Flash and Facts

26 November 2021

The worrying weaknesses of our Supply Chains

The current health crisis had at least one positive effect. It has highlighted the limits of our supply chains. And this is true whether for electronic chips or parts for cars or for food ...

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12 November 2021

Major World Powers and Climate Change Issues

The urgency to tackle climate change is not in doubt. Fortunately the reactions of many states in the world are going in the right direction. However it is actions and not statements that will ...

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12 November 2021

A few key elements about the issue of Food security in the world

Here are the major facts presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN) in its 2021 report. It must be stressed that food insecurity has been climbing for six ...

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28 October 2021

Is Poverty increasing in Europe?

The answer is clearly yes. And this results from the European Union's own statistics. The most significant figure for the year 2020 is that an estimated 21.9% of the EU population -about 96 ...

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28 October 2021

The scale of the Indian Emigration

The UN estimate that at 18 Million India has the world's largest diaspora population. This figure is to compare with another estimate of about 300 Million immigrants in the world. It must be ...

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13 October 2021

The Quad : Whatever they say this Alliance was clearly directed against China

Aukus is the first official pact launched by the US, Australia and the UK to counter China. In short, the clear objective of this security pact is to counter China in the Asia-Pacific region. But ...

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13 October 2021

A few considerations about European Digital Sovereignty

The digital sovereignty is for the European Union a key target to stay at the top in an increasingly competitive world. And it is not just an economic matter. Indeed, digital sovereignty is ...

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28 September 2021

India can only take notice of the Taliban Victory

It is hard to deny that Pakistan - India's historic enemy - is the first beneficiary of the return of the Talibans in Afghanistan. It is also difficult to deny that in many countries around the ...

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28 September 2021

Digital Pollution is a tremendous Challenge....for all of us

This pollution is primarily due to our billions of computers, tablets and smartphones. Here are some figures and projections abstracted from Statista which is one of the most important global ...

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10 September 2021

Cybersecurity will remain for a long time at the center of concern for many States and Companies

Cyber risks are at the center of global attention. Of course, and in an overall context of instability, cyber security issues are of concern to many governments, but not only. Business owners, ...

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