Sylvie Kauffmann
@sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
Journaliste Le Monde / Foreign Affairs Columnist Le Monde/ Contributing Opinion Writer FT / Auteur de "Les Aveuglés - Comment Berlin et Paris ont laissé la voie libre à la Russie" (Stock)
Pourquoi la société belge Solvay fournit-elle des terres rares aux Etats-Unis alors que l'Europe en manque?
Solvay conclut deux accords pour fournir des terres rares à des fabricants américains d'aimants
Le groupe chimique Solvay a annoncé mercredi avoir signé deux accords pour approvisionner en terres rares des fabricants d'aimants aux États-Unis, dans le cadre de la montée en puissance de son...
www.zonebourse.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pourquoi la société belge Solvay fournit-elle des terres rares aux Etats-Unis alors que l'Europe en manque?
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How depressing is this?
Europe’s top processor of rare earths materials said Wednesday it had forged new partnerships to strengthen supply chains in the United States, deals that come as Europe lags in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths
Europe’s top processor of rare earths materials said Wednesday it had forged new partnerships to strengthen supply chains in the United States, deals that come as Europe lags in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths
Solvay of Belgium Creates Rare Earths Deals With U.S.
The contracts are the latest sign of how Europe is lagging the United States in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How depressing is this?
Europe’s top processor of rare earths materials said Wednesday it had forged new partnerships to strengthen supply chains in the United States, deals that come as Europe lags in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths
Europe’s top processor of rare earths materials said Wednesday it had forged new partnerships to strengthen supply chains in the United States, deals that come as Europe lags in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths
Il y a dix ans, le mémorial du Monde #13Novembre #EnMémoire
Attentats du 13-Novembre : le mémorial du « Monde » aux victimes
En 2015, « Le Monde » avait publié les portraits des hommes et des femmes tués dans les attaques afin de conserver la mémoire de ces vies fauchées.
www.lemonde.fr
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Il y a dix ans, le mémorial du Monde #13Novembre #EnMémoire
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Suggestions that AI could boost productivity by up to 20% may well be overblown
• Experienced software developers tend to forecast and report that AI speeds up their work by about 20%
• Yet recording how long AI-aided task actually takes shows AI slows developers by 20%
• Experienced software developers tend to forecast and report that AI speeds up their work by about 20%
• Yet recording how long AI-aided task actually takes shows AI slows developers by 20%
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Suggestions that AI could boost productivity by up to 20% may well be overblown
• Experienced software developers tend to forecast and report that AI speeds up their work by about 20%
• Yet recording how long AI-aided task actually takes shows AI slows developers by 20%
• Experienced software developers tend to forecast and report that AI speeds up their work by about 20%
• Yet recording how long AI-aided task actually takes shows AI slows developers by 20%
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"L’Europe va-t-elle enfin saisir son moment dans cette guerre qui est d’abord une guerre européenne, et dans laquelle la Russie l’attaque de plus en plus directement ? "
Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
« Les Ukrainiens comptent sur l’Europe mais ne cachent plus leur désillusion face à sa lenteur, politique et militaire »
CHRONIQUE. Entre les errements diplomatiques de Donald Trump et la Russie qui intensifie sa guerre, les alliés européens de l’Ukraine doivent enfin saisir leur moment, analyse dans sa chronique Sylvie...
www.lemonde.fr
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"L’Europe va-t-elle enfin saisir son moment dans cette guerre qui est d’abord une guerre européenne, et dans laquelle la Russie l’attaque de plus en plus directement ? "
Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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"Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. [...] Few exemptions will be granted."
Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe
As part of the “America First” agenda, the Department of Defense is stockpiling weapons.
www.theatlantic.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. [...] Few exemptions will be granted."
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Many in Silicon Valley call China a threat to freedom. But an AP investigation finds U.S. tech giants to a large degree designed and built Beijing’s digital police state, enabling China's Communist Party to smother dissent and tighten its grip on power.
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Many in Silicon Valley call China a threat to freedom. But an AP investigation finds U.S. tech giants to a large degree designed and built Beijing’s digital police state, enabling China's Communist Party to smother dissent and tighten its grip on power.
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📖 [À lire] Dernier numéro de la revue Politique Etrangère de @ifri.bsky.social où je co-signe avec G. Garnier un article "L'Europe à découvert" sur la défense stratégique & militaire de l'🇪🇺 avec une participation 🇺🇸 📉: Posture Review, menace russe, scénarios d'avenir www.ifri.org/fr/articles/...
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📖 [À lire] Dernier numéro de la revue Politique Etrangère de @ifri.bsky.social où je co-signe avec G. Garnier un article "L'Europe à découvert" sur la défense stratégique & militaire de l'🇪🇺 avec une participation 🇺🇸 📉: Posture Review, menace russe, scénarios d'avenir www.ifri.org/fr/articles/...
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💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression."
A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed.
The rest is history.
A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed.
The rest is history.
September 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression."
A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed.
The rest is history.
A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed.
The rest is history.
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Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII have been reburied in Ukraine at a ceremony attended by government officials from both countries.
Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
Polish victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainian nationalists reburied in Ukraine
notesfrompoland.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Polish victims of massacres carried out by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII have been reburied in Ukraine at a ceremony attended by government officials from both countries.
Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
Their remains were exhumed this year following a diplomatic breakthrough between Kyiv and Warsaw.
Passionnantes journées de la Fabrique de la Diplomatie qui attirent une foule énorme à l’uni Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)
September 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Passionnantes journées de la Fabrique de la Diplomatie qui attirent une foule énorme à l’uni Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)
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"Cet été, [les Européens] ont réussi à écarter le pire scénario, celui d’une alliance Washington-Moscou contre Kiev. Mais le lien toxique entre les dirigeants russe et américain n’est toujours pas rompu." Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social et @piosmo.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Guerre en Ukraine : récit d’une folle séquence diplomatique, de Moscou à Washington, en passant par Anchorage
Face à un Vladimir Poutine décidé à ne rien céder, Donald Trump a semblé naviguer à vue pendant tout le mois d’août. Les Européens et Volodymyr Zelensky s’efforcent, de leur côté, d’empêcher un aligne...
www.lemonde.fr
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Cet été, [les Européens] ont réussi à écarter le pire scénario, celui d’une alliance Washington-Moscou contre Kiev. Mais le lien toxique entre les dirigeants russe et américain n’est toujours pas rompu." Par @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social et @piosmo.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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"Le Hamas, près de deux ans après avoir déclenché le conflit en cours, continue de faire passer ses intérêts de parti avant ceux d’une population aux abois. Nul doute que le verdict de l’histoire sera sans appel contre les islamistes palestiniens..." Par JP Filiu
www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...
www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...
L’écrasante responsabilité du Hamas dans la catastrophe palestinienne
CHRONIQUE. Le mouvement islamiste, au lieu d’accorder la priorité à l’intégrité du peuple palestinien, n’a cessé de fournir à Israël des prétextes pour dévaster la bande de Gaza, explique l’historien ...
www.lemonde.fr
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Le Hamas, près de deux ans après avoir déclenché le conflit en cours, continue de faire passer ses intérêts de parti avant ceux d’une population aux abois. Nul doute que le verdict de l’histoire sera sans appel contre les islamistes palestiniens..." Par JP Filiu
www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...
www.lemonde.fr/un-si-proche...
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Modi’s refusal to back Trump for a Nobel peace prize was instumental in the unraveling of a highly strategic relationship that has been carefully nurtured over decades
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Modi’s refusal to back Trump for a Nobel peace prize was instumental in the unraveling of a highly strategic relationship that has been carefully nurtured over decades
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
Russian and Chinese submarines patrol together in the Pacific
Russian and Chinese submarines join forces in Pacific patrol first
Mission and choice of vessels reflect the deepening military coordination between the armed forces of the two countries.
sc.mp
August 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Russian and Chinese submarines patrol together in the Pacific
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Trump on his trade deal with the EU: “They pay us $950 billion”
August 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump on his trade deal with the EU: “They pay us $950 billion”
Controversy in Warsaw over the absence of the new president, Karol Nawrocki, along the 7 European leaders who went to Washington with Zelenskyy. Missed opportunity for Poland
"Zostaliśmy bez dobrych kart i dlatego nie ma nas w Białym Domu". Dlaczego Polacy nie polecieli do Trumpa
— Polska niewiele może dać w zasadzie i z perspektywy Kijowa, i z perspektywy Donalda Trumpa. Więc teraz nasza rola jest marginalna — mówił w podcaście Naczelni dziennikarz Newsweeka Jacek Gądek.
www.newsweek.pl
August 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Controversy in Warsaw over the absence of the new president, Karol Nawrocki, along the 7 European leaders who went to Washington with Zelenskyy. Missed opportunity for Poland
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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EU proves that defence is the most important strategic priority.
We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund.
It’s 5X more than in today’s budget.
This is a real deterrence!
🇪🇺will be defence-ready!
We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund.
It’s 5X more than in today’s budget.
This is a real deterrence!
🇪🇺will be defence-ready!
July 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
EU proves that defence is the most important strategic priority.
We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund.
It’s 5X more than in today’s budget.
This is a real deterrence!
🇪🇺will be defence-ready!
We propose to allocate €131 bn to defence, security and space projects within the European Competitiveness Fund.
It’s 5X more than in today’s budget.
This is a real deterrence!
🇪🇺will be defence-ready!
En 2023, le Danemark a supprimé un de ses 11 jours fériés pour financer l'effort de défense dû à la guerre en Ukraine. Malgré les manifestations, le Parlement l'a voté par 95 voix contre 68. Le "jour de la grande prière" était férié depuis le 17ème siècle
Denmark scraps public holiday to boost defence budget
The extra day of work will provide an additional $400m to the economy.
bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
En 2023, le Danemark a supprimé un de ses 11 jours fériés pour financer l'effort de défense dû à la guerre en Ukraine. Malgré les manifestations, le Parlement l'a voté par 95 voix contre 68. Le "jour de la grande prière" était férié depuis le 17ème siècle
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The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, writes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR.
Read his latest commentary:
Read his latest commentary:
Britain and Europe are changing together
The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new…
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a defence community. Britain can help shape the continent’s new security order, writes Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR.
Read his latest commentary:
Read his latest commentary:
“It’ll be business for us, and we will send them Patriots". The air-defense system Trump will send to Ukraine will be paid for by Europe
Patriot System Will Be Sent to Ukraine, Trump Says
The president’s announcement comes a day before he meets with NATO’s chief.
www.wsj.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“It’ll be business for us, and we will send them Patriots". The air-defense system Trump will send to Ukraine will be paid for by Europe
Very good podcast on where we stand on Europe and Ukraine @ecfr.eu @jkobzova.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social
Beyond the battlefield: Europe’s long-term strategy for Ukraine
Mark Leonard is joined by Camille Grand and Jana Kobzova to discuss ECFR’s new European Security programme and the war in Ukraine…
ecfr.eu
July 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very good podcast on where we stand on Europe and Ukraine @ecfr.eu @jkobzova.bsky.social @camillegrand.bsky.social
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Open your eyes: "Kyiv’s allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy. Unmoved by US pressure, Putin is determined to achieve his ultimate goal, whatever the cost". @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/132a...
Russia is digging in for the long haul in Ukraine
Kyiv’s western allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy
www.ft.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Open your eyes: "Kyiv’s allies need to recognise that Putin has made the war central to his legitimacy. Unmoved by US pressure, Putin is determined to achieve his ultimate goal, whatever the cost". @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/132a...