
David Rennie
@DSORennie
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Geopolitics Editor & author of “The Telegram” column @TheEconomist.Postings in Beijing, Washington, London, Brussels, Washington, Beijing, Sydney. Panelist @1a
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Joined November 2013
RT @danwwang: My new book Breakneck will be released next week. Today, the Atlantic is carrying an excerpt of the introduction:. https://t.c….
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RT @BBCNewsnight: "We haven't actually risked British blood and treasure, and ultimately a security guarantee has to mean. if a Russian c….
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RT @TheEconomist: The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska has ended without a deal. But the meeting was a symbolic victory for the Russian preside….
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With nods to Grotius, earning his second mention in The Telegram, and to a fine book on the 4,000 year history of legal codes by Prof @Fernanda_Pirie
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The post-1945 liberal order is crumbling. Time to study the long history of laws regulating war for alternatives that might work. My column, The Telegram
economist.com
The post-1945 order is crumbling. History offers a glimpse of alternatives that might work
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RT @BBCNewsnight: "If you're Ukraine, you're probably hoping that this anti-Putin impatience carries on a bit longer". The Economist's Davi….
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RT @AJDPresse: Le général français affirme que la Russie pourrait attaquer dans cinq ans. Thierry Burkhard, le chef sortant des Forces armé….
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Thierry Burkhard, the Forces Armées’ departing chief, says Europe has work to do
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The good people at NPR/WAMU have turned a recent, fact-filled and crunchy China discussion at @aspenideas into an episode. Honoured to moderate @LizEconomy @MikeFroman.and James Baker, formerly of the Office of Net Assessments
the1a.org
What does China want for itself as a country and for its place in the world?
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One group not surprised by Donald Trump's sudden aggression towards India is Indian political and business elite. They'd already sensed trouble weeks ago. My July 15th column, The Telegram, reported from Delhi and Mumbai
economist.com
India has done brilliantly by balancing America, China and Russia. Can that last?
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South African leftists long to play the China card and tell the West to get lost. Centrist political & business leaders say Chinese trade and investment is too skewed in China’s favour to replace the West for now. My column, the Telegram, reported from SA
economist.com
South African leftists dream of telling the West to get lost
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RT @michaelsobolik: Darren Beattie — who runs public diplomacy at State and now oversees USIP — has repeatedly denied the Uyghur genocide,….
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RT @amanpour: After 32 years at the National Institutes of Health, including as director, Dr Francis Collins retired this year. “It became….
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RT @JChengWSJ: Rhodium: “This is the moment for China to make the most out of Trump’s transactional instincts. Beijing’s strategy will be t….
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The Trump administration’s decision to grant NVIDIA licenses to sell its H20 chips to China is an attempt to wind the clock back to before October 2022, reversing the Biden administration’s…
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Some America Firsters seem tempted to let allies go nuclear, to let the U.S. off the hook for their security. Cold War history suggests that’s a grave mistake. My column, The Telegram, with lessons from Sweden’s secret cold-war nuclear weapons programme
economist.com
America is sick of policing the world. More nuclear-armed states will not help
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RT @michaelsobolik: According to a well-placed source, this reporter is @Bingru_Wang of @PhoenixTVHK — which is CCP-controlled media. Trum….
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RT @_JakubJanda: Few days ago, a former senior U.S. government official and and currently a senior representative of a major U.S. think-tan….
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RT @ThomasAubreyCCA: Great DrumTower podcast on how translation complicates US China relations with fascinating historical examples from @D….
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Drum Tower · Episode
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RT @FrankLuntz: In 2014, I told @TheAtlantic that I felt America was on the verge of breaking apart. This week, I joined @Kasparov63 to ta….
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What does the road map to restore American democracy look like?
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