their irritation with the West as a whole

What did you expect would happen when you provoked the tiger?’

wars on the planet have never stopped, including in the last 30 years, and statements from the EU states about the era of ‘harmony and prosperity’ that Putin interrupted are perceived as both selfishness and hypocrisy

harsh methods and humanitarian consequences of the conflict do not elicit much sympathy from outside. In other words

few people approve of Russia’s actions in Ukraine

he Western media still has a near-monopoly on determining the picture of what is happening on a global scale.

no one has yet come close to the Western world in terms of well-being and comfort.

n particular,expert communities, researchers and the privatesector –to work withand supporthumanitarian organizationsto develop or acquire the necessary tools

calls onStates and other actors to respect and protect impartial humanitarian organizations online as they do offline, including by safeguarding them from harmful cyber and information operations of any kind

n the datasecurity and personal data protection measures taken by Movement components

researching the technical feasibility of a digital emblem –namely,a distinctive emblemor signto identify the dataand digital infrastructure of organizationsand entities

impartial humanitarian organizations’ activities must be respectedand protected online as well as offline

may erode trustin impartial humanitarian organizations

that Statesand other actors respect the humanitarian purpose of such dataprocessing

mitigate the risk of data breaches,so that the peoplewhose data is being processed,

to adopt cyber security measures and data protection practices to

the Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Actionand the Restoring Family Links Code of Conduct on Data Protection, and for protection frameworks,such as those in the Professional Standards for Protection Work

related to the safeguarding of people’s privacyanddignity and their safety

to trust humanitarian organizations with their personal data

impartial humanitarian organizations to process personaldata and sensitive non-personal data (humanitarian data) is critical toand an integral part oftheirability to deliver humanitarian activities

extraction of data being processed(forexample,collected, stored or transferred)by impartialhumanitarian organizationsundermines their work

He called on nations to join China’s new Global Security Initiative and its Global Development Initiative, two loosely defined campaigns.

The country’s policies were “coercive,” its cyberoperations “malicious” and its rhetoric “confrontational.”

In the run-up to any Cop, negotiations are largely handled by technical specialists in the initial phases, with ministers typically getting involved at the end of talks.

This notion strongly reflects Japan’s long-standing philosophy of supporting self-help efforts for development cooperation and translates it into Africa’s context.

The market is bigger and more visible than ever before, encompassing hundreds of companies selling surveillance tech globally. One of the industry’s top trade shows, ISS World, recently held a show in Prague, and it was bigger than ever on both the company and government delegation sides. Calls from every conceivable corner to regulate the industry internationally have largely failed. As a result, there is still little global transparency or accountability for abuse despite increased attention on the problem.

A strengthened and more secure data sharing framework that clarifies ambiguity on liability and ownership when transferring data will protectpeopleand businesses;it will alsohelp build trust and acceptance in twinning technologies

Using standards to ensurethattwinning technologies and infrastructures are interoperable will also enabletheintegration of EU partnersin the implementationprocess

The EU must developa more strategic approach to international standardisation activities in relevant global formats.

EU policymakingshouldfurther exploit the useof digital solutions,such as digital twins, artificial intelligence for forecasting,ormodelling in impact assessments.

Social dialogue, investments for quality job creation, and timely development of partnerships between public employment services, trade unions, industry and educational institutions are key.

Green anddigital diplomacy and outreach,leveraging the power of regulation and standardisation and promoting EUvalues,should be stepped up.

Rules-based multilateralism and values-based international cooperation should be prioritised.

The work of the EU Observatory of Critical Technologiesand a periodic review process will be important in the context of current and future risks of (technological) strategic dependencies.

the role of the EU in shaping global standards, and the voice of EU companies in regional standard setting bodies, will remain key.

Data standards will play an important role in ensuring that the exponential increase in the volume from different origins and private data

Standardswill beimportant forenabling the twinning.

Further digitalisation, accelerated by COVID-19, will also affect conditions and patterns of work, as well as access tosocial protection.

will be fair or will not be

currently the richest 10% of Europeans emit per capita more than three timesas much as the rest of Europe’scitizens.50

This entails reorientingthetraditionalview ofeconomic progresstowards a more qualitative one evolving around wellbeing, resource efficiency, circularity,and regeneration.

Boese, V., et all (2022).Democracy Report2022: Autrocratization Changing Nature? Varieties of Democracy Institute, V-DEM

This is relevant, as the last 30 years of democratic progress has been eradicated46: the average level of global democracy in 2021 is down to its 1989 level.

pursuing a value-based approac

rivalriesbased on values and societal modelsare alsoexpected to grow.

n quantum computing 50% of the top companies are in the US, 40% in China and none in the EU. In 5G, China captures nearly 60% of external funding, the US 27%, Europe 11%. In artificial intelligence, the US captured 40%, Europe 12% and Asia (including China) 32%. In biotech in 2018–20, theUS spent $260 billion, Europe $42 billion, China $19 billion. McKinsey Global Institute (2022). Securing Europe’s future beyond energy.

the EU could meet 52% of lithium demand, 49% for nickel and 58% for cobalt in 2050 for electric mobility by recycling end-of-life batteries.

For instance, after 2040, recycling could be the EU’s major source of supply for most transition metals, together with the continued need for primary metals.

Beyondthe access to critical raw materials, the ability to setenvironmental and socialstandards, ensuring the sustainability ofmining, refining, and recyclingactivities, and production of energy, will be key in the new geopolitical context.

a 3500% increase in the use of lithium, akey component for electric mobility. Chile currently holds 40% of lithium deposits, while China hosts 45% of itsrefining facilitiesworldwide.

China alone accounts for 86% of the global supply of neodymium. Palladium is mostly provided by Russia (40%), and tantalum by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (33%).

EU’s own productionaccountsfor only 4% of the global supply chain of critical raw materials used in the production of digital equipment, such as palladium, tantalum,or neodymium.

the EU’sdependence on third countries, including China,for a number of critical raw materials is even greater than thaton Russia for fossil fuels

oaring energy and food pricesand related social implications, the potentialneed totemporarily increasetheuse of coal, further pressure on public finances,higher inflation rates, increased cyber risks,issues withsupply chains,andimpaired access to critical raw materialsand technologies.

igital twins will provide data to manage thediversification of products and use functional biodiversity to redesign pestcontrol

ood security or the greening of the sector, and while tacklingfood insecurity in low-income partner countries

In the new geopolitical context, the EU needsto reduce its dependence on import of feed, fertilisers,and otherinputs

Availability of anonymised data, smartappliances, as well asconsumer behaviour will enable targeted investments in renovations.

n the EU,thissector currently accounts for 40% of energy consumption, while 75% of the building stock is energy inefficient.3

Uptake of digital solutions by the industrial sectorrequires higher levels of technologicalreadiness and cybersecurity to protect the data of industrial processes and the integrity of their functioning.

Data-driven optimisation will help improve existing materials, develop greener alternatives,and prolong their lifetime.

Four energy-intensive industries –steel, cement, chemicals, pulp,and paper –account for around 70% of its total global CO2 emissions.

digital platforms will boost other options such as pooling and sharing.

The use of data from vehicles and their environment can optimise charging

'Energy-as-a-service'21and data-driven innovative energy services canchangethe way energy suppliers and consumers interact.

Digitalisationcan strengthen the EU’senergy security.

For example, 5G and 6Gwill require users to replace equipmentto fully reap their benefits,as most existing smartphones, tablets, and computers would only be backwardscompatible.

currently only 17.4% of this is properly treated and recycled

On the other hand, deployment of next generations of low-power chips11and moreefficient connectivity technologies (5G and 6G, networkspowered by artificial intelligence) might reduce the overall footprint of ICT.

Power consumption will also rise due to the increaseduse of online platforms, search engines, virtual reality concepts such as the metaverse10, andmusic or video streamingplatforms.

theDigital Twin of the Ocea

Thedevelopment of the EUDestination Earth (DestinE)and itsdigital earth twins is key to predicting the effects and building resilience to climatechange.

nformation and communications technology(ICT)isresponsiblefor5-9% of globalelectricity use and around3%of greenhouse gas emissions.

the greening of data-based technologies, such asbig data analytics, blockchain,andthe internet of things

climate neutrality and energy efficiency for data centres and cloud infrastructures by 2030

Space-based data technologies providing real-timeglobal information monitor progress towards sustainability.

Digital product passports enableenhanced material, componentand end-to-end traceabilityand make data more accessible

monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions for carbon pricing.

resource efficiency and strengthen the flexibility of systems and networks.

ten key areas where action will be needed.

Digital CompassandFit for 55

While they are different in nature and each subject to specific dynamics, theirtwinning–i.e. their capacity to reinforce each other–deservescloser scrutiny.

on the interactions between the green and digitaltransitions

Governments also fret about privacy breaches, which is even more sensitive than usual when it comes to medical information.

Another Alphabet subsidiary, Verily, is working with L’Oréal, a French beauty giant, to better understand how ageing impacts the biology of the skin—and thus create better skincare.

ageing should be viewed not as an immutable aspect of life but as a condition that can be managed and treated,

to slow the ageing process—or stop it altogether.

Alphabet’s ai projects are also beginning to produce results. Starting in 2016 DeepMind, a British startup bought by Google in 2014,

The fda’s stamp of approval for the Fitbit sensor is a big deal.

Google launched itself into the wearables business in 2019 with a $2.1bn acquisition of Fitbit.

Through engagement with user communities, GEO will play a key role in systematically: identifying data needs while advocating the provision of, and access to, multiple sources of data; delivering tools, skills and services to allow the intelligent exploitation of the data by the user communities; and showcasing the value of Earth observation data in order to expand interest in, and usage of, those observations, as well as demonstrate their benefits to society.

on the ability of expert communities to utilize complex data from Earth observations and combine these with social and economic analyses.

The extraordinary monitoring capabilities of the countries and organizations that participate in GEO afford decision-makers an unprecedented opportunity to gain foresight about critical factors that impact our future

Earth observations are an opportunity tosupplement statistical analyses in the assessment of indicators towards the attainment of the SDGs and thus have a critical role to play in support of SDG monitoring frameworks.

Earth observations from diverse sources, including satellite, airborne, in-situplatforms, and citizen observatories, when integrated together, provide powerful tools for understanding the past and present conditions of Earth systems, as well as the interplay between them. These tools, and the improved knowledge they provide, together with socio-economic data describing the human dimension in the global environment, can help solve problems, address and mitigate risks, and deliver skillful predictionsof the future behaviour of Earth systems.

The Russian media would be right to increase coverage of developments in the key non-Western nations, educating the Russian elite and the broader public about the economic realities, politics, and culture of those nations.

Apart from economics, student exchange programs should be expanded, and Russian tourism encouraged to move east, and south

Being an ambassador to Indonesia should be more prestigious than an ambassadorship in Rome, and a post in Tashkent should be viewed as more important than one in Vienna.

From Indonesia to Brazil, and from Argentina to South Africa, there are many dynamic and ambitious countries that Moscow is seeking to engage.

capitulating to the West is no option for Russia, at this point. Things have gone too far.

that people start doing the right thing only when there are no other options.

the dominant cult of individual self-expression, runaway liberalism that is turning increasingly oppressive, the erosion of family values and the proliferation of genders, jars with the more traditional cultural code of the majority of the Russian population.

Despite the recent political rupture and the geo-economic shift, the foundations of Russian culture remain definitely European.

Russians have traditionally identified themselves with the rest of Europe. Christianity; the legacies of Ancient Greece and Rome; the ideas of French Enlightenment and German philosophy; European literature and the arts, music, and dance –

in cultural terms

This, too, is on the way out, however.

Second, Moscow’s economic relations have been largely built with the West.

Russia’s political rupture with the West is thus complete, and any new norm of relations between them can only emerge as a result of the “Hybrid War,“ which will take years, if not decades, to fight out.

At least since the days of Peter the Great, Russian elites have looked westward, adopting western ways of appearance and behavior (while remaining distinctly Russian beneath the garb and manners); adapting western institutions (even if often only superficially); borrowing western patterns of thinking (while creatively developing them, as with Marxism); seeking to become a great European power; then, in Soviet days, a global superpower; and, more recently, a key component of a greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok.

Having tried, after the end of the Cold War, to become part of the new West, and having failed at that endeavor, Russia is now focusing on developing its ties with Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

We might have to live in the ruins of the old order for quite some time, without anything new being constructed.

the discrediting of communism by the 1970s (if not before) was a boon for neoliberals, who then also – a point Gerstle underplays – used international institutions such as the World Trade Organisation to entrench their beliefs in a global order

Trump promised to restore white supremacy; Sanders thundered that the Obama administration, still dominated by Nineties neoliberals like Larry Summers, had been soft on finance after 2008.  

Clinton and House speaker Newt Gingrich – worked together behind the public scenes of political and personal invective to give Silicon Valley the lax internet legislation it craved.

While Clinton and Blair were cheerleaders for technology and globalisation, it is harder to see that their stances really amounted to cosmopolitanism in any meaningful sense: borders might have become more porous, but hardly “open”

the original liberal “promise of emancipation”

precisely because they prioritised freedom, rather than equality, socialists would now build welfare states that provided the security needed for the unfolding and flourishing of individuality

broad continuities between 19th-century liberal ideals of autonomy and individuality and contemporary neoliberalism.

the consumer is not immortal when car manufacturers neglect safety for profit, as Nader’s famous 1965 book, Unsafe at Any Speed, argued.    

corporate America’s selective appropriation of creativity and all its talk of diversity does not prove that left-wing radicals inadvertently helped establish the neoliberal order.

cannot be established without an appeal to moral ideals.

n the 1980s, Ronald Reagan proved the “ideological architect” of neoliberalism, but Bill Clinton, writes Gerstle, played the role of “key facilitator” – the Eisenhower of the centre left, acquiescing in the neoliberal order.  

was a form of “cosmopolitanism” more akin to libertarianism: a supposedly “deeply egalitarian and pluralistic” belief in “open borders” and diversity resulting from different people freely mixing

Thatcher was calling for people to be responsible for themselves, with the help of strong families and the “living tapestry” of something like civil society

“Order” here is a term of art; Gerstle defines it as “a constellation of ideologies, policies, and constituencies that shape American politics in ways that endure beyond the two-, four- and six-year election cycles”.

Middle East & North Africa

But interdependence is also vulnerability.

it was believed that interdependence leads to peace and brings benefits.

Naturally, the goods that are needed for medicine, for defense, for machine tool building, must be produced at home or with the help of friendly countries.

We have a really bad situation with microchips.

This threshold is slowly lowering, but it cannot be crossed. I hope everyone's mind will prevail.

don't see a "collective Kennedy" there.

Take, for example, the notorious idea of ​​military parity. This is idiotic!

And it’s better for us to live for some time in the “fortress of Russia” – reliably protected, mostly taking care of itself, but at the same time open to cooperation with those who are ready for it.

we'd better live in the "fortress of Russia" for a while...

Until he calms down and comes to terms with the fact that he is no longer the world hegemon, but simply one of the centers of human civilization.

the attack from the West on Russia is carried out in order to knock it out as a strategic rear for China. And if Russia falters, then the Chinese positions will also be drastically weakened. And they understand this very well.

evade responsibility for failures for a while.

this is the absolute impoverishment of the middle class, and a blatant increase in inequality

no longer military superiority.

These positions, based on military superiority, were unshakable for almost 500 years.

Regulation has acted as a form of quality control for Europe’s entire existence and success.

from an apparent market failure

missing a major opportunity to promote an Internet that offers the best of both worlds — one where regulation can exist without compromising its original vision and values.

to fall into the “China trap” — focusing on regulation aimed at repositioning the way power is distributed within the Internet ecosystem.

to reflect both the values of the Internet and Europe,

has failed to live up to this promise of collaboration with the wider Internet community.

the copyright lobby, big tech or traditional telecommunication providers — and civil society continues to struggle to be heard.

representing different interests

regulatory proposal for the sexual exploitation of children, which will force companies to come up with technologies to scan for such material instead

diverse and constantly evolving community of users and applications.

serving

the Internet’s value

to use upload filters,

anyone

accessible

will oblige Over The Top (OTT) service providers to pay telecoms providers for their infrastructure investment.

it’s not limited to any specific technology or interest group.

the Internet is global, yet Europe very much insists on a notion of digital sovereignty

the Internet’s own values.

Europe’s biggest asset

But by subscribing its own values onto the Internet, Europe is making the same mistake China does: It’s attempting to circumscribe the Internet within its own political, social and cultural confines.

Europe is interested in an Internet based on its own values, with its entire regulatory agenda premised on pluralism and inclusion — both of which promote “strategic sovereignty.”

“Harmonization of the market is key in order to really generate bigger crypto companies in Europe,”

MiCA “will be to crypto what GDPR was to privacy,” he said, referring to groundbreaking EU data protection rules that set the standard for similar laws elsewhere in the world, including California and Brazil.

Authorities feared private digital tokens could end up threatening sovereign currencies like the euro.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which represent ownership in digital properties like art, were excluded from the proposals. The EU Commission has been tasked with determining whether NFTs require their own regime within 18 months.

MiCA will also address environmental concerns surrounding crypto, with firms forced to disclose their energy consumption as well as the impact of digital assets on the environment.

Under the new rules, stablecoins like tether and Circle’s USDC will be required to maintain ample reserves to meet redemption requests in the event of mass withdrawals. Stablecoins that become too large also face being limited to 200 million euros in transactions per day.

The landmark law, known as Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA, is designed to make life tougher for numerous players in the crypto market, including exchanges and issuers of so-called stablecoins, tokens that are meant to be pegged to existing assets like the U.S. dollar.

What’s this meeting for? What’s my role? Can I shorten this meeting by limiting live information sharing and focusing on discussion and decision making?

In Japan, Microsoft’s “Work Life Choice Challenge” adopted a four-day workweek, reduced the time employees spend in meetings—and boosted productivity by 40 percent.

Two-way information sharing during meetings is limited by having attendees review materials in advance, replacing presentations with Q&As

in favor of other mechanisms such as a memo, podcast, or vlog.

when there is an interpretive lens required to understand the information, when that information is particularly sensitive, or when leaders want to ensure there’s ample time to process it and ask questions.

Do employees have space to bring up concerns or dissent? Do they feel that if they make a mistake it will be held against them? Do they feel they can take risks or ask for help? Do they feel others may undermine them? Do employees feel valued for their unique skills and talents?

If employees don’t feel psychologically safe, it will be nearly impossible for leaders and managers to break through disempowering behaviors like constant escalation, hiding problems or risks, and being afraid to ask questions—no matter how skilled they are as coaches.

o improve the coaching skills of managers and help them to create the space and time to coach teams, as opposed to filling out reports, presenting in meetings, and other activities that take time away from driving impact through the work of their teams.

Our research indicates while it is often helpful to involve more people in decision making, not all of them should be deciders—in many cases, just one individual should be the decider (see sidebar “How to define decision rights”).

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Interacting is easier than ever, but true, productive, value-creating collaboration is not.

There’s seemingly no excuse to not collaborate.

one such example being a Twitter-like social media project in Cuba, funded by USAID and uncovered by the Associated Press in 2014. 

one such example being a Twitter-like social media project in Cuba, funded by USAID and uncovered by the Associated Press in 2014. 

This question is explored by the Swiss Digital Initi-ative in this study to better understand what trust means from the customer’s perspective. As in the analogue world, trust in the digital space is a complex construct, influenced by context and various factors. It is not only about aspects such as security, but also about reliability and responsibility. And last but not least: trust cannot be mandated – also in the digital world. You have to earn it.

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was the opening curtain for Europe’s approach to Internet regulation,

hrough line-by-line content analysis, we identify 59 values that areuplifted in ML research, and, of these, we find that the papers mostfrequently justify and assess themselves based on Performance,Generalization, Quantitative evidence, Efficiency, Building on pastwork, and Novelty. We present extensive textual evidence and iden-tify key themes in the definitions and operationalization of thesevalues. Notably, we find systematic textual evidence that these topvalues are being defined and applied with assumptions and impli-cations generally supporting the centralization of power. Finally,we find increasingly close ties between these highly cited papersand tech companies and elite universities.

we have never had more technological tools at our disposal to help with crises across the globe, and it would be a travesty for us not to use them.

America and its allies and partners aim to advance peace, protect human rights, promote sustainable development and defend the open internet for the benefit of all

Digital dashboards and data visualisation software can be used to improve peacekeepers’ situational awareness and help missions evaluate and improve their own performance.

the security and the success of UN peacekeeping missions

we must widen access to reliable and affordable internet, accompanied by training in digital literacy and cybersecurity.

connecting those in need with aid workers and humanitarian services

aid of those affected by ongoing crises.

precision farming and ensure the efficient use of resources.