK, Daniel Wincott | Talking Politics

Your Thursday Briefing

18 mars 2021 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” Otto Von Bismarck

By Azra Isakovic

Thursday, March 18

Good morning

Welcome to Your Thursday Briefing

Books

Recension – « L’héritage des L u mières » par Blaise Bachofen | La Vie des idées
Essays – Paul Valéry and the Mechanisms of Modern Tyranny, Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody | The Hedgehog Review
Review –‘Talking to Strangers’ of Paul Auster’s by Zachary Houle

Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? Kant posait la question en temps réel. Plus de deux siècle plus tard, ce compte-rendu par @BachofenBlaise du livre D'Antoine LItti, montre qu'elle se pose toujours encore un peu… – La Vie des idées https://t.co/b4M9aFf5nV via @laviedesidees
— Michel DELATTRE (@delattre_md) March 3, 2021

Must-Reads

Health/Security – Pathogens Have the World’s Attention: The United States Should Lead a New Push Against Bioweapons, Nathan Levine and Chris Li | Foreign Affairs
Post-pandemic recovery – Sequencing the Post-COVID Recovery | Robert Skidelsky
China/Taiwan – Will Taiwan’s Dongsha Islands Be the Next Crimea? by Shahn Savino | World Politics Review
China – China’s Strategic Standpoint, by George Friedman | Geopolitical Futures
US/Russia – Another Reason for Biden to Rethink Putin Strategy F. Kempe, Atlantic Council
EU/Digital/Finance – The European Union, Cybersecurity, and the Financial Sector, Philipp S. Krüger and Jan-Philipp Brauchle | Carnegie
Ukraine/Russia – Merge and Rule: What’s In S t ore for the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics, Konstantin Skorkin | Carnegie Moscow Center
Deterrence – A Mom’s Guide to Coercion and Deterrence Emma Ashford & Erica Borghard, AC
Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s Economic Future Ho-fung Hung et al, ChinaFile
Germany – Merkel Destroyed Her Own Party Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest
UK – UK’s Vision Is Confident, Success Is Distant Richard Whitman, Chatham House
UK – Strong Navy Is Critical to Global Britain Jeremy Hutton & James Rogers, CapX

Why do economists keep reinventing the wrong wheel? Here's my latest @ProSyn column:https://t.co/ZmHcEITTFS
— Robert Skidelsky (@RSkidelsky) March 16, 2021

Research & Analysis

Digital/Democracy – Democracies Under Threat, Heidi Beirich and Wendy Via | GPAHE [PDF]
Energy – Oil 2021 Analysis and forecast to 2026 | IEA International Energy Agency
US – Foreign Threats to the 2020 US National Elections, | National Intelligence Council

#ÉtatsUnis🇺🇸/ Menaces étrangères aux élections nationales américaines de 2020 | @ODNIgovh https://t.co/i7DxYLu2Mj
[PDF] https://t.co/sDqHKEqq5g pic.twitter.com/0CO715oRZy
— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) March 18, 2021

Podcasts

Enjeux internationaux – Que cherchent les Etats-Unis dans « l’Indo-Pacifique » ? par Julie Gacon et Pierre Grosser | France Culture

"La #Chine a l'impression que le terme Indo-Pacifique est antichinois. Mais le Japon, l'Australie, l'Inde &les EU réunis au sein du #Quad n'ont pas employé le mot "Chine" dans leur communiqué,ils ne veulent pas donner l'idée d'encerclement" @PierreGrosser https://t.co/l390TMwyPy
— Julie Gacon (@juliegacon) March 18, 2021

Why The UK’s Post-Coronavirus Economic Recovery Will Not Be As Quick As Expected | Lord Skidelsky

Brexit : Londres et Bruxelles sont arrivés à un accord | Une année pas comme les autres: 2020 en images | Votre briefing du jeudi

24 décembre 2020 / Azra Isakovic / Poster un commentaire

« Il est difficile d’imaginer offrir des ensembles de livres de sociologie pour les cadeaux de Noël, ce serait tout à fait impensable » – Pierre Bourdieu

Azra Isakovic

Good Evening

Your Thursday Briefing: What you should know for Thursday, December 24

Brexit : Londres et Bruxelles sont arrivés à un accord Les Echos

The deal is done. pic.twitter.com/zzhvxOSeWz
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 24, 2020

Covid-19 – Emmanuel Macron, Free of Covid-19 Symptoms, Leaves Isolation, By Constant Méheut | The New York Times

A week after he first tested positive for the coronavirus, President Emmanuel Macron of France has stopped isolating himself because he no longer shows symptoms, a statement from the Élysée Palace said. https://t.co/NTf4Dx82sC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 24, 2020

Brexit – Britain and E.U. Scramble to Reach Brexit Deal Before Christmas Mark Landler | The New York Times

Britain and the European Union appeared on the cusp of a landmark post-Brexit trade agreement on Wednesday night https://t.co/RtS6BpsvwI
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 24, 2020

Book Review – The Sociologist and the Historian by Pierre Bourdieu and Roger Chartier by Canan Bolel | LSE Review of Books

'It is hard to imagine offering sets of sociology books for Christmas presents, it would be quite unthinkable' – Pierre Bourdieu in The Sociologist and the Historian, reviewed on LSE RB https://t.co/ocTcM5fk3u
— LSE Review of Books (@LSEReviewBooks) December 23, 2020

Sociologie – Jaurès, Durkheim, Lévi-Strauss : il y a un siècle, quand les sciences sociales étaient socialistes Par Chloé Leprince | France Culture

Jaurès, Durkheim, Lévi-Strauss : il y a un siècle, quand les sciences sociales étaient socialistes, par @chloeleprince
via @franceculture https://t.co/ih7bYkEo74
— Azra Isakovic (@azraisakovic) December 24, 2020

EU/China – Paris will block EU-China deal, says trade minister | POLITICO Europe

France refuses to support an EU-China investment deal if the issue of forced labor isn't addressed.

A "substantial group of countries" pushed back against the Commission this week on the EU-China deal.https://t.co/QpbA13HgMv
— Ulrich Speck (@ulrichspeck) December 23, 2020

China – How to Deter China: Enter the Democratic Armada James Holmes, 1945

China/Asia – Will China Turn Off Asia’s Tap? Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate

US/Russia – With Biden’s New Threats, the Russia Discourse is More Reckless and Dangerous Than Ever | Glenn Greenwald

With Biden's New Threats, the Russia Discourse is More Reckless and Dangerous Than Everhttps://t.co/zPqjDhQCK3
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 23, 2020

Covid19 – Maybe Freedom is Having No Followers to Lose by Zeynep Tufekci

Russia – Has Navalny’s Prank Finally Shattered the FSB Myth? Sergey Radchenko, M. Times

China/India – The SCO’s Limited Role in Easing India-China Tensions James MacHaffie, Jamestown

Azerbaijan – A Pyrrhic Victory for Azerbaijan? Ido Vock, New Statesman

Turkey/Erdogan – Erdogan’s Political Challengers Are Getting Tougher Bobby Ghosh, Japan Times

2020 – A Year Like No Other: 2020 in Pictures | The New York Times

It was a year like no other: 1.5 million people around the world died during a pandemic, racial unrest gripped the world, and democracy itself came under unprecedented assault.

This is 2020 in pictures. https://t.co/GHL1q9WVrN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 9, 2020

Pierre Bourdieu & Robert Chartier – Série de 5 entretiens

We hope you have a Merry festive period and we’ll see you in 2021.

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël!

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