That’s because, IIRC, the Chinese run sectoral industrial policy (cf. South Korea under Park). They heavily subsidize but with a) low barriers to entry into the sector and b) other mechanisms for competition within the Chinese market.
The Palentir statement on its desired “Technological Republic” is one of the scariest things I have seen in a while. It is a call for a world dominated by an authoritarian U.S., generated by AI (both the statement and the world), run by tech-surveillance companies. Technofascism pure!
Our partners and allies are out there looking for new dance partners because they have no other choice.
'New powers under consideration — which bear a striking resemblance to the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) or “trade bazooka” — could include restrictions on the import and export of goods and services, as well as on investment flows.' www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Since when did being right about the EU become cringe… 🤔
Maybe at some point, one of our political leaders will come out and own the fact that they got it right on Remain. So long overdue.
The British Council has been chosen to run the Erasmus+ student mobility scheme when the UK rejoins next year, reports @jgro-the.bsky.social #edusky #highered #Erasmus
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british-council-run...
Peter Magyar displaying a ruthlessness that Biden and Starmer seem devoid of
My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.
“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.”
Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir.
www.ft.com/content/ff70...
Are we really complacent on defence or just stuck because no politician think they can win an election without prioritising pensioners?
The scale of China’s dominance and the risks it poses to industrial and defence supply chains are simply too large to ignore. 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇨🇳
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @sandertordoir.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/LqGEKBN
Corruption is also what ignited the Arab Revolutions and spurred so many to protest in the streets.
Remember what Mohamed Bouazizi was protesting against when he set himself on fire: corruption.
In Orban’s case, don’t underestimate the potency of the zebras.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Orban is not conceding because he's honourable. He's conceding because his defeat is so comprehensive even he can't pretend he won.
It’s still so strange to me that both russia and the USA are openly campaigning for Orbán 🤯
Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”
I don't think 'retired/not-retired' is the important variable here - I think the even stronger correlation is 'Do you feel economically insecure? How do you feel about ethnic diversity and Nigel Farage?' With your answers to those questions being c95 per cent of all voting behaviour.
The whole thing is worth reading.
To scholars of democratic backsliding, it is difficult to overstate how big a deal today's election in Hungary, a country of less than 10 million people, is likely to be as a narrative milestone for our age, regardless of which way it goes.
BREAKING NEWS: Lebanon's war death toll has risen to 1,950, according to the country's health ministry.
If you have friends at any of the colleges, there are often rooms that can be booked by fellows for their visitors. These are usually much cheaper than a hotel and often available.
Israel is flooding the zone.
If all we can do is talk about Iran, then Netanyahu gets away with:
- Levelling south Lebanon to create a buffer zone
- Bombing of Beirut at scale
- 38 new West Bank Settlements👇
AND
- a continuing low-level war in Gaza which we’ve all stopped talking about.
Love to see this: A new poll conducted in Hungary has shown that JD Vance's visit to Budapest caused Putin puppet Viktor Orbán's party to LOSE 3% of its support. ⬇️
People need to understand how bad, how devastating, how unjustified Israel’s bombardment of Beirut is — it’s not just yet another of the strikes that have become routinized. Catastrophic civilian harm and human suffering that simply must not be shrugged off as normal and forgotten. Stop the madness.
It’s ridiculous that any individual can donate millions to any political party. That should stop. Immediately.
@duncanhames.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
“When you’re graded on a metric, the metric becomes your goal.
The simulator turns academic life into a dashboard: papers, grants, reputation, teaching load, student numbers and mental health. Watch them go up or down at each turn, and you quickly learn what the system rewards: metrics.”
Kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson freed in Iraq, Rubio says
https://www.europesays.com/2903952/
About a week after she was abducted in Baghdad, American journalist Shelly Kittleson was released from captivity in…
This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.
Why does Vance care whether Orban wins? Because if he loses, it will challenge the MAGA belief that history flows in only one direction
from @theunpopulist.net
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