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(This is a translation of an op-ed published in the French newspaper Les Echos on 3rd December 2014: “Jean-Claude Juncker doit en finir avec la radinerie de l’Europe”) - PDF version: How the Luxleaks affair could save the Juncker investment plan for Europe.pdf “In many quarters [of Europe] we encounter a general impression of weariness and aging, of a Europe which is now a “grandmother”, no longer fertile and vibrant. […] the great ideas that once inspired Europe seem to…

04
Aug
As the World Rearms itself, Europe must not fall sleep
  • Edouard Tetreau
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By 2016, Russia plans to increase its military budget by 44%. It is not the only one. All the emerging powers of the century are taking the same steps. Paris and Berlin have to make similar strides. The following is a case for MBA students: The multinational Goliath, on a heckled, but glorious road throughout the twentieth century, collapses in 1990, for mainly three reasons: inadequate governance, ill-conceived external growth operations, causing a fiasco; and financial mismanagement. For two long…

04
Aug
Transatlantic Treaty: We have to start from scratch
  • Edouard Tetreau
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"The reality of the situation, is that today, the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution fight the Iraqis with the help of American drones." Last week, during the annual conference of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Rome, Turkish Prince Al Faisal, former director of the Saudi Secret Service Agency, put his finger on the danger of the Obama administration's diplomacy. Today, this diplomacy is definitely mistaken. The withdrawal of American troops in Iraq precipitated a new opportunity for jihadist…

04
Aug
To guarantee peace, hit Russia where it hurts in the wallet
  • Edouard Tetreau
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There is only one way to dissuade Russia from pursuing an offensive in Ukraine –threaten its economic interests, by leveraging either European gas purchases from Russia or the freezing of financial assets. "In the case of an attack, however limited, our defenses would be so overcome that they would be unable to fight back for longer than one week." This somber prophecy did not come from the head of the Ukrainian army, but another country neighboring Russia –Sweden. Facing the…

04
Aug
Prepare to see robots in your executive board
  • Edouard Tetreau
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A new algorithm, dubbed “Vital,” is capable of defining investment strategies in the life sciences sector. One more step in the automatisation of the decision-making process, and another serious challenge for humankind. Have you heard of Vital? No? You’re wrong: Vital is soon to play a decisive role your career. Vital is the nickname of the new administrator of Deep Knowledge Ventures, a capital investment firm based in Hong Kong dealing in life sciences. Unlike your average manager, Vital never…

04
Aug
Let’s relaunch Europe with a shared network
  • Edouard Tetreau
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Angela Merkel proposes to create a European network of communication to face the American quasi-monopoly of digital data exploitation. Finally, a unifying proposal for Europe! For the first time in a long time, today in Paris, the French and German Council of Ministers' agenda contains a complete proposal for partnership. The digital domain is without a doubt as important as the pooling of German coal and French steel resources in 1950 that gave birth to ECSC and then the European…


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