Marc Julienne

@marcjulienne.bsky.social

Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) Associate Lecturer at Inalco Ph.D. from Inalco @ifri-asie.bsky.social @ifri.bsky.social Views are my own

Exclusive: The Pentagon asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to an administration official, a new ask that will likely run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war

That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

wapo.st

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will be increasing the number of its nuclear warheads—as well as ceasing public disclosures of warhead totals, a break with decades of transparency. Read more from Héloïse Fayet @hfayet.bsky.social. ⬇️

France has a new nuclear doctrine of ‘forward deterrence’ for Europe. What does it mean?

With his calibrated speech, Macron projected a more assertive French nuclear deterrence in Europe without abandoning the national tradition of restraint.

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🇪🇺 Un changement de cap économique : Bruxelles a dévoilé mercredi des propositions en faveur du "Made in Europe", visant à réindustrialiser le continent et à mieux résister à la concurrence chinoise, après des mois de discussions animées au sein des 27. ➡️ u.afp.com/SunK

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🇹🇭 Élections en Thaïlande : les conservateurs consolident leur ancrage. 👉 Décryptage de Juliette Loesch, chercheuse associée au Centre Asie de l’Ifri, qui analyse la progression du parti conservateur Bhumjaithai lors des élections législatives anticipées de février 2026. www.ifri.org/fr/editoriau...

Élections en Thaïlande : les conservateurs consolident leur ancrage

À rebours des sondages, le parti conservateur pro-business Bhumjaithai a dominé les élections législatives anticipées du 8 février 2026 et s’est imposé à la Chambre basse avec 193 sièges sur 500, enregistrant une progression record par rapport aux 71 députés élus en 2023.

ifri.org

Exclusive Cold shoulder: China, EU in diplomatic stand-off ahead of Munich Beijing has frozen out the EU’s envoy & snubbed its biz lobby, EU quietly boycotting China’s envoy in return, Wang Yi is Munich-bound with no locked‑in meeting with Kallas

Exclusive | Cold shoulder? China, EU in diplomatic stand-off ahead of Munich showdown

Annual security conference could provide rare venue for high-level EU-China talks as top diplomats Wang Yi and Kaja Kallas attend.

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