With the Industry Decarbonization Accelerator Act (IDA) and Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIP) on the horizon, the paper offers concrete policy recommendations to shape Europe’s industrial future.

The note takes a close look at how Japan and South Korea are tackling critical raw material dependencies—offering valuable insights as a lot of energy is currently being spent building an industrial strategy for Europe’s cleantech value chains.

🚨 New publication from @i_montaigneEN!.@DrDellatte examines Europe’s cleantech industrial development—and the growing alarm over excessive dependence on China for critical raw materials.

“Moving from escalating threats to extract immediate concessions toward a managed negotiation to achieve de-risking over a longer time period” - but it only works if Xi “takes the help, recalibrates and changes course”, to paraphrase him.

Von der Leyen on EU/CPTPP deepening trade ties: "“I said that we can think about this as the beginning of redesigning the WTO"; “This is a project we should truly engage in. CPTPP and the European Union—that’s my team"

“The India-Europe relationship has begun to move from the margin to the centre of major power relations for both Delhi and Brussels”. ⬇️⬇️.

RT @DavidBarboza2: China dominates the supply chain for rare earths, and it's using its dominance in global trade. We @WirescreenAI have ma….

China has “proposed establishing supply chains to Moscow that circumvent Western sanctions”. Interesting to read the Russians portray this trade as an articulated Chinese strategy that came with a formal diplomatic proposition.

The FSB document obtained by NYT shows that China capitalises on the “distraction” as Russia has diverted nearly all of its military and spy resources to Ukraine.

Ideas and proposals to support the development of the European economic security agenda, in six policy papers published in 2024 ⏬⏬.

Some thoughts on Europe's security and defense engagement in the Indo-Pacific region ⏬⏬ .#SLD25 .

L’engagement européen en Indopacifique est-il un surdéploiement stratégique tant la priorité russe s'impose ? Les signaux que les Européens envoient quant à leur niveau d'engagement stratégique sont-ils crédibles ? Eléments de réponse à partir du #SLD25 .

The position of the Philippines is not a “function of U.S.-China rivalry”, “don’t delegitimate actions taken by smaller staters”. Philippines has “strategic agency of our own” to counter overreach of the CCP against international law.

A highly effective preemptive rebuke by Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro against the perspective expressed by two PLA officers that the Philippines serves as a “proxy, a shadow in a shadow play” #SLD25

RT @tessa_wong: It's the last day of the Shangri-la Dialogue, here's a recap. French President Emmanuel Macron kicked it off by warning US….

This is actually a helpful and important recognition that policies should not be based on an assessment of the CCP’s leadership strategic intentions, because they just can’t be determined with certainty and it’s hard to dispel the fog of cognitive operations. #SLD25.

2. The EU has security partnerships with Japan and South Korea, there is strong interest in developing security cooperation with India and Australia. Shared interest to address threats to undersea cables and the problem of shadow fleet.

Two key message from EU HR/VP @kajakallas at #SLD25: 1. If we don’t defend international law, we validate aggression. This who breach international law are those who see IR as a zero-sum game.

Asian allies should look at countries in Europe as trend towards increased defense spending is gaining pace. America treats allies “sometimes with tough love, but love nonetheless”.