🇫🇷 Foreign minister Barrot: “the military operation leading to Maduro’s capture violates the principle of non use of force which is the basis of international law”.

Meanwhile, in a different hemisphere

How the war in Ukraine redefined Europe. With @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus and more🙏

Comment quatre ans de guerre en Ukraine ont redéfini l'Europe. Avec @nathalietocci.bsky.social @haukkala.bsky.social @sbeverts.bsky.social @mijrahman.bsky.social, Monika Sus et d'autres.

Meanwhile…

“If Washington does not stem the pipeline of energy-fueled cash from China to Russia, its overall commitment to sanctions will come into question,” write Erica Downs and @richardmnephew.bsky.social. “China will rightly see the United States as weak-willed.”

⚡️US security guarantees set for 15 years, with Ukraine pushing for extension, Zelensky says.

Bardot, icône insaisissable. L'éditorial du Monde

Après la prison en Biélorussie et l’exil forcé, Ales Bialiatski, le prix Nobel de la paix, ne désarme pas

Now also available in English: danwatch.dk/en/former-sp...

L’UE immobilise les actifs russes jusqu’à la fin de la guerre en Ukraine

Guerre en Ukraine : l’avancée en trompe-l’œil de l’armée russe #Ukraine www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

On what grounds would America be the guardian of "western civilization"? My take in @lemonde.fr

Excellent opinion piece from @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social A must-read. @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

@martinsandbu.ft.com (generously) discussing our plan with Moritz Schularick and Philipp Hildebrand for joint financing of next generation defence capabilities (and their spillovers). @kiel.institute @voxeu.org @cepr.org

As US envoy Steve Witkoff heads for Moscow again, read Stefan Meister @meistefan1.bsky.social on why the Europeans need their own plan & become more active players ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...

From the executive VP of EU Commission

One year of consecutive protest in Georgia. More photos: www.instagram.com/p/DRnX9e2DMv...

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Une architecture européenne pour la défense du futur un cadre à la fois technologique, industriel et financier afin d’atteindre une autonomie stratégique et de favoriser l’intégration des marchés financiers européens. @voxeu.org @cepr.org @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social

Who lost Georgia?

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky annonce une « refonte » du secteur énergétique

Pourquoi la société belge Solvay fournit-elle des terres rares aux Etats-Unis alors que l'Europe en manque?

How depressing is this? Europe’s top processor of rare earths materials said Wednesday it had forged new partnerships to strengthen supply chains in the United States, deals that come as Europe lags in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths

Il y a dix ans, le mémorial du Monde #13Novembre #EnMémoire

Now the UK wonders about its busses www.ft.com/content/07ec...

Suggestions that AI could boost productivity by up to 20% may well be overblown • Experienced software developers tend to forecast and report that AI speeds up their work by about 20% • Yet recording how long AI-aided task actually takes shows AI slows developers by 20%

"L’Europe va-t-elle enfin saisir son moment dans cette guerre qui est d’abord une guerre européenne, et dans laquelle la Russie l’attaque de plus en plus directement ? " Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

"Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. [...] Few exemptions will be granted."

Many in Silicon Valley call China a threat to freedom. But an AP investigation finds U.S. tech giants to a large degree designed and built Beijing’s digital police state, enabling China's Communist Party to smother dissent and tighten its grip on power.

📖 [À lire] Dernier numéro de la revue Politique Etrangère de @ifri.bsky.social où je co-signe avec G. Garnier un article "L'Europe à découvert" sur la défense stratégique & militaire de l'🇪🇺 avec une participation 🇺🇸 📉: Posture Review, menace russe, scénarios d'avenir www.ifri.org/fr/articles/...

💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression." A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed. The rest is history.

Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII have been reburied in Ukraine at a ceremony attended by government officials from both countries. Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.

Passionnantes journées de la Fabrique de la Diplomatie qui attirent une foule énorme à l’uni Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)

"Cet été, [les Européens] ont réussi à écarter le pire scénario, celui d’une alliance Washington-Moscou contre Kiev. Mais le lien toxique entre les dirigeants russe et américain n’est toujours pas rompu." Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social et @piosmo.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

"Le Hamas, près de deux ans après avoir déclenché le conflit en cours, continue de faire passer ses intérêts de parti avant ceux d’une population aux abois. Nul doute que le verdict de l’histoire sera sans appel contre les islamistes palestiniens..." Par JP Filiu www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...

Modi’s refusal to back Trump for a Nobel peace prize was instumental in the unraveling of a highly strategic relationship that has been carefully nurtured over decades www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

Russian and Chinese submarines patrol together in the Pacific

Trump on his trade deal with the EU: “They pay us $950 billion”

Controversy in Warsaw over the absence of the new president, Karol Nawrocki, along the 7 European leaders who went to Washington with Zelenskyy. Missed opportunity for Poland

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

EU proves that defence is the most important strategic priority. We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund. It’s 5X more than in today’s budget. This is a real deterrence! 🇪🇺will be defence-ready!

En 2023, le Danemark a supprimé un de ses 11 jours fériés pour financer l'effort de défense dû à la guerre en Ukraine. Malgré les manifestations, le Parlement l'a voté par 95 voix contre 68. Le "jour de la grande prière" était férié depuis le 17ème siècle

The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, writes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR. Read his latest commentary:

“It’ll be business for us, and we will send them Patriots". The air-defense system Trump will send to Ukraine will be paid for by Europe

Very good podcast on where we stand on Europe and Ukraine @ecfr.eu @jkobzova.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social

Open your eyes: "Kyiv’s allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy. Unmoved by US pressure, Putin is determined to achieve his ultimate goal, whatever the cost". @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social ‬⁩via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/132a...

During his lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English-speaking skills. President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia. wapo.st/4ePJZb6

Sign of the times www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

El artículo de @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social deja claro que, para #Trump, la "PAZ" es una TRANSACCIÓN. NO busca una PAZ JUSTA y duradera, sino acuerdos que sirvan a intereses muy concretos. Esto es diplomacia de alto el fuego, no de resolución real de conflictos. lemonde.fr/idees/article/…