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Maduro’s removal created an opportunity for democratic change. Trump’s oil heist is turning it into the path not taken - By Cristina Ramirez tomorrowsaffairs.com/democratic-t... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Democratic transition in Venezuela is not in sight
Maduro’s removal created an opportunity for democratic change. Trump’s oil heist is turning it into the path not taken
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Russian intelligence services are increasingly recruiting teenagers and kids abroad to do their dirty work - By Sean Wiswesser tomorrowsaffairs.com/weaponizing-...
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Weaponizing youth – Putin’s war on the next generation
Russian intelligence services are increasingly recruiting teenagers and kids abroad to do their dirty work
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 20h
Civil aviation enters the same trade conflict in which China is already using its strong position in rare-earth processing tomorrowsaffairs.com/spare-parts-...
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Spare parts as US leverage in the trade dispute with China
Civil aviation enters the same trade conflict in which China is already using its strong position in rare-earth processing
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 21h
The arrival of the North Korean soldiers last month could spell trouble for South Korea's liberal government, which hopes to improve ties with Pyongyang tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-dispute-...
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The dispute with Ukraine could complicate Seoul's push for talks with Pyongyang
The arrival of the North Korean soldiers last month could spell trouble for South Korea's liberal government, which hopes to improve ties with Pyongyang
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 22h
By purchasing services from a satellite operator, the government can quickly establish connectivity without having to build and maintain its own network tomorrowsaffairs.com/who-controls...
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Who controls satellite links in a crisis?
By purchasing services from a satellite operator, the government can quickly establish connectivity without having to build and maintain its own network
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The US has the resources to deal with its fiscal issues. What it lacks is the political appetite to make the necessary painful choices - By Kenneth Rogoff tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-america-... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Can America avoid a debt crisis?
The US is nowhere near a debt crisis, but what would it take to trigger one?
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Health experts are highly concerned about how the world may respond to the next pandemic, which they fear may be worse than Covid - By Sharmila Devi tomorrowsaffairs.com/ebola-fails-...
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Ebola fails to galvanise the world to prepare for the next pandemic
Health experts are highly concerned about how the world may respond to the next pandemic, which they fear may be worse than Covid
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With many of the drones getting through to Kyiv, defence manufacturers are scrambling to develop a new generation of interceptors to counter the deadly threat tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukrainian-ma...
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Ukrainian manufacturers race to build interceptors against new Russian jet-powered drones
With many of the drones getting through to Kyiv, defence manufacturers are scrambling to develop a new generation of interceptors to counter the deadly threat
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
While middle powers have tried to insulate themselves from the whims of the great powers, they have made little headway in building something bigger, better and more just - By Sophie Eisentraut tomorrowsaffairs.com/why-are-the-... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Why are the middle powers reluctant to take the 'third path'?
While middle powers have tried to insulate themselves from the whims of the great powers, they have made little headway in building something bigger, better and more just
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Houthis' military capabilities remain far from sufficient to defeat the Saudi-led coalition outright - By Adrien Fontanellaz tomorrowsaffairs.com/of-plastic-s...
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Of plastic slippers and ballistic missiles: what is the Houthis' military power?
The Houthis' military capabilities remain far from sufficient to defeat the Saudi-led coalition outright
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration is constantly signalling to all of America’s long-established allies that they can no longer rely on previous expectations of support - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/is-american-...
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Is American policy in the Middle East more than disruptor-style cosplay?
The Trump administration is constantly signalling to all of America’s long-established allies that they can no longer rely on previous expectations of support
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The vote prolongs the crisis and raises the chance of early elections at a time of regional security concerns tomorrowsaffairs.com/romanian-law...
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Romanian lawmakers reject a new center-right Cabinet
The vote prolongs the crisis and raises the chance of early elections at a time of regional security concerns
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The political decision feeds into the investment plans of telecoms operators, and the security goal acquires a clearly defined financial cost tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-is-di...
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Europe is discovering the cost of technological dependence
The political decision feeds into the investment plans of telecoms operators, and the security goal acquires a clearly defined financial cost
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Customers of satellite services will increasingly pay for the answer to a specific question, and the recording itself will become just one step in the overall process tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-new-race...
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The new race in space is about who can interpret data faster
Another benchmark is coming into play: the time between the satellite observing an event and the user learning what has happened
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Europe must build the energy system of the future, one that includes both electrons and molecules - By Ana Palacio tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-will-... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Europe will move beyond fossil fuels, but it will not move beyond the need for molecules
Europe must build the energy system of the future, one that includes both electrons and molecules
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where does the drama leave football, one of the UK’s most enduring and venerable exports and, latterly, a significant money-spinner? - By Harvey Morris tomorrowsaffairs.com/fallout-from...
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Fallout from England’s Premier League turmoil goes beyond football
Where does the drama leave football, one of the UK’s most enduring and venerable exports and, latterly, a significant money-spinner?
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Allegations of antisemitism touch a particular nerve at the National Rally because Le Pen has worked for years to distance herself from her father’s sulfurous legacy tomorrowsaffairs.com/antisemitism...
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Antisemitism allegations cloud Le Pen's presidential campaign
Allegations of antisemitism touch a particular nerve at the National Rally because Le Pen has worked for years to distance herself from her father’s sulfurous legacy
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The problem is not that models are too advanced. It is that frontier labs are training their models in ways that may be leading to a type of distorted intelligence - By @dacemoglumit.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/distorted-in... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Distorted intelligence leads to security breaches
The problem is not that models are too advanced. It is that frontier labs are training their models in ways that may be leading to a type of distorted intelligence
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Each government must decide what to fund from its own budget, which equipment its military can use and how much control it is willing to cede to partners tomorrowsaffairs.com/how-much-def...
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How much defence can Europe buy jointly?
Each government must decide what to fund from its own budget, which equipment its military can use and how much control it is willing to cede to partners
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There is a certain amount of irony that the man who was known for his willingness to sue anyone has suffered so many defeats in court on such a grand scale - By @jamesoliphant.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/after-a-tumu...
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After a tumultuous term, U.S. Supreme Court set to resume role as ultimate Trump referee
There is a certain amount of irony that the man who was known for his willingness to sue anyone has suffered so many defeats in court on such a grand scale
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Any assessment of risks on NATO’s eastern flank needs to take Belarusian territory into account as a potential element of Russian military planning - By Oleksandr Levchenko tomorrowsaffairs.com/belarus-betw...
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Belarus between military integration with Russia and bargaining with the West
Any assessment of risks on NATO’s eastern flank needs to take Belarusian territory into account as a potential element of Russian military planning
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mediators are working with Iran and the United States on trying to broker a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz tomorrowsaffairs.com/mediators-ar...
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Mediators are working to broker a US-Iran deal
Mediators are working with Iran and the United States on trying to broker a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The East German case shows how a single piece of technical information, when successfully applied by a company, can increase its output and productivity tomorrowsaffairs.com/what-the-sta...
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What the Stasi archives reveal about the value of technological espionage
The East German case shows how a single piece of technical information, when successfully applied by a company, can increase its output and productivity
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A prolonged conflict is unlikely to topple the government in Addis Ababa, but it could deprive it of the ability to govern the north of the country on a regular basis tomorrowsaffairs.com/an-alliance-...
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An alliance of former enemies is pushing Ethiopia towards a new war
A prolonged conflict is unlikely to topple the government in Addis Ababa, but it could deprive it of the ability to govern the north of the country on a regular basis
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are we entering a new phase in which financial dependence and geopolitical alignment become increasingly intertwined? - By Martín Abeles tomorrowsaffairs.com/why-is-the-i... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Why is the IMF returning to Latin America?
Are we entering a new phase in which financial dependence and geopolitical alignment become increasingly intertwined?
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The absence of a recession is not a policy victory if it comes at the cost of a weaker productive base and growing dependence on government debt - By @dlacalle.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/central-bank...
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Central banks are squeezing the private economy while shielding sovereign debt
The absence of a recession is not a policy victory if it comes at the cost of a weaker productive base and growing dependence on government debt
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sustainable peace must reflect military realities on the ground and cannot be tied to arbitrary deadlines set for political convenience - By Adekeye Adebajo tomorrowsaffairs.com/un-peacekeep... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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UN peacekeeping between a rock and a hard place
Sustainable peace must reflect military realities on the ground and cannot be tied to arbitrary deadlines set for political convenience
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Swiss government will retain the right to decide on sanctions and cooperation with NATO on a case-by-case basis tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-swiss-re...
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The Swiss referendum confirms the previous stance on sanctions and war
Swiss government will retain the right to decide on sanctions and cooperation with NATO on a case-by-case basis
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Burnham must explain to party members and voters how he will deal with economic turbulence from the on-off U.S.-Iran war tomorrowsaffairs.com/andy-burnham...
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Andy Burnham brings good vibes to Labour’s annual conference
Burnham must explain to party members and voters how he will deal with economic turbulence from the on-off U.S.-Iran war
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If the two largest, most important member states were to succumb to political renationalization, it is difficult to imagine that the EU and the euro could survive - By Joschka Fischer tomorrowsaffairs.com/are-the-pill... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Are the pillars of German democracy crumbling?
If the two largest, most important member states were to succumb to political renationalization, it is difficult to imagine that the EU and the euro could survive
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When does technology cease to be a supporting function and become part of the company's core strategy? - By @elisequevedo.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/fit-for-the-...
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Fit for the future? What legacy companies should take from Disney
When does technology cease to be a supporting function and become part of the company's core strategy?
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can the 32-nation alliance establish common rules for software, sensors and unmanned systems from different origins so that they operate without slowing down command? tomorrowsaffairs.com/nato-is-test...
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NATO is testing a new logic of warfare: a common network instead of individual systems
Can the 32-nation alliance establish common rules for software, sensors and unmanned systems from different origins so that they operate without slowing down command?
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Chinese companies are taking advantage of regulatory loopholes to skirt Xi’s promise and continue investing in overseas coal tomorrowsaffairs.com/has-china-ke...
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Has China kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal power plants?
Chinese companies are taking advantage of regulatory loopholes to skirt Xi’s promise and continue investing in overseas coal
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The EU’s response to foreign influence operations is shifting from media regulation to asset freezes, travel bans and business restrictions tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-wants...
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Europe wants to sanction Russian influence before it causes political damage
The EU’s response to foreign influence operations is shifting from media regulation to asset freezes, travel bans and business restrictions
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump and Xi are conflating the sensible insight that AI can produce genuinely benefits with a belief that it will confer near-absolute power on whoever controls it - By Harold James tomorrowsaffairs.com/us-and-china... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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US and China are trapped in a dangerous zero-sum logic
Trump and Xi are conflating the sensible insight that AI can produce genuinely benefits with a belief that it will confer near-absolute power on whoever controls it
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After Georgia, Crimea, Ukraine, and years of hybrid operations against the West, assuming that Moscow wouldn’t dare is not strategy - By Sean Wiswesser tomorrowsaffairs.com/putin-wouldn...
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‘Putin wouldn’t dare’ should not be NATO’s strategy
After Georgia, Crimea, Ukraine, and years of hybrid operations against the West, assuming that Moscow wouldn’t dare is not strategy
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The involvement of the US government in a dispute initiated by a private company gives the case significance that goes beyond the fine itself tomorrowsaffairs.com/why-washingt...
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Why Washington is not leaving Musk’s dispute to the European court
The involvement of the US government in a dispute initiated by a private company gives the case significance that goes beyond the fine itself
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Poland is urging the EU to allow temporary suspensions of asylum applications during episodes of instrumentalized mass migration elsewhere tomorrowsaffairs.com/will-the-eu-...
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Will the EU adopt the Polish model for countering 'weaponized' mass migration?
Poland is urging the EU to allow temporary suspensions of asylum applications during episodes of instrumentalized mass migration elsewhere
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can European companies that lack a sufficiently large home market finance the development on which their competitiveness will depend in five or ten years’ time tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-wants...
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Europe wants bigger companies, but not new monopolies
Can European companies that lack a sufficiently large home market finance the development on which their competitiveness will depend in five or ten years’ time
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Without verified information from outside sources, AI systems not only give inaccurate or out-of-date information, but also degrade - By @orskov.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/ai-should-in... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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AI should invest in trusted journalism
Without verified information from outside sources, AI systems not only give inaccurate or out-of-date information, but also degrade
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s ad hoc policy-making has raised the unease of pro-democracy advocates who have watched a lobbying drive for Myanmar’s rulers in Washington - By Sharmila Devi tomorrowsaffairs.com/myanmar-trie...
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Myanmar tries to come in from the cold
Trump’s ad hoc policy-making has raised the unease of pro-democracy advocates who have watched a lobbying drive for Myanmar’s rulers in Washington
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to most African leaders, the unfair representation in the UN Security Council has created doubt about the credibility of the organization tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-africa-g...
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Can Africa get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
According to most African leaders, the unfair representation in the Security Council has created doubt about the credibility of the organization
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Australian government must determine how OpenAI monitored the agent during the internal review and who is responsible for its unauthorised access to the government portal tomorrowsaffairs.com/three-months...
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Three months from breach to warning: Australia looks to OpenAI for answers
Australian government must determine how OpenAI monitored the agent during the internal review and who is responsible for its unauthorised access to the government portal
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
By 2034, the EU should resolve the oldest problem of its customs union: the limited value of common rules when risk is assessed differently at different external borders tomorrowsaffairs.com/european-cus...
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European customs will no longer begin at the border
By 2034, the EU should solve the oldest problem of its customs union: the limited value of common rules when risk is assessed differently at different external borders
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With the exception of Montenegro, and possibly Albania, integration into the EU has stalled and lost much of its power as a motivating force - By Carl Bildt tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-the-us-a... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Can the US and the EU stop a new wave of instability in the Balkans?
With the exception of Montenegro, and possibly Albania, integration into the EU has stalled and lost much of its power as a motivating force
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The EU is facing a real cliff in terms of actual money it has to spend from 2028 onward if the Frugals get their way - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/far-right-el...
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Far-right election fears stalk EU budget framework talks
The EU is facing a real cliff in terms of actual money it has to spend from 2028 onward if the Frugals get their way
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The bill marks a major step in Giorgia Meloni’s drive to bolster energy security and meet climate goals, even though the construction of new reactors is still years away tomorrowsaffairs.com/italy-greenl...
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Italy greenlights a return to nuclear energy
The bill marks a major step in Giorgia Meloni’s drive to bolster energy security and meet climate goals, even though the construction of new reactors is still years away
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The most likely outcome is not the abolition of the ICC, but a slower and more expensive institution that will have to change the way it organises its work tomorrowsaffairs.com/trump-is-tes...
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Trump is testing the limits of the ICC’s independence
The most likely outcome is not the abolition of the ICC, but a slower and more expensive institution that will have to change the way it organises its work
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The authorities in a 100 countries countries will have to determine under what conditions software developed abroad may participate in selecting examinations and therapy tomorrowsaffairs.com/who-is-check...
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Who is checking medical AI being deployed in a hundred countries?
The authorities in a 100 countries countries will have to determine under what conditions software developed abroad may participate in selecting examinations and therapy
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Tomorrow’s Affairs @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Among the many factors pushing Europe toward post-liberal politics are deindustrialization, the high cost of living, and the Trump effect - By Zaki Laïdi tomorrowsaffairs.com/is-europe-sl... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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Is Europe sliding into Trump-style hysteria ahead of critical 2027 elections?
Among the many factors pushing Europe toward post-liberal politics are deindustrialization, the high cost of living, and the Trump effect
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