China clash leads to microchip windfall for small European nation
Press Play to listen to this article Lithuania’s showdown with China around Taiwan will bring the small Baltic country an unexpected stroke of luck that … Read more
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Britain hints at banning Chinese imports with forced labor links
LONDON – Britain could follow Washington in banning forced labor imported goods from China’s Xinjiang region, according to a senior British minister. The proposal came … Read more
EU slaps sanctions on Russian mercenary group
The EU foreign ministers decided on Monday to impose sanctions on the Russian private military contractor Wagner as well as on eight individuals and three … Read more
Olaf’s frozen foreign policy
Press Play to listen to this article BERLIN – Germany’s Olaf Scholz is not someone to be lived up to Let go. At least not … Read more
On cusp of German chancellery, Scholz warns Russia, goes softer on China
The upcoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Russia on Tuesday to respect the “integrity” of the Ukrainian borders and stressed that “a threat to Ukraine” … Read more
How Europe should approach Biden's Summit for Democracy this week
Nathalie Tocci is Pierre Keller visiting professor at Harvard Kennedy School, director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, board member of ENI and author of POLITICS‘s … Read more
Busting the Merkel Myth
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — In an age of us-versus-them politics, soon-to-be ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel might be the only prominent … Read more
Sudanese general warns country could be source of refugee influx to U.S., Europe
Press Play to listen to this article Europe and the US could expect a stream of refugees from Sudan if they do not support the … Read more
‘All talk and no walk’: America isn’t back at the WTO
Press Play to listen to this article GENEVA – US President Joe Biden explained “America is back” in February, but it doesn’t feel like that … Read more
China backs U.N. pledge to ban (its own) social scoring
Oh, the AI rony. China signed a United Nations pledge on Tuesday to prevent artificial intelligence from wreaking havoc in societies, including banning the use … Read more
