Macron’s remarkable nuclear proposal faces a culture clash—
France has long protected the independence of its nuclear deterrent, choosing to stay out of Nato’s nuclear planning group in 1966. The French nuclear doctrine… www.ft.com/content/cd6a... @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
I'm struggling to understand the present-day "peace through strength" concept — where some dictators are eliminated, while one particular dictator is offered generous business opportunities and full impunity for genocide.
I spent yesterday afternoon teaching my students about the Trump AI strategy that Dean largely wrote, with additional material from his substack. This is a remarkable statement for him to make.
Remember when Rubio criticised Hungary's democratic backsliding?
What changed? Certainly not Hungary's democratic backsliding
Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.
Our takeaway from Munich and how that standing ovation came to happen @lemonde.fr
Qui a lancé la standing ovation pour Rubio à Munich? Réponse 👇Mais elle n'a pas convaincu tout le monde @lemonde.fr
Relevant feedback on @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social, which reminds us that everything is already in The Beatles’ lyrics: woke up, got out of bed… (A Day in the Life)
Cash-strapped Kremlin is increasingly resorting to old nationalisation trick
• Russia confiscated record US$41bn worth of property in 2025, four times the 2024 amount
• High borrowing costs curb Moscow's ability to sell seized assets while also depressing prices
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
La France est la cible de campagnes de désinformation venant à la fois de Russie et de comptes trumpistes aux Etats-Unis
Share of Russian oil shipments to undisclosed buyers is rising sharply
• Many tankers are idling in India or Chinese waters in search of buyer among refineries
• Data highlight growing impact of tighter US sanctions on Russian crude exports - and thus Russian oil income
www.ft.com/content/ebf1...
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Six European economies vow to drive progress on stalled projects www.reuters.com/business/ger...
USS Cole bombing : 2000 - 26 years ago. Bali bombing: 2005.
Plus de 50 % des moins de 25 ans en France s’informent via les réseaux sociaux et outils d’IA
Europe needs green tech.
Europe needs to be resilient against Chinese coercion.
Two imperatives, two camps. How to reconcile them? @byfordt.bsky.social just published the definitive study for @ecfr.eu. Read it ⬇️
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European imports of Russian uranium grew after full-blown invasion of Ukraine
• Russia supplies around one quarter of EU imports of nuclear fuel (at attractively low prices)
• US also continues to import Russian uranium ahead of full ban planned for 2028
www.ft.com/content/951d...
@sylviekauffmann.bsky.social @lemonde.fr: Europe Is Finally Waking Up To The Trump Threat | @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/4b48...
“The threat from the Trump administration is more unsettling; it is an assault on Europe’s identity, coming from its own ally…. To make things worse,by weakening the alliance,Trump heightens the security risk posed by Russia and increases China’s appetite.”
By @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
The power of middle powers : as Canada's Mark Carney was going to China, India and the EU were working to find common ground amid the Trump chaos. My column in @lemonde.fr with comments from FM Jaishankar
Avant même le discours de Mark Carney sur le pouvoir des puissances moyennes et sa visite en Chine, l'UE et l'Inde se sont trouvé de nouvelles affinités dans le monde de Trump. Ma chronique dans @lemonde.fr avec interview du MAE Jaishankar
Paul Vazeux, humanitaire français que je connais personnellement, oeuvre consciencieusement à Soumy auprès de populations civiles dénuées de tout.
Si Paul en appelle aux dons pour des générateurs, c'est que la situation est particulièrement critique. Je relaie son appel. 👇
Trump's promises that tariffs would fuel US manufacturing revival are not materialising
• US factories are shedding jobs, with employment falling by 0.6% in the year to November
• Upcoming renegotiation of USMCA will not help as firms also suffer from uncertainty
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Am in @Davos to talk about geopolitics, global Un-order, AI, China, Europe and Greenland among other things. I recorded a special issue of the World in 30 Minutes podcast with Finnish President Alex Stubb. Very much recommended: ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Pologne prévoit de livrer des avions de chasse MiG-29 à Kiev