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US warns Boris Johnson over Huawei risks to UK citizens’ secrets

US warns Boris Johnson over Huawei risks to UK citizens’ secrets

Trump’s national security adviser steps up pressure as UK nears decision on China’s Huawei December 24, 2019 5:00 am by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington The White House has stepped up warnings to the UK about allowing Huawei into its 5G telecommunications networks, saying that an ...

Dawn of a Decade: The Top Ten Tech Policy Issues for the 2020s

Dawn of a Decade: The Top Ten Tech Policy Issues for the 2020s

Brad Smith President at Microsoft Corporation By Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne For the past few years, we’ve shared predictions each December on what we believe will be the top ten technology policy issues for the year ahead. As this year draws to a close, we are looking out a bit fur ...

Did Emmanuel Macron Hand the Balkans to Russia? Russia

Did Emmanuel Macron Hand the Balkans to Russia? Russia

CARNEGIE MOSCOW CENTER By:Maxim Samorukov The concentration of pro-Russia gestures in the Western Balkans cement the impression that a major expansion of the Kremlin’s influence in the region is in the cards. But there’s another possible reading of the fallout from Macron’s high-handed ...

December 18, 2019 - 04:28 PM EST Senate committee approves legislation to sanction Russia

December 18, 2019 - 04:28 PM EST Senate committee approves legislation to sanction Russia

THE HILL BY MAGGIE MILLER  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday voted to approve and send to the full Senate a bill that would impose sanctions on Russia for interference efforts in democratic institutions and push forward international cybersecurity efforts. The c ...

European policy in the Western Balkans at a cross roads

European policy in the Western Balkans at a cross roads

The loss of American realism in the region? The return of the big Russian and Turkish “brothers” Chinese geopolitical money The European Union must learn very quickly to manoeuvre in this area of latency   European policy in the Western Balkans at a cross roads Andi MUSTAFAJ: Mem ...

Russia gas pipeline sanctions legislation (PEES Act): A way ahead

Russia gas pipeline sanctions legislation (PEES Act): A way ahead

New Atlanticist by Daniel Fried Congress is poised to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream II gas pipeline project, a project long opposed by Ukraine, Poland, the Trump (and before that Obama) administration, theprevious European Parliament, many inside the former European Commission (albeit quiet ...

Policy Recommendations: Options for P5 Cooperation

Policy Recommendations: Options for P5 Cooperation

CENTRE FOR SCIENCE & SECURITY STUDIES Policy Recommendations: Options for P5 Cooperation December 2019 The P5 Process brings together the five nuclear weapon states (NWS)—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—recognised by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of ...

Boris Johnson’s Next Act: Saving the UK Inflection Points by Frederick Kempe

Boris Johnson’s Next Act: Saving the UK Inflection Points by Frederick Kempe

  By Frederik Kempe President of Atlantic Council   Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement at Downing Street after winning the general election, in London, Britain, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville It is just the sort of script one might expect f ...

China’s relationship with Huawei has been questioned again as audio appears to show the country’s government using threats to secure a 5G contract.

China’s relationship with Huawei has been questioned again as audio appears to show the country’s government using threats to secure a 5G contract ...

In a meeting between the Chinese ambassador to Denmark, Feng Tie, and the tiny European state of the Faroe Islands, it was suggested that if Huawei was not given the contract to operate 5G on the islands, then a free trade agreement could fall apart, according to local reports. Danish newspaper B ...

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