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General Discussion / What is Advanced 5G: one step closer
« on: August 30, 2023, 12:38:06 am »
Although it is quite difficult for the EU to adopt a unified position towards China, and although the agreement was not ratified due to subsequent Chinese actions, we have clearly seen in this sequence how the aspiration for European strategic autonomy, generally formulated by the French in defense terms, has been combined with the German idea of economic strategic autonomy. In this sense, Macron and Merkel ended up on the same page, even if they did not share the same initial perspective. This is an important advance in the positioning of European countries in the context of the Sino-American rivalry.
At the same time, it must be recognized that it is difficult for the Americans to pressure EU countries , especially Germany, to decide India Email List their strategic interests vis-à-vis Russia and China. I believe that if the Biden administration was willing to lift the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 in May 2021, it was because Biden aides believed that such a concession could, in return, convince the German authorities to align more closely with the Washington position. facing China. But events proved this strategy wrong and Putin took advantage of the concessions to weaken Ukraine's position. This episode shows how the entanglement between the China question and the Russian question not only makes things difficult for the EU, but also for Americans.
What are the structuring energetic dynamics that you foresee for the future ? In the book , you speak in particular of the coexistence between the " traditional " geopolitics of oil and gas and new forms of rivalry, for example, around production in the renewable energy sectors.
At the same time, it must be recognized that it is difficult for the Americans to pressure EU countries , especially Germany, to decide India Email List their strategic interests vis-à-vis Russia and China. I believe that if the Biden administration was willing to lift the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 in May 2021, it was because Biden aides believed that such a concession could, in return, convince the German authorities to align more closely with the Washington position. facing China. But events proved this strategy wrong and Putin took advantage of the concessions to weaken Ukraine's position. This episode shows how the entanglement between the China question and the Russian question not only makes things difficult for the EU, but also for Americans.
What are the structuring energetic dynamics that you foresee for the future ? In the book , you speak in particular of the coexistence between the " traditional " geopolitics of oil and gas and new forms of rivalry, for example, around production in the renewable energy sectors.