Foreign Policy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara react to his supporters during an event by his Likud Party.

An unprecedented new governing coalition has formed in Israel. What comes next?

Natan Sachs and Célia Belin

Thursday, June 3, 2021

General views of the video conference inter-institutional actors with the participation of Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council, Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, Pachal DONOHOE, President of the Eurogroup and Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank. Brussels the 11/03/2021.Vues generales de la vidéoconference interinstitutionnelle des acteurs avec la participation de Charles MICHEL, president du Conseil europeen, Ursula von der LEYEN, presidente de la Commission europeenne, Pachal DONOHOE, president de l'Eurogroupe et Christine LAGARDE, présidente de la Banque centrale europeenne. Bruxelles le 11/03/2021.

As the EU debates rules for its economy, a more ambitious political vision is inevitable

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Germany’s role in US-Russian nuclear arms control

Thursday, June 3, 2021

**VIDEO AVAILABLE. CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE.**A giant hybrid sailboat has been created to reinforce the battle against plastic pollution in our oceans.Manta by SeaCleaners is the first-of-its-kind processing ship designed to collect, treat and repurpose large numbers of plastic debris floating in polluted waters, along the coasts, in estuaries, and in the mouths of large rivers.Relying primarily on renewable energy sources, the deep-sea vessel is eco-friendly and able to cross the oceans, intervening rapidly wherever it’s needed. Poised for launch in 2024, the Manta will operate autonomously 75% of the time without the use of fossil fuels, and it will have the ability to extract between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of floating plastic each year.Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep. Depending on the density and closeness of the layers of waste, the catamaran can collect between 1 to 3 tons of waste each hour. Even more impressive, its hybrid abilities means that this catamaran can operate for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Each boat is equipped with multiple collection systems, including a set of waste-collecting conveyor belts to bring the plastic from the ocean to the boat, three floatable systems to pick up surface waste, two smaller multipurpose collection rafts for shallower and narrower parts of the ocean that the larger catamaran can’t access, and two lateral cranes to pull larger pieces of debris from the water.According to the designers, led by the company’s founder Yvan Bourgnon, the first mission of the Manta will take place in Southeast Asia. After that, the Manta will operate in Africa and South America but will also intervene in temporarily polluted areas following climatic or natural disasters.The project is three years in the making and will mark the world’s only work boat capable of managing 100% of the plastic waste it collects. An onboard factory will he

Marking the decarbonization revolutions

David G. Victor and Ryan Hanna

Nature Thursday, June 3, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021. Majdi Mohammed/Pool via REUTERS

For Washington and the Palestinians, old policy is no substitute for sound policy

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Soldiers wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at an event to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait crisis in Kinmen, Taiwan, August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

It’s not just China: Population, power generation, political polarization, and parochialism are also long-term threats to Taiwan’s success and survival

Syaru Shirley Lin

China Leadership Monitor Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Reiner Haseloff (CDU, l), Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, stands next to Armin Laschet (CDU), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia and candidate for the chancellorship of the CDU/CSU, in front of a model of a forest elephant that lived 200,000 years ago at the Pfännerhall exhibition centre. A new state parliament will be elected in Saxony-Anhalt on 06.06.2021.

East German political winds ruffle feathers in Berlin

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

On June 1, Vanda Felbab-Brown joined the Asia Society India Centre for the discussion, “Mired in conflict: Afghanistan’s future post-U.S. exit and its impact on South Asia.”

Vanda Felbab-Brown

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