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Monday, February 20, 2017
#Europe Agenda: Munich Security Conference….
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The Western world order as we know it is at risk, according to the annual Munich Security Report.
Dear Colleague,Carnegie Europe’s Judy Dempsey, editor in chief of the Strategic Europe blog, was on the ground at the 2017 Munich Security Conference offering readers analysis of the debates as they unfolded.
Five issues dominated this year’s conference: a liberal global order under threat, pressures on the transatlantic bond, NATO defense spending, Russia, and the way the EU will be shaped by France’s upcoming presidential election.
Below are Dempsey’s main takeaways and insights from other participants in Munich.
The Defense of U.S. Values vs. Russia and Iran
Voices From the Munich Security Conference
Muddling Through European Defense
Judy Asks: Is the Crisis of the Liberal Order Exaggerated?
A Cracking Debate on the EU’s Future
The West’s Vulnerability vs. the West’s Revival
For a roundup of Twitter commentary and blog posts from the conference, check out our Storify page here. You can also subscribe to Carnegie’s Strategic Europe blog for ongoing analysis on European foreign and security policy.
I hope you will take a look, and as always, I welcome your comments and feedback.
Sincerely,
Lizza Bomassi
Deputy Director
Carnegie Europe
Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache resigned on Thursday (9 February) after a decree on corruption that he drafted triggered a week of street protests, international criticism and finally an embarrassing climbdown by the month-old government.
The Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF) has sued the European Parliament for changing its party funding rules last year. Meanwhile, MEPs probe their duty to fund a party that brings together people with neo-Nazi and fascist past.
The first news reports didn’t reveal much. The two governments had agreed to ‘mend fences’, and engage in closer cooperation. But otherwise, leaving the impression that the German chancellor’s visit to Warsaw on Tuesday hadn’t gone too well, and that spin control was in effect.
European Parliament VP warns Trump is using Brexit ‘as a Trojan horse’
Newly re-elected European Parliament Vice-President Ramón Luis Valcárcel said today (9 February) that Donald Trump is “using Brexit as a Trojan horse” and called on the EU to stay united and defend its values.
Scottish independence now neck-and-neck, new post-Brexit poll shows
Support for Scottish independence in the wake of the Brexit referendum is now effectively neck-and-neck, according to a new poll released Wednesday (8 February).
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#Cyberculture agenda: “Data Mining Reveals the Rise of ISIS Propaganda on Twitter
Twitter has closed 25,000 accounts that supported the terrorist organisation ISIS. An analysis of these tweets shows how ISIS emerged with a message of extreme violence.
Cambridge Analytica is a dirty, Dementor-focused big data research outfit that provided the analysis and psych profiles that the Trump campaign used in its electioneering; because its parent company is in the UK, it is required (under EU law) to send you its dossier on you for £10
Just hours after Disney-owned Maker Studios severed ties with Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg for broadcasting anti-semitic messages, the Swedish-born vlogger has now lost support from another key supporter: YouTube. A company spokesperson confirmed toda…A new report has shown that the majority of Snapchat users skip ad content on the platform, adding the challenges facing Snap Inc.
A new report shows people are sharing fewer personal updates on Facebook, but personal updates are generating more engagement.
World’s largest computer chip maker INTEL today said it will invest $7 billion to complete the construction of a factory in Arizona which they claim will create 3,000 new American jobs for Americans. Intel’s CEO made the remarks earlier today after meeting with so-called President Donald Trump at the White House.
Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology research at the Pew Research Center, discussed the Center’s latest findings on digital divides based a survey conducted from Sept. 29 to Nov. 6, 2016. The presentation was to the board of Feeding America. Rainie looked at differences tied to internet access, home broadband ownership, and smartphone ownership by several demographic measures, including household income, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, age, and community type. He also discussed the Center’s research related to “digital readiness gaps” among technology users.
We’ve been debating Net Neutrality for more than 20 years. In that time, the internet’s gone through substantial changes, and maybe those old concerns about an open and equal Internet might no longer be a concern?
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Saturday, February 18, 2017
#Journalism agenda: Turkey correspondent for ‘Die Welt’, Deniz Yücel, in police custody… “Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies…
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The Turkey correspondent for “Die Welt”, Deniz Yücel, is currently in police custody. Yücel, who was wanted in connection with reports on a hacker attack on the email account of the Turkish Energy Minister, presented himself
New York Times – Michael M. Grynbaum ( @grynbaum ) – Feb 17, 2:27 PM
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! —
New York Times – Jim Rutenberg ( @jimrutenberg ) – Feb 17, 7:09 AM
In that last case, your fear would be existential — a matter of your very survival — and your motivation to self-censor could prove overwhelming. We no longer have to imagine it. We got a real-life example last week in San Antonio
As president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Snowden is helping the media beat state-sponsored hackers and government surveillance.
The ad-driven business model is on the brink of collapse. Trust in the press is at an all-time low. And now there’s an even larger existential crisis.
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