In China, the crowd has played a revolutionary role on more than one occasion. Now, it is forcing the Chinese Communist Party to resolve its Covid-19 “trilemma,” with potentially momentous consequences.
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Why are Paris and Berlin currently so at odds with each other? The simple answer is: Scholz’ EU strategy is a copycat of Macron’s. But Europe can’t take two Macrons.
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History shows that nothing causes fiscal and monetary instability quite like multiple big, long conflicts.
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Complete decoupling is a fantasy, but component makers are already shifting production
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Lawmakers are trying to boost the crucially important American semiconductor industry, but trying to pick winners won’t work.
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The US has been generous with military and financial aid, the Europeans less so. But both must step up the effort to keep Kyiv fighting.
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Each year, nearly a third of the new computing power we rely on each is fabricated in Taiwan. This has made TSMC one of the most valuable companies in the world. It has also left the entire world’s digital infrastructure dependent on a small island that China considers a rogue province and that America has pledged to defend by force.
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American mortality is up while fertility and immigration are down. Unlike China’s baby bust, however, at least one of these is fixable.
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Pour faire atterrir des initiatives françaises en Europe, Emmanuel Macron a dû s'appuyer sur l'Allemagne – en adaptant sa stratégie. Mettre l'Allemagne sous pression en allant d'abord chercher le soutien des autres États membres a pu assurer à Paris des succès diplomatiques importants puisqu'à l'ère Scholz, Berlin se laisse porter. Mais il n'est pas sûr que cela suffise à l'heure où, au plan interne, le Président doit commencer à agir en « chancelier ».
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Even considering the disruptions of Covid and the war in Ukraine, leaving the EU has been an expensive divorce for Britain.
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Ukraine might be the last nail in the coffin for a friendly relationship.
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President Emmanuel Macron’s loss of a majority in France’s parliament means that little will get done in terms of domestic policy in the coming years. This could be excellent news for France.
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