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12/02/2025

🤖💡 The 15 Days That Upended Macron’s Vision for European AI

Mid-January: French tech leaders express AI race concerns to Macron.
January 21: U.S. announces $500 billion "Stargate" AI investment.
Chinese startup DeepSeek unveils cost-effective chatbot development.
Europe reconsiders its AI strategy in response to global moves.
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Macron secured a win on Thursday when the United Arab Emirates agreed to spend more than €30 billion in France to build a 1 gigawatt data center in France. One of Macron's advisers called the investment “proof of France’s attractiveness."

12/02/2025

At Kritik Bakış English, we go beyond the headlines, delivering in-depth audio articles on geopolitics, global conflicts, tech shifts, and power dynamics.

🎙️ Elon Musk’s Contradictions
🌍 The Geopolitical Heart of the Eastern Mediterranean
⚖️ Israeli & Palestinian Prisoners: A Double Standard?

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12/02/2025

The End Game: Normalization – Jeff Halper

Is the U.S.-Israel "normalization" sidelining Palestinians?
🔹 A so-called two-state solution or two-state apartheid?
🔹 Expanding settlements & annexation reshape the West Bank.
🔹 A Greater Israel recognized while Palestinians are confined to enclaves.

What does this mean for the region? 🌍⚖️ Full analysis here: ⬇️
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Then, with all this in place, normalization. A “Greater” Israel is recognized by Saudi Arabia, much of the Arab and Muslim world and the United States, the Palestinians regulated to “a problem” that demands little more than periodic lip-service. To be sure, this will be sold as the “two-st...

12/02/2025

China Report: The Potential Trajectory of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy – Mao Ruipeng

The report analyzes the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, highlighting its potential to disrupt regional peace and stability. It argues that the U.S. has overestimated its influence and underestimated China's capabilities, leading to ineffective outcomes. The report also suggests that the U.S. strategy may force Asia-Pacific nations to choose sides, limiting their strategic autonomy.

For a comprehensive analysis, read the full report here:

The Trump administration’s perception of China is likely to be even more negative than Biden’s, viewing China as an existential threat to the U.S. and a more dangerous enemy than the Soviet Union, rather than a mere competitor. Trump is expected to abandon the Biden administration’s policy of ...

12/02/2025

Three Notes on the Margins of the Syrian Transition – Mervan Kabalan

Syria’s new administration faces enormous hurdles:
🔹 A fractured state with foreign armies on its soil.
🔹 A divided society where identities outweigh unity.
🔹 Warlords ruling through force.

Yet, it has prevented civil war & state collapse. But can it survive without a clear constitutional framework? ⚖️

Full analysis here: ⬇️
🔗 https://kritikbakis.com/en/three-notes-on-the-margins-of-the-syrian-transition/

12/02/2025

The FBI Is Now the Federal Bureau of…Resistance? – Chris Smith

🚔🔥 The FBI vs. Trump & Musk: A new power struggle emerges!
🔹 FBI leaders defy DOJ orders, refusing to expose agents in key probes.
🔹 Acting Director Driscoll & top agent Dennehy accused of insubordination.
🔹 Is the FBI now the epicenter of internal resistance in the U.S. government?

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to dismantle multiple federal agencies, and no one seems capable of pushing back. Enter a nascent FBI rebellion.

12/02/2025

Global Chaos and Fragility in the Middle East – Taha Özhan

The re-election of Trump has exposed a prolonged erosion of American political institutions, leading to a "political recession" with global repercussions. This instability is acutely felt in the Middle East, where the fragile order sustaining Israel-centric "sustainable instability" is under stress. As the U.S. retreats from global engagement, regional actors must rationalize their geopolitical strategies to navigate the emerging multipolar world.

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It is conceivable that the “American problem” will precipitate a fundamental shift in the global order. While such a transformation could deepen uncertainty in the Middle East, the faster regional actors update their alliance structures, the more effectively they may navigate future crises—eve...

12/02/2025

China and the Story of Supply and Demand – Dean Baker

China's economic slowdown is primarily due to insufficient domestic demand. Enhancing social security and healthcare could boost consumption. Meanwhile, China's capacity to offer affordable exports can aid countries affected by trade tensions. The question arises: which autocratic regime will nations choose to align with?

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The prospect of closer ties to China’ autocratic regime surely is not appealing to people in Mexico, Canada, and elsewhere. But with Trump claiming dictatorial powers, the question facing these countries now is which autocratic regime they want to ally with.

12/02/2025

Trump vs. The Establishment, Who Will Win? – Paul Craig Roberts

🔹 Is the American bureaucracy Trump's biggest obstacle?
🔹 The Establishment is using all its power to block change.
🔹 Will Trump spend four years fighting legal battles?

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Trump and his supporters need to understand that the Establishment is institutionalized in thebureaucracies of his own government. For decades Americans have been suffering violence from their government. It is way pasttime to send the violence back, in a double dose, to the criminal American Establ...

12/02/2025

🤖 As China and the U.S. Race Toward A.I. Armageddon, Does It Matter Who Wins? – Koohan Paik-Mander

The U.S. and China are locked in an AI arms race, but at what cost? Paik-Mander argues that this rivalry distracts from pressing global crises that demand cooperation over competition.

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There’s no shortage of problems thatour combined brilliance can improve if not solve: climate, nuclear weapons, speciesextinction, toxic waste clean-up, housing, microplastics, and last but not least, dangerousunregulated technologies. None of these colossal crises can be addressed as long as we a...

12/02/2025

🌍 Donald Trump's Gaza Plan and Iran Strategy – İsmail Sarı

Trump proposes U.S. control over Gaza and relocating Palestinians, while intensifying pressure on Iran through close cooperation with Israel. What are the legal and ethical implications of this dual-pronged strategy?

Read more: https://kritikbakis.com/en/donald-trumps-gaza-plan-and-iran-strategy/

12/02/2025

🌍 Why Not an Eastern Mediterranean Alliance? – Kemal Öztürk

Facing common threats, should nations from Türkiye to Morocco unite in a strategic alliance for security and development? Öztürk proposes a bold vision for regional cooperation.

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The countries of the region must now recognize the looming dangers that await them in thefuture. The way forward is to establish strong alliances in the fields of security, defense, economy, and development. Türkiye, Baghdad, and Damascus are on the verge of forming a trilateral alliance under the ...