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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 2h

While Macron’s responsibility is overwhelming, France’s political parties’ fecklessness is also to blame for the current situation - By Zaki Laidi
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Macron blew up the system but has no vision on what to put in its place

The tragedy of Macron’s presidency is that his project to modernize the French political system has failed

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3h

With clearer rules for internet indexing and the use of content in #AI responses, Britain could introduce a "soft" regulatory barrier— not to penalise Google, but to enable real competition checks tomorrowsaffairs.com/from-punishm...
#Regulation #Competition

From punishment to monitoring: How the UK is reshaping Google's dominance

For the CMA, real success by 2026 would be if the market shows signs of a shift, not just a change in tone

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 7h

The crisis management strategies and precautions that companies take are just as crucial as their success stories in making a profit - By @emrealkin.bsky.social
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#tariffwar

Is Making a Profit Enough to Survive?

True sustainable success requires not only cost management or profit-making but also foresight and resilience

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 21h

With no trust between the sides, much relies on continued pressure from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar and Turkey tomorrowsaffairs.com/will-the-gaz...
#GazaCeasefire #GazaPeacePlan

Will the Gaza agreement lead to a strong and durable peace?

With no trust between the sides, much relies on continued pressure from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar and Turkey

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 22h

European values are too important to be traded away - By
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
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#TrumpTariff

The EU has the economic strength to withstand Trump’s tariffs

Europeans must decide whether to surrender their sovereignty and democratic processes to a bullying authoritarian populist

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia - By Alexander Price tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
#EpsteinFiles

The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West

The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

The protests so far appear confined to the Global South, but they may become fuel for right-wing parties in Europe - By
Sharmila Devi
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#globalSouth #GenZProtest

Protests spread across Global South amid autocrat disquiet

The anger still simmers as it does around the world, and strong-armed leaders will be watching carefully

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

The UN aims to deliver medicine and supplies to restore Gaza’s health system; to scale up emergency and primary health care, to support medical referrals and medical evacuations; and to deploy more emergency teams tomorrowsaffairs.com/un-is-ready-...
#GazaPeace

UN is ready to surge aid into Gaza and waiting for green light from Israel after deal

The deal announced Wednesday by Donald Trump marks the first time in months that U.N. officials have been hopeful about their ability to scale up deliveries

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

EU fragmentation, often discussed as a technicality, is now a grave liability, and defense spending, once viewed as discretionary, is now a matter of survival - By Ana Palacio
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Europe must become a strategic actor in its own right

EU fragmentation, often discussed as a technicality, is now a grave liability, and defense spending, once viewed as discretionary, is now a matter of survival

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

As the US excludes climate change from its security assessments, the UK has an opportunity to strengthen its own reputation and negotiating position in Europe tomorrowsaffairs.com/london-at-a-...
#ClimateCrisis

London at a turning point – climate as a matter of national security

As the US excludes climate change from its security assessments, the UK has an opportunity to strengthen its own reputation and negotiating position in Europe

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

It is hard to contemplate Trump’s #Ukraine policy without taking into account his, and his administration’s, deep-seated hostility towards the #EU - By @ferrybiedermann.com
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#UkraineWar

Ukraine fatigue as a strategic goal?

This is exactly the kind of new world order that both Trump and Putin have in mind. Neither Europe’s leaders nor its people can afford to become too fatigued to resist it

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

All eyes turned to Macron as debate swirls about how he may respond to France’s political crisis and dig himself out of the crisis tomorrowsaffairs.com/how-may-macr...

How may Macron respond to France’s political crisis?

Rivals say his choices are limited to calling new elections, appointing a prime minister from outside his camp or resigning

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

The most effective alternatives to authoritarian conservatism often involve compromise with parts of the right-wing agenda - By Maciej Kisilowski
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#farright #Populism

Russian meddling matters, but the main threat to liberal democracy lies closer to home

The main threat to liberal democracy lies closer to home: in its defenders’ failure to confront the political reality voters keep signaling

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

Angela #Merkel speaks the language of politics that believed time and trade would change #Russia. Poland and the Baltic states respond in the language of history, which knows that Russia only changes its borders, not itself tomorrowsaffairs.com/angela-merke...

Angela Merkel and Eastern Europe – from an illusion of dialogue to the policy of deterrence

Poland and the Baltic countries do not stand in opposition to Europe but are at its centre because they were the first to understand the nature of the threat

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

The Labour government views a current data centre boom as an integral part of fulfilling Keir Starmer’s pledge to turn the UK into an AI superpower - By Harvey Morris tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-data-sup...
#AI #DataCentre

Can data superheroes rescue the UK economy?

It might be too late to find an enterprising primary school child to create a superhero to bring them back down to the UK

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

The proposal attempts to buttress Europe's traditional steel manufacturers by imposing trade barriers to stem the flooding of Europe's markets with imports diverted by those high American tariffs tomorrowsaffairs.com/eu-proposes-...
#SteelSector

EU proposes steel industry protections, rattling UK manufacturers

The proposal attempts to buttress Europe's steel manufacturers by imposing barriers to stem the flooding of EU's markets with imports diverted by those high US tariffs

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

If #Putin cares about territorial gains above all else, the question becomes how to stop Russian troops from advancing in Ukraine - By Sergei Guriev
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#Sanctions #UkraineRussiaWar️️

Putin’s Polycrisis

If Putin cares about territorial gains above all else, the question becomes how to stop Russian troops from advancing in Ukraine

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 4d

Partisan-aligned majorities in Congress and on the Supreme Court have increasingly abdicated their constitutional responsibilities - By Aziz Huq tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-militari...
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#SupremeCourt

The militarization of American cities - a failure of federalism

The breakdown of American federalism flows from another structural failure of American constitutionalism: the effective collapse of the separation of powers

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 4d

If the focus shifts towards wartime survival, does it signal that #Europe will commit to finding new resources for post-war recovery, or that #Kyiv will eventually be left to seek alternative paths to rebuild on its own? - By @iuliiamendel.bsky.social
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From rebuilding to rearming: EU’s shift in Ukraine aid sparks debate

France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium lean towards exploring a settlement, while Scandinavian and Baltic states insist on maintaining the hard-line stance against Moscow

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 4d

The move plunged the country into a deep political crisis and left Macron with few options tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-macron-c...
#FrenchGovernment

Can Macron continue to resist the legislature dissolution after the fall of Lecornu's government?

The move plunged the country into a deep political crisis and left French President Emmanuel Macron with few options

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

A well-crafted strategy around the shutdown and impeachments would show that @democrats.org can take the initiative and defend their actions in the name of democratic principles - By Jan-Werner Mueller tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-democrat...
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#usshutdown

Can Democrats master the art of opposition in the case of a US government shutdown?

A government shutdown concentrates the mind and provides a focal point for sending the right message about an autocratizing government

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

It is possible that "Inside the Game" will become the foundation of a new type of "smart broadcast" — a format that both entertains and explains, thereby changing audience expectations tomorrowsaffairs.com/inside-the-g...
#NBA #AWS

"Inside the Game" – The NBA turns the game into an algorithm

Inside the Game is not just an analysis tool but a message that sport is no longer confined to the court. It has become data, an algorithm, and a story in the same frame

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

When governments reject the idea of structural reforms, they are creating the basis of the next inflationary and fiscal crisis. The era of easy money has ended - By
@dlacalle.bsky.social
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#DebtCrisis

The Welfare State Is Bankrupt - Global Debt Soars

When governments reject the idea of structural reforms, they are creating the basis of the next inflationary and fiscal crisis. The era of easy money has ended

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

Cooperation with Israeli institutions will be maintained only where there is a clear and verifiable separation from military-security structures and where projects pass rigorous ethical checks tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-reass...
#Universities #Science

Europe reassesses Israel – universities under pressure of responsibility

Partnerships are no longer measured solely by scientific results but also by issues that were previously secondary

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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

Babiš's victory deprives #Ukraine of a staunch supporter and steers #Czechia toward the pro-Russian path taken by Hungary and Slovakia tomorrowsaffairs.com/billionaires...
#CzechElection

Billionaire’s return steers Czechia away from Ukraine

Babiš's victory deprives Ukraine of a staunch supporter and steers Czechia toward the pro-Russian path taken by Hungary and Slovakia

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