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Following an increase in foreign interference and hostile information operations—both at home and abroad—the French government is preparing to fight back.
AUKUS has already sparked a hullabaloo, both with allies such as France and with adversaries such as China. This post explains the naval nuclear propulsion portion of AUKUS, its operation and legal basis, and the controversy surrounding it.
The trial is a huge event worth paying attention to.
France doesn’t publicly attribute cyberattacks to state actors as it is commonly known, but it names the perpetrators and, in doing so, exploits every ambiguity associated with the term “attribution.”
The rule of sovereignty that France asserts applies to cyberspace is incompatible with several of its own operations. The “purist” approach to a rule of sovereignty for cyber operations is at odds with the state practice of cyber-capable states.
Nicolas Sarkozy faces a new charge in connection with alleged campaign contributions from the Gadhafi’s.
Are there opportunities to wind down fighting with some terrorist groups in the region?
European states want to exert more unity and strength on the world stage, but they lack the vision and consensus to do so.
The new president of the European Commission can help guide European policy in the right direction.
Finding the grains of truth in the French president's controversial assessment of NATO.