DIARIO GEOSTRATEGICO 30-09-2021

Buona lettura ! 

The Science of Where Magazine’s interviews

– Per Italia e Germania, il futuro è nelle nuove tecnologie. Intervista esclusiva con l’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Berlino, Armando Varricchio

– Gathering strenght, gathering storms. Visions on artificial intelligence. The Science of Where Magazine meets Michael Littman and Peter Stone

Afghanistan

– ‘Death knell’: Afghan journalists fear new Taliban media rules | Taliban News | Al Jazeera

– Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns | | UN News

Afghanistan-India-Iran-Uzbekistan

– The Taliban Takeover of Kabul and Implications for the India-Iran-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Transit Corridor – Jamestown

Africa

– G20 support for improved infrastructure project cycles in Africa (t20italy.org)

– New FAO report highlights urgent need to restore Africa’s degraded landscape | | UN News

Argentina/UK

– Could Britain stop Argentina from buying the JF-17 warplane? (defensenews.com)

ASEAN/Indo Pacific

– Reformulating ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific | East Asia Forum

Australia

– Australia’s nuclear submarine decision leaves more questions than answers | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)

– Designing an Australian DARPA | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)

Belarus-Russia

– Radical Sanctions on Belarus Will Not Push Minsk Into Moscow’s Arms, Russian Experts Argue – Jamestown

China

– An airlift capability to match China’s strategic ambitions | East Asia Forum

– ‘Space oil tank truck’ makes debut at Airshow China, provides energy for satellites’ long-term operation – Global Times

– China to boost new energy amid rationing – Global Times

– China’s mega hydropower station at highest altitude begins operation, a landmark project for devt in cold areas – Global Times

– China to reveal new progress on next-gen carrier-based fighter in 2021: chief designer – Global Times

– Chinese EV battery maker CATL expands overseas investment – Global Times

– Overseas avionics producers eye Chinese market – Global Times

– China provides most outward foreign direct investment to the world: statistic – Global Times

– COMAC predicts China to become world’s largest aviation market by 2040 – Global Times

– China’s top economic planner vows to prioritize coal transportation to secure supply (Global Times) – The Global Eye

China-Canada

– Chinese ambassador urges Canada to reflect on mistakes and bring bilateral ties back on right track – Global Times

China-North America

– Huawei founder urges to recruit more foreign talent through North America research center – Global Times

China-Taiwan

– Taiwan’s participation in regional economic cooperation must be based on one-China principle: Taiwan Affairs Office – Global Times

China-UK

– Attempts to contain China never succeeded and are doomed to fail: Chinese ambassador to UK – Global Times

Czechoslovakia-Israel

– Czech Republic buys Israeli Spyder air-defense weapon for $627 million (defensenews.com)

Democratic Republic of  the Congo

– Summary killings, human-rights abuses surge in eastern DRC | United Nations News | Al Jazeera

Digital Data

– New approach needed to make digital data flow beneficial for all  | | UN News

Ethiopia

– Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis ‘stain on our conscience’: UN | United Nations News | Al Jazeera

Europe-Morocco

– EU court annuls Morocco trade deals over Western Sahara | International Trade News | Al Jazeera

Food Systems

– Transform food systems to avert $400 billion annually in loss and waste | | UN News

Greece-France

– Greece signs pact to buy three frigates from France (defensenews.com)

Human Capital (Germany, Japan, USA)

– The contribution of human capital to economic growth (brookings.edu)

Indo Pacific Island States

– Building resilience to economic coercion in Indo-Pacific island states | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)

Internally Displaced Persons

– For 55 million displaced, status quo ‘not an option’ | | UN News

ISIS

– ISIS and Its War on the Taliban (besacenter.org)

Israel-Palestine

– Top UN envoy ‘encouraged’ by recent engagement of Israeli and Palestinian officials  | | UN News

Lebanon

– Beirut blast survivors protest against suspension of probe | Beirut explosion News | Al Jazeera

NATO 

– A Political and Diplomatic Case for Protection of Civilians at NATO • Stimson Center

North Korea

– North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile | Nuclear Weapons News | Al Jazeera

Pakistan

– The agonizing problem of Pakistan’s nukes (brookings.edu)

– Stateless and helpless: The plight of ethnic Bengalis in Pakistan | Human Rights | Al Jazeera

Post-Pandemic Recovery

– Building Back Together & Greener • Stimson Center

Russia-AUKUS

– Should Russia Be Worried by the New AUKUS Alliance? – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Saudi Arabia

– Saudi Social and Economic Changes Require a Delicate Balancing Act (besacenter.org)

Serbia-Kosovo

– Is Serbia Preparing to Annex Kosovo’s North? – Jamestown

Tunisia

– Romdhane named Tunisia’s first female PM by President Saied | Tunisia News | Al Jazeera

Turkey

– Can Turkey mint enough STEM kids to become a global tech player? | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera

Turkey-Russia-USA

– Disappointed by the US, Turkey cautiously looks to Russia | Recep Tayyip Erdogan News | Al Jazeera

USA

– Mapping rural America’s diversity and demographic change (brookings.edu)

– The way back: Assessing economic recovery among Black Americans during COVID-19 (brookings.edu)

– 11 facts on the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (brookings.edu)

– An update on the effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship (brookings.edu)

– The Need for a Congressional Inquest into America’s Longest War (besacenter.org)

– Defense Department shakeup must not derail homeland missile defense priorities (defensenews.com)

– Space Force issues $47.5 million for prototype data transport service (defensenews.com)

– Playing Defense Against Terrorism Is Totally Fine – Defense One

– Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records – Defense One

– An Army Pilot Just Re-Invented Flight Training for the Digital Era – Defense One

– Austin, Milley Say White House Was Advised to Keep US Troops in Afghanistan – Defense One

– The DOD’s Hidden Artificial Intelligence Workforce. Leveraging AI Talent at the U.S. Department of Defense (Diana Gehlhaus, Ron Hodge, Luke Koslosky, Kayla Goode, Jonathan Rotner, CSET) – The Global Eye

USA-China

– US economic statecraft adrift as China seeks to join mega Asian trade deal (brookings.edu)

– China blasts US for being stumbling block in space arms control – Global Times

USA-Europe

– The risks of US-EU divergence on corporate sustainability disclosure (brookings.edu)

USA-Syria

– US will not normalise or upgrade diplomatic ties with Syria | Politics News | Al Jazeera