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Intelligence Online can reveal that back in early April, several Western intelligence agencies were quick to order satellite imagery of Mayyun island from Airbus Defence and Space (ADS). Located at the south entrance to the Red Sea, Mayyan is the [...]

Following a resounding election victory, incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has vowed to defund a plethora of Hungarian think [...]

The postponement prompted by the war in Iran of the Xi Jinping and Donald Trump summit until mid-May in Beijing [...]

Emmanuel Macron is preparing the final major reshuffle of prefects of his presidency. With the details set to be finalised [...]

It was a first for the annual dinner of the Special Forces Club, the legendary British institution and temple to [...]

DÉCRYPTAGE - Après avoir été largement élu par les adhérents pour être le champion du parti en 2027, le Vendéen doit encore naviguer parmi les critiques internes.

Renforcer la protection balistique du combattant tout en ne sacrifiant pas sa mobilité relève de la quête de la pierre philosophale. Ces dernières années, des recherches ont été menées sur la soie d’araignée, décrite comme étant plus résistante que le kevlar, la nacre, dont la structure était censée inspirer la fabrication d’une matière plastique quatorze...

Cet article Le Commissariat des armées teste une solution innovante pour renforcer la protection balistique du combattant est apparu en premier sur Zone Militaire.

Relevant du ministère des Armées, le Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine [SHOM] a la mission de connaître et de décrire le mieux possible l’environnement marin en tenant compte de nombreux paramètres [salinité, bathymétrie, température des différentes couches d’eau, courants, etc.]. Ce qui permet d’établir des cartes marines [et de les mettre à jour]...

Cet article Le Service hydrographique de la Marine a reçu son premier drone capable de plonger à 6 000 mètres de profondeur est apparu en premier sur Zone Militaire.

CONTRE-POINT - L’ancien ministre fait le pari qu’à système politique constant, un nouveau président échouerait inévitablement, ne serait-ce que parce qu’il n’aurait pas la certitude d’obtenir une majorité absolue dans la foulée de son élection.

Au centre et à droite, les écuries se mettent en place. Mais les ministres sont priés de s’en tenir à l’écart.

ENTRETIEN - Après la désignation de Bruno Retailleau comme candidat des Républicains pour la présidentielle 2027, le ministre presse le chef de la droite de rassembler le « socle commun » et d’amorcer un comité de pilotage ainsi qu’une plateforme programmatique, avant l’été.

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping und Wladimir Putin lehren: Wer im Umgang mit Großmächten souverän und in Würde sein will, sollte selbst eine sein. Für Deutschland heißt das: Mitführung für europäische Kollektivmacht.

Was einst reine Science-Fiction war, rückt zunehmend in den Fokus globaler Machtpolitik: ein möglicher Krieg im Weltall. Wie gut ist die Bundeswehr auf solch ein Szenario vorbereitet?

“Multipolarity” has become a central but, at the same time, highly am­biguous point of reference in debates about the future world order. The term is used descriptively, that is, to describe shifts in the distribution of power; and it is also used normatively, as an aspirational construct for a more just international order. However, as the following comparative analysis of seven countries shows, there is no coherent understanding of the term even in those countries that are pushing for multipolarity. Sharp dividing lines are evident between the United States, which has long understood the construct of multipolarity as being at odds with its strategic interests, and Russia and China, which both associate it with challenging US hegemony. However, while Russia is striving for a disruptive and violent transformation, China is aiming for an evolutionary one. Other states – above all, India and South Africa – hope that multipolarity will provide them with greater foreign-policy room for manoeuvre. And some derive their own reform proposals at the multilateral level from their understanding of the construct. Germany and the EU must rigorously examine the various interpretations and uses of the construct of multipolarity. They should not dismiss the term as irrelevant or inherently anti-Western as it can provide a common frame of reference on international politics. At the same time, its unreflec­tive use carries risks, as the term is highly politicised and associated with what are at times the conflicting goals of a broad range of international actors. Rather than simply participating in conceptual debates, Germany and the EU should take concrete steps towards reforming the international order in policy areas such as trade, health, energy and climate. At the same time, they should regard the call for multipolarity as an indicator of the need for broad reforms of the international system and initiate negotiation processes with other states. To this end, they must first establish their own reference points with regard to the future international order so that they can identify suitable partners and institutions.

Les appels à l'« internationalisation » de la monnaie unique sont confondus avec un besoin plus urgent : réduire la dépendance vis-à-vis des États-Unis

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Der Iran setzt durch seine Blockade der Straße von Hormus die Weltwirtschaft unter Druck. Das gelingt ihm mit einer guerillaartigen Taktik der Revolutionsgarden.

Since Russia launched its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, the European Union (EU) has pursued its enlargement policy as part of a geopolitical approach. According to the European Commission and candidate states, the EU could admit new members from 2028 onwards, while Ukraine is calling for accession in 2027. Yet significant obstacles remain. Within the EU, the reform process designed to improve its capacity to act and prepare it for a Union of 30 or more has stalled. However, the readiness of accession candidates and the Union’s absorption capacity are key criteria that German European policy has traditionally upheld. There is cur­rently intense debate within the EU regarding gradual integration, fast-track routes, and new safeguard clauses aimed at reducing the tension between geopolitical urgency and sound integration policy. With regard to the Western Balkan states, the EU should adhere to the well-established accession process. In the case of Ukraine, the situation is so acute that the political commitment to admit the country must be reaffirmed. As a preliminary step towards membership, the EU should offer Kyiv a new type of accession association that also includes a security and defence dimension.

CONTRE-POINT - Le vote des adhérents des Républicains n’empêchera évidemment pas la pression en faveur d’une candidature commune du « socle commun ».

DÉCRYPTAGE - Bien qu’élu par 73,8 % des adhérents LR, le candidat à la présidentielle 2027 fait face à l’enjeu crucial du rassemblement.

This policy brief offers advice for making digital remote work a viable solution to fill labour gaps without requiring workers to physically relocate. From a technology standpoint, there is no reason someone who does computer-based work must physically relocate, assuming they have the required job skills and internet connectivity. The increased use of bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) between countries is evidence that there are major skills gaps and global competition for labour. Indeed, a BLA can serve as a “policy sandbox” where governments negotiate the legal and statutory terms of digital remote work. Digital remote work can be an especially useful solution when the country providing labour has a large pool of people who are willing to work and fill labour pool gaps in countries of employment, but for different legal or personal reasons cannot relocate across borders. This latter point is no small thing: there is a significant body of migration research showing that the majority of people are not interested in moving across borders – or in the case of many refugees are unable to do so. The reasons for this are myriad. Digital labour could be a workaround to meet basic labour demand and facilitate economic inclusion. The word “could” is critical because banking, social and health insurance, and taxation, all of which are components of legal employment, remain bordered. This policy brief will focus on a specific case from research on urban refugee livelihoods where the worker was able to work digitally in the U.S. from Malaysia, while being subject to social security, taxation and insurance in the U.S. The idiosyncrasies in this case help point to spaces for reforming social security, tax and insurance rules to reduce their “bordered-ness” and make digital work more systematically viable.
Key policy messages:
• To make digital remote work viable at scale, development cooperation agencies should play a key facilitator role, linking relevant authorities in the tax, social insurance and banking regulation sectors. This is especially important for refugees, who often cannot move and who fall outside the protection of host country labour laws. These reforms could, for example, be built into BLAs.
• Achieving inclusive economic development goals via digital employment would require that remote workers earned competitive salaries. Thus, there would need to be buy-in from the private sector regarding wage competitiveness for workers in different countries, as well as a role for unions and civil society in negotiating digital remote work policy.
• While digital work can enable greater economic and labour participation for workers who cannot relocate for jobs, there are still sectors that require physical presence. Thus, digital remote work is not a replacement for immigration policy that facilitates safe and flexible migration for those people who do have to move.