Source : European People’s Party (EPP) March 2021

EU policy regarding China should be based on the following principles: Cooperate where possible; Compete where needed; Confront where necessary. This approach allows the EU to react to the evolution of the bilateral relationship with flexibility.

Beijing’s policies in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and to some extent throughout the Western Pacific, are exhibiting greater assertiveness to match its’s rising military clout. As its military power has expanded, China’s behavior has become noticeably more assertive, if not aggressive, in such locales as the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea. In the East China Sea, Beijing is contesting Japan’s control of the Senkaku islands and pressing its own claim to that territory.

The EU vaccine strategy was supposed to be a forceful show of European solidarity, an assertion of the single market’s buying power and a moral stand against Trumpian “vaccine nationalism” resulted in a rollout that has left the EU lagging behind the United Kingdom and the United States. Here are some of the reasons:

Source: Politico

#SustainablePublicAffairs: Doriane Marin has joined public affairs consultancy #SustainablePublicAffairs.

Afore Consuting: Jonathan Taylor, a former vice president of the European Investment Bank and director general at HM Treasury, has joined Afore Consulting as a senior adviser to work on banking and financial services, as well as sustainability issues.

List of countries where French is the official language

1. Bénin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Congo
4. Democratic Republic of Congo
5. Côte d’Ivoire
6. France (Metropolitan France and Overseas France)
7. Gabon
8. Guinea
9. Mali
10. Monaco
11. Niger
12. Senegal
13. Togo

List of countries where French is used as a co-official language alongside one or more other languages

Author: Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)

When it comes to Russia, a clear, coherent U.S. strategy has been virtually non-existent. There has been a failure on behalf of administrations in Washington to demarcate their priorities and take actions that complement America's purported values in Moscow's relationship. The United States' foreign policy towards Russia has failed and will continue to fail until policymakers in Washington develop a coherent strategy that identifies their priorities and embeds them into action.

Source: Global Britain in a competitive age – 2021

Great Britain has recognized Russia as one of the main and acute threats. This is stated in a review of the security, defense and foreign policy of the United Kingdom. Britain has decided that it will defend itself “against any threats posed by the Russian side.” The publication reported that it is about “frequent aggressive incursions” of Russia into the water and airspace of Great Britain.

The Council sets out the following position with a view to engaging with the European Parliament and the Commission.

A. AIM, CONTENT AND SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

Author: Nicu Popescu, Director Wide Europe programme ECFR