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Syria : London and Paris ramp up counter-terrorism cooperation with Damascus

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
Cooperation on counter-terrorism between Syria's General Intelligence Service (GIS), the French domestic and foreign intelligence services (DGSI and DGSE) and their British counterparts, MI5 and MI6 (or the Secret Intelligence Service, SIS), has increased significantly in recent months. Intelligence Online [...]
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

France : Asman Technology presses ahead with MALE drone testing

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
French intelligence systems integrator Asman Technology has launched ground roll-out tests of its medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone, the DSLR Sentinelle [...]
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

Singapore/Vietnam : A Singapore surveillance solutions retailer and its intriguing ties to Vietnam

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
A contract dating from late 2025 shows that the Vietnamese maritime police, which are part of the Vietnam Coast Guard [...]
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

China/Island : Behind the warming of relations between China and Iceland

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
The deputy director of the international department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2024 and [...]
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

The Chokepoint Trap

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
Niall Ferguson, the leading historian of empire, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and AI scholar Lisa Klassen offer a novel reframing of the US-China AI race in the history of world empires. The authors argue that AI is inherently imperial in it ambitions and structure, and that, like previous technological empires, China and US have amassed extraordinary global but that it's happening at a much faster pace. Rise and fall cycle will be faster. It will either lead to catastrophe or slow decline.

The Limits of American Power

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
William McRaven, a retired four-star admiral and a major figure in American military affairs, uses history and his personal experiences to make an authoritative case that American leaders frequently overestimate the potential of military force to achieve political ends—and that new technologies like AI will exacerbate this problem.

The Fog of Tech

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
Mara Karlin, a defense policy expert who served as senior national-security official in multiple American administrations, makes an authoritative case that war planners tend to be overconfident about their ability to predict how new tools will shape the battlefield—blinding them to the unchanging realities of war. Using examples from Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran, Karlin shows how this "technology trap" leads to false assumptions about the future of war.

Empires of AI

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
In this essay, Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s foremost experts on imperial history, teams up the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, and the researcher Lisa Klaassen to make the provocative argument that AI is an inherently “imperial technology”—and to reveal what the fate of past empires might say about the future of U.S.-Chinese competition in a world shaped by AI.

AI Is a Choice

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
Alex Imas, Mohamed El-Erian, and James Manyika, leading voices at the intersection of business and technology, argue that realizing AI’s potential requires giving workers, communities, AI labs, infrastructure developers, and big companies a share of the gains. Using insights from game theory, they argue that increased cooperation can make AI work for all.

The China Price

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
In 1971, as the international monetary system was on the brink of collapse, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Connally told a group of worried European finance ministers that the dollar was “our currency, but your problem.” The dollar had become that system’s official reserve currency in 1944, under the Bretton Woods agreement, making signatories subject to the whims of U.S. monetary policy. Even after Bretton Woods collapsed and many currencies floated freely, the dollar continued to dominate. In the last half century, U.S. currency power has only expanded, as more countries have integrated into the global economy and therefore grown to depend on the dollar. China, reliant on export-driven growth, is foremost among them.

“Earth Satellites and Foreign Policy”

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 06:00
The advent of a new technology invariably comes with strategic implications, raising the question of who will benefit and whether risks can be managed. In 1957, following the Soviet Sputnik launch, U.S. policymakers and analysts recognized that the satellite, as the American physicist and engineer Lloyd Berkner observed in these pages, would bring transformative effects. The United States could not risk losing out, Berkner argued, but nor should governments allow geopolitical tensions to prevent the technology’s broad benefits from emerging.

En Algérie, les commentaires non autorisés sur l’économie exposent à des sanctions

LeMonde / Afrique - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 05:45
La condamnation à quatre ans de prison d’un universitaire pour ses propos sur l’industrie extractive fait suite à la rétrogradation d’un ministre en vue en raison de ses propos dénonçant l’envolée des prix de la tomate.

Philippine Senator Files Resolution Seeking Chinese Ambassador’s Expulsion

TheDiplomat - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 05:23
Jing Quan prompted controversy last week when he told reporters that China could "easily win" a war against the Philippines.

France’s new drug pricing policy ‘not a response’ to US pressure

Euractiv.com - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 04:00
The deal could inspire other countries, said the president of France’s health products pricing agency
Categories: European Union

Animal transport row steps up with conflict-of-interest accusation

Euractiv.com - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 04:00
The MEP rejects the allegations, saying they relate to professional activities that ceased when he took office
Categories: European Union

When homes stop making business sense

Euractiv.com - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 04:00
When insuring a home no longer makes business sense, the cost does not disappear
Categories: European Union

Midterms: The power behind Weber’s EPP throne

Euractiv.com - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 04:00
Almost unknown in public, Ouarda Bensouag is one of the most powerful figures in Brussels
Categories: European Union

Au Mali, plus de 40 civils tués par des hommes armés dans la région de Ménaka, selon des sources locales

LeMonde / Afrique - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 02:24
Ces attaques sanglantes ont visé des campements appartenant majoritairement à la communauté des Daoussahak, dont est issu le groupe armé Mouvement pour le salut de l’Azawad, proche de la junte au pouvoir à Bamako, d’après des sources interrogées par l’Agence France-Presse.

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Categories: Afrique

Die neuen Sicherheits­partnerschaften der EU

SWP - Tue, 20/10/2026 - 02:00

Seit 2024 hat die EU in rascher Folge mit zwölf Staaten Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspartnerschaften (SDPs) geschlossen, vom Vereinigten Königreich über Kanada bis Indien und Australien. Diese Studie analysiert das neue Instrument in acht Fallstudien sowie mit Blick auf die Türkei und die Ukraine, zwei enge Sicherheitspartner der EU ohne formale SDP. Gemeinsamer Antrieb aller Partnerschaften ist die Diversifizierung von Sicherheitsbeziehungen. Angesichts des russischen Angriffskriegs, der chinesischen Großmachtpolitik und unsicherer US-Sicherheitsgarantien suchen die EU und ihre Partner zusätzliche Standbeine für ihre strategische Absicherung, keinen Ersatz für die USA oder die Nato. Trotz des Anspruchs, jede Partnerschaft »maßgeschneidert« konfiguriert zu haben, enthalten die zwölf Abkommen teils wortgleiche Passagen. Diese werden aber je nach Partner unterschiedlich ausgefüllt. Allianzen mit Beistandspflichten entstehen dabei bewusst nicht. Der Nutzen variiert erheblich: Am größten ist er bei Staaten, die der EU absehbar nicht beitreten, aber für Europas Sicherheit wichtig sind. Die Ukraine übertrifft ohne SDP alle Partner in der Tiefe der Kooperation, während eine SDP mit der strategisch bedeutsamen Türkei politisch blockiert bleibt. Trotz des Fokus auf Sicherheit und Verteidigung bleibt die größte Anziehungskraft der EU wirtschaftlicher Natur; am attraktivsten ist der Zugang zur Rüstungsfinanzierung über SAFE. Langfristig werden die Sicherheitspartnerschaften nur tragen, wenn die EU ihre eigenen sicherheitspolitischen Instrumente konsequent ausbaut und intern kohärenter auftritt. Die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten sollten die Rahmenwerke nun mit kon­kreten Projekten füllen und Prioritäten setzen. Die Studie empfiehlt zudem eine gezielte Erweiterung des Partnerkreises, die Nutzung der SDPs als Brücke zwischen EU und Nato und die Zusammenführung von SDP-Partnern in neuen Konfigurationen jenseits bilateraler Formate.

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