Energy prices in Europe have risen sharply over the past few months—causing some to call for an accelerated energy transition and others to caution against a transition that is too rapid.
CSIS's @ntsafos takes a closer look at the two perspectives: https://t.co/UxBpojMNG8 pic.twitter.com/KIHA4Mx9dg
— CSIS (@CSIS) September 25, 2021
18 of Russia’s Arctic military installations are at some risk from permafrost thaw. Others may be at risk from the effects of coastal erosion and increasingly devastating Siberian wildfires. https://t.co/SpwCCcfALp pic.twitter.com/txmqxWM7ri
— CSIS (@CSIS) September 24, 2021
China’s deployment of radar, missiles, and combat aircraft to its outposts in the South China Sea has greatly expanded its ability to project power in distant waters.
See how these capabilities enable Chinese carrier operations in a new map from AMTI: https://t.co/Kq7GnjcnLM pic.twitter.com/w52zPKWQot
— CSIS (@CSIS) September 21, 2021
"It’s worth remembering that what helps some in Canberra sleep better may keep others in the region up at night." @SecurityScholar examines how #AUKUS is being viewed in Indonesia: https://t.co/N9o82P7a1U
— Brookings FP (@BrookingsFP) September 25, 2021
Biden's UN speech did little to reassure allies, dissuade adversaries, or forthrightly articulate US interests and make clear that the US will act to defend them. It did, however, reveal the true passion of the Biden administration – words.
— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) September 25, 2021
The Evergrande Group is facing default on billions in debt. With the Chinese financial system largely a government arm, two other developments demand attention: China’s outstanding credit is falling, and China is reducing its financial transparency. https://t.co/F95cmjpcWh
— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) September 24, 2021
.@ZackCooper provides five practical recommendations to capitalize on AUKUs's momentum. Read them here: https://t.co/8mdFcxVa6s
— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) September 23, 2021
ICYMI: Australian Foreign Minister @MarisePayne came to @AEI to discuss the recent AUKUS deal, the US-Australian alliance, and the future of the Indo-Pacific. Rewatch her remarks here:
https://t.co/WsVP1o2LyU— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) September 19, 2021
What should the Biden administration do to avoid another Afghanistan? They must commit to near-term military readiness today and in the future by adding $25 billion to the defense budget in 2022 and increasing the 2023 budget by $50 billion.
— AEI Foreign Policy (@AEIfdp) September 15, 2021
FP columnist Stephen M. Walt writes about the new AUKUS partnership and what it means for global security policy:https://t.co/ZYjFWcNTwT
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 25, 2021
The belief that the fundamental cause of friction between the United States and China is a looming “power transition” has become canonical.
The only problem with this familiar formula is that it’s wrong, Hal Brands and Michael Beckley write. https://t.co/QhL3BO0HjE
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 25, 2021
Ireland’s top diplomat warned that the lingering dispute over post-Brexit border arrangements could lead to the “collapse” of the Good Friday Agreement, FP’s @RobbieGramer and @ak_mack report. https://t.co/ceFASMkd15
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 24, 2021
Argument: U.S. President Joe Biden likes to say that “America is back.” But when it comes to the rest of the world, Biden’s policies look a lot like Trump’s “America’s first.”https://t.co/MH4ZQSINcP
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 24, 2021
Even if the crisis-ridden real estate giant doesn’t collapse, shockwaves are already hitting the economy, writes FP's @BeijingPalmer. https://t.co/jLhEA8Mn4j
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 24, 2021
Lithuania’s challenge to China is twofold. Franklin D. Kramer and Hans Binnendijk explain why:https://t.co/bPFkEvSmPt
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 24, 2021
Scott Morrison's government has taken a definitive side in the "new Cold War" with China, says @j_b_curran. https://t.co/UldjRg6AcT
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) September 24, 2021
As expected, the president highlighted three main themes: global health security, climate change, and human freedom, says @StewartMPatrick. https://t.co/jVHSqokws6
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) September 22, 2021
These graphics show how the situation in Afghanistan has improved in some ways and deteriorated in others over the past 20 years. https://t.co/Ln2ePqPlJd
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) September 22, 2021
.@iandenisjohnson asks: which will matter more a few decades from now, a dozen more nuclear subs on the U.S. side of the ledger or a trade pact that could draw many of the world's largest and most dynamic economies ever-closer toward China? https://t.co/BIGW841oSr
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) September 21, 2021
Biden’s foreign policy priorities have long been crystal clear – to focus America’s power and its diplomacy towards the Indo-Pacific, writes @londonvinjamuri (@CH_Americas). #ExpertCommentCH https://t.co/ioBCoIArOb
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 25, 2021
Is the #AUKUS alliance meaningful or merely a provocation?
Our experts examine the potential implications for 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 , get the latest analysis from:
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▫️@Yu_JieCRead in full here👇https://t.co/S65kMUuqHG
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 25, 2021
Now, 50 years on from the experience of the Nixon shock, there are three important lessons for policymakers, argues Creon Butler and Catherine Schenk (@CH_EconFin). #ExpertCommentCHhttps://t.co/UsDjRLGpYZ
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 24, 2021
“The US is making sharing its technology with others a USP, something that China doesn’t do”@RenataDwan discusses AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific with @JeremyCliffe and the @NewStatesman. https://t.co/xT43LB3fsp
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 23, 2021
What is being claimed by Russia’s political leadership as an honest and overwhelming victory masks clear manipulation, writes @Ben_H_Noble and Nikolai Petrov (@CHRussiaEurasia). #ExpertCommentCHhttps://t.co/2vjpCGPzHA
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 23, 2021
Catch up our on recent online💻 event exploring the effects of 9/11 and 20 years of the War on Terror.
With:
▫️@RobinNiblett
▫️Sir John Sawers
▫️@HinaRKhar
▫️@OSullivanMeghan
▫️@RenataDwanWatch📽️our full panel discussion here👇https://t.co/UvedzaXxio pic.twitter.com/Ll8lLWXl4A
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 19, 2021
The rules of the game are changing and OPEC’s current model for managing competing interests is beginning to look outmoded, writes @NeilQuilliam1 (@CH_MENAP). #ExpertCommentCH https://t.co/UOjyMG4PqE
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 18, 2021
When it comes to Russia’s post 9/11 ‘offer’, many of the newly independent countries might never have achieved what they have over the past 20 years if the US had agreed, writes @jamesnixey (@CHRussiaEurasia). #ExpertCommentCHhttps://t.co/rpOaF7thSe
— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) September 17, 2021
Join @RobinNiblett and me at @ChathamHouse in London for a moderated conversation. https://t.co/r7uBXuZvP2
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 17, 2021
The #Biden administration has yet to address the tension between what it defines as the #US national interest and its global commitments.
Read the latest #RUSICommentary from @PeterJones_UK. https://t.co/T5oSzA6ldl
— RUSI (@RUSI_org) September 24, 2021
'If and when the US and #Iran come to an agreement, the E3 [the UK, France and Germany] must emerge as a strong force driving this process forward', write Marcus Solarz Hendriks and @tobiasborck in the latest #RUSICommentary.https://t.co/leua5Qs8nw
— RUSI (@RUSI_org) September 23, 2021
For #Australia’s #navy, integrating crewed and uncrewed undersea platforms will be key a factor in its future combat power. @HoansSolo explores the potential roles for unmanned undersea vehicles in our latest blog.
Read more now ⬇️ https://t.co/9ac4UrbA7h
— IISS News (@IISS_org) September 23, 2021
Global conflict landscape is increasingly complex. Most #armedconflicts are internal in essence, but increasingly internationalised. Third-party interventions are at record high, having tripled over the last decade.
Find out more: https://t.co/JlJ0OT6I6G pic.twitter.com/o6DEmO3c7N
— IISS News (@IISS_org) September 23, 2021
🇬🇧 The UK ranks 12th out of 165 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report, released by the IEA in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute 👇https://t.co/Jg52hHB1vd
— IEA (@iealondon) September 18, 2021
📘After the Virus – A Plan for Restoring Growth here⬇️https://t.co/ATIhbGPBsV
— Centre for Policy Studies (@CPSThinkTank) September 17, 2021
The Judges also recognised two entries for especially innovative and creative responses to the Prize question with ‘Light Bulb’ Prizes 💡
Congratulations:
1. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges @Cian_Wade @harrydecarter
2. Arup UK’s Sheffield Team @ArupUK— Policy Exchange (@Policy_Exchange) September 1, 2021
What is Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol?
Here's what you need to know about what Article 16 does and the process for triggering it https://t.co/h0NrL3eJc1 pic.twitter.com/1sfVkJVwly
— Institute for Gov (@instituteforgov) September 24, 2021
How fall of property giant Evergrande sent a shockwave through China https://t.co/CGBRnBrBwm
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 25, 2021
‘I feel a bit rusty’: Has Covid killed our sex lives? https://t.co/BHGF8veAFq
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 25, 2021
How to eat a whole fish, nose to tail | Waste not https://t.co/u5r4BCnXfc
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 25, 2021
Weatherwatch: the threat to Trident from global heating https://t.co/f8mI40MPLc
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 25, 2021
'People will pay' for harsh treatment of migrants at Texas border, says Biden – video https://t.co/XTdbMrqHt2
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 24, 2021
China set to be banned from investing in the UK’s nuclear power stations on security grounds https://t.co/XVqDOZcdrd
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 26, 2021
Hair salon ordered to pay £200,000 for giving Indian model the wrong haircut https://t.co/QhvY77F13S
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 25, 2021
Mayorkas admits 30,000 Haitian migrants entered the US as Del Rio camp is finally cleared https://t.co/iTHoDe1GHY
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 25, 2021
Biden turns on the Press (then WH scrubs his rant from official transcript) https://t.co/NIDzxxDmob
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 25, 2021
Harrowing letters written by child prisoners at Nazi concentration camps begging their parents for clothes, food and even a spoon to eat with are discovered https://t.co/oJAEZlzwpZ
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 25, 2021
Long queues of motorists waiting to fill up their tanks are continuing for a second day. It is estimated that the UK has a shortage of more than 100,000 HGV drivers, which is affecting delivery of things such as food and petrol.
Read the latest here: https://t.co/Z2yZrBkfNM pic.twitter.com/h4ZHd49ETc
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 25, 2021
Supply crisis: Up to 4,000 new HGV drivers to help tackle shortage, government says https://t.co/XwXhlga16Y
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 25, 2021
Map: gas pipelines and LNG carriers. https://t.co/U9lu2Opy7x
— Le Monde diplomatique in English (@LMdiplo) September 23, 2021
How does a person become a member of the Chinese Communist Party? The journey begins at school. https://t.co/cIU8fRHEuQ
— Le Monde diplomatique in English (@LMdiplo) September 23, 2021
As early as the 1980s the Durand Line was a golden opportunity for Bin Laden. This frontier – unrecognised by the Afghan state, but inviolable for Pakistan – bisects the Pashtun community.
(September: the longer view.)https://t.co/th0JTFx3bu
— Le Monde diplomatique in English (@LMdiplo) September 22, 2021
President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw 7,000 US troops from Afghanistan on 20 December 2018, the day after he announced the withdrawal from Syria.
(September: the longer view.)https://t.co/S3vBl8KSxJ
— Le Monde diplomatique in English (@LMdiplo) September 12, 2021
▶️ Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou freed by Canada returns to China as diplomatic spat ends https://t.co/bPehZvjxKd pic.twitter.com/8bpoiT3GlC
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) September 25, 2021
▶️ "Donnez-moi un break": Boris Johnson's French submarine spat reaction deflects from US-UK trade deal https://t.co/P8UuGMldmi pic.twitter.com/ZevWOZyZBY
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) September 25, 2021
Chinese Property developer Evergrande Group is deeply in the red – to the tune of $300bn. if it defaults on that debt, it could spell disaster for China’s property market.
Here's a breakdown of the company's debt crisis in numbers ⤵️
Read more: https://t.co/AdqVB0qfAS pic.twitter.com/TzsTyQ9W1C
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 26, 2021
In 2010, the US Geological Survey together with Afghanistan Geological Survey conducted the most comprehensive geological survey of Afghanistan.
They found $1 trillion worth of mineral resources and metals across the country's 34 provinces ⤵️
Read more: https://t.co/Oxq20IGMix pic.twitter.com/VaVDYAkVCN
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 25, 2021
“A place of utter cruelty and barbarism.”
Former Afghan prisoners recount stories of torture and abuse at US-led Bagram prison – known as Afghanistan’s Guantanamo ⤵️
Read more: https://t.co/mEJ48Ct9l2 pic.twitter.com/EIQG3AefKa
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 25, 2021
In talks with Modi, US President jokes about 5 Bidens in India
Recalls his visit to Mumbai as Vice-President and jokes about his connection with Indiahttps://t.co/A081VMEFjw— Gulf News (@gulf_news) September 25, 2021
#Pakistan calls for engagement with US for stabilityhttps://t.co/cwGYvsi89u
— Gulf News (@gulf_news) September 24, 2021
Is there echo of Trump in Biden’s foreign policy? https://t.co/mlbVFhO6a9
— Gulf News (@gulf_news) September 25, 2021
Palestinian-Armenian dispute over Jerusalem land deal intensifies https://t.co/sSE1Qw7CXj pic.twitter.com/5sXeksrij1
— Arab News (@arabnews) September 24, 2021
Alaskan #Republican David Eastman compared a recent speech from President Joe #Biden in which he called for unvaccinated Americans to receive the #vaccine, to a speech made by #Hitler in 1938.https://t.co/VARMxyfwGp
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) September 25, 2021
