![]() ![]() It’s not a stretch to say it’s the most interesting book your host had read all year. ![]() Global Insider has just finished reading Chip War, by Chris Miller, published Oct. It’s no coincidence: Netherlands is home to ASML, a lithography company that is the critical bridge between American chip designers (often the world’s best) and Taiwan, the global chip production capital. In parallel, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui is in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium this week “to discuss strengthening and diversifying supply chains, especially in semiconductors,” per a State Department statement. The restrictions will elaborate on guidance already provided to American chip designers by the Commerce Department earlier this year. The administration plans to announce soon restrictions on Chinese access to American semiconductor technology. Poughkeepsie is home to IBM's Quantum Computation Center, the world’s biggest cluster of quantum computers, while the company’s semiconductor design and manufacturing takes place in nearby Yorktown Heights and Albany. Arvind Krishna, IBM’s CEO and chair, told Global Insider that “Poughkeepsie will directly benefit from the recently passed CHIPS Act” - particularly in quantum computing. Some call it the industrial moonshot.īiden will be visiting an IBM campus in Poughkeepsie in the Hudson Valley, which stands to be among the biggest winners from the new legislation. President Joe Biden will head to New York on Thursday to promote job growth from the CHIPS and Science Act - a $280 billion plan symbolizing America’s new commitment to industrial policy. But what about Azerbaijan using aggression against Armenia, asks Alex Galitsky? Armenia gets sympathy, and some diplomacy, but very little support compared to Ukraine. Reality check - what about Azerbaijan? Dozens of countries have rallied behind Ukraine all year. Gabon and Brazil, two Security Council members that voted in favor of the March resolution, abstained when it came to the measure vetoed by Russia last week. India and South Africa are the most desired votes: Both have histories of “non-alignment.” But the risk may be “yes” votes from March turning into abstentions next week. “The goal is to grow the coalition rather than agreeing on a perfect text,” said an European ambassador. The bare minimum to avoid humiliation is 100 votes: A 2014 General Assembly resolution criticizing Russia’s effort to subsume the Ukrainian region of Crimea via a sham referendum passed with 100 votes in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions. obtained by POLITICO.Ī draft version of the resolution obtained by POLITICO demands that Moscow pull its troops out of Ukraine and says that “illegal so-called referenda” the Kremlin organized to claim the annexation “have no validity under international law.”ġ41 the golden number: The benchmark for success, according to the diplomats POLITICO spoke to, is getting as close as possible to the 141 votes achieved in March condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is furious: Read a letter from Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. #EUROPEAN WAR 5 ALL GENERALS FULL#Nahal Toosi and your host have the full story here. The other tools: spreadsheets, phone calls, WhatsApp messages, face-to-face chats and the occasional public comment, according to seven Western officials and two analysts we spoke to. diplomatic infrastructure is involved, from ambassadors to assistant secretaries to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and members of Congress. The European Union is leading consultations with the 188 countries that are conceivable yet votes - with a meeting taking place today. Now, the EU is taking the lead as the drama shifts to the General Assembly. Western allies are conducting a massive lobbying effort this week, in a hunt for votes at an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly next week which will vote on a resolution slamming Russia’s claim it is annexing more Ukrainian land. The third big risk is climate change, but we’ll get to that another day.ĬAN THE WEST DEFEND AND EXPAND THE COALITION FOR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AT U.N.? The second is global chip wars: The Biden administration is set to promise further action, including toward China - to manage risks to global semiconductor supplies, but succeeding will be a complex statecraft dance. The first is red lines around Russia: Western democracies are on a new push to organize limits - at the United Nations - to end the upending of sovereignty exemplified by Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Global Insider today looks at perhaps two of the three biggest global risks today. Follow Ryan on Twitter | Send tips and insights to ![]()
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