IPSE by Day - 22 January 2025

Jose Raul Mulino

Inserted 2 months ago

“We reject in its entirety everything that Mr Trump has said. First because it is false and second because the Panama Canal belongs to Panama and will continue to belong to Panama.”

France24

President of Panama

22 Jan 2025 5 3

Holger Hoos

Inserted 2 months ago

“The risk is when cutting-edge AI technology is controlled by few companies all headquartered in the US. Value-based products such as ChatGTP would inevitably reflect US dominant political, social and cultural values in their responses to users' questions, as an example. They [countries other than the US] would lose technology sovereignty and other sectors dependent on AI would also suffer in competitiveness. Whoever leads [in the technology competition], will have massive economic advantages and that is what the US wants to protect and push further.”

Aljazeera

Professor of artificial intelligence at RWTH Aachen University

22 Jan 2025 3 4

Alondra Nelson

Inserted 2 months ago

“Was it too much to ask AI developers for transparency regarding the safety testing of their products? A politically-motivated repeal with no thoughtful replacement is self-defeating for our country and dangerous for our people and the world.”

Aljazeera

Distinguished fellow at the Center for American Progress

22 Jan 2025 3 2

Steve DelBlanco

Inserted 2 months ago

“By repealing Biden's restrictive rules on energy production and AI development, the president [Trump] is steering America to remain dominant in creating the best technology in the world.”

Aljazeera

CEO of NetChoice

22 Jan 2025 7 2

Donald Trump

Inserted 2 months ago

“I'm not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left's Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process. All of that being said, I'm going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don't make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries. Let's get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better. It's time to “MAKE A DEAL.” NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!”

Truthsocial

President of the United States

22 Jan 2025 5 5

Steve Witkoff

Inserted 2 months ago

“I'm going to be a part of an inspection team at the Netzarim Corridor and also at the Philadelphia Corridor. That's where you have outside overseers, sort of making sure that people are safe and people who are entering are not armed, and no one has bad motivations. We have to make sure that the implementation goes well, because if it goes well, we'll get into phase two, and we're going to get a lot more live bodies out. And I think that that is what the president's directive to me and everybody else working in the American government on this is.”

Aljazeera

President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy

22 Jan 2025 5 2

Marie Dumoulin

Inserted 2 months ago

“There is still concern that Trump will reach a deal with Putin and then tell Ukraine they must take it or he will suspend U.S. assistance to Ukraine. He has two broad paths forward. The first is to push Ukraine - already grappling with manpower shortages and donor fatigue - to the negotiating table by withholding pivotal military support and forcing it into a peace deal on unfavorable terms, a possibility Kyiv and most Western capitals consider a worst-case scenario. The other is to ramp up pressure on Russia with new sanctions and increased military assistance for Ukraine. At this point, every option is still a possibility. Russia has never signaled a readiness to compromise. Trump's main options are to accept Moscow's conditions or look to change them.”

Rferl

Former French diplomat at the European Council on Foreign Relations

22 Jan 2025 9 4

Kaja Kallas

Inserted 2 months ago

“The European Union must boost its defence spending to prepare for the worst and be able to defend itself alone if needed against a belligerent Russia. Many of our national intelligence agencies are giving us the information that Russia could test the EU's readiness to defend itself in three to five years. Russia can, in three months, produce more weapons and ammunition than the 27-country bloc collectively can in 12 months. President Trump is right to say that we don't spend enough. Defence is a highly skilled, highly intensive industry which requires money, people and time. We have money and people, but we don't have time. Ukraine is buying us time. We do not need a European army. We need 27 European armies that are capable and can effectively work together to deter our rivals and defend Europe, preferably with our allies and partners, but alone, if needed.”

Euronews

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

22 Jan 2025 9 4

Olivier Costa

Inserted 2 months ago

“Defense is never in the discussion. The whole story is political leaders aiming to win the next presidential election. It would be very difficult in the current context to explain to citizens that more spending is needed on defense.”

Rferl

Research Professor at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), CEVIPOF, Sciences Po, Paris

22 Jan 2025 3 4

Nicu Popescu

Inserted 2 months ago

“Politicians have not had a serious conversation with their publics for 30 years about the need for defense spending. Many are afraid to have this conversation. There is a political straitjacket preventing it.”

Rferl

Distinguished fellow at the European Council for Foreign Relations

22 Jan 2025 5 3

Elizabeth Goitein

Inserted 2 months ago

“Emergency powers should never be used to address longstanding problems like unlawful migration that can and should be addressed through legislation. The bad news is that Congress failed to enact reforms to the National Emergencies Act that would have helped prevent such abuses.”

Nytimes

Director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program who has written extensively on presidential emergency power

22 Jan 2025 6 2

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“We reject in its entirety everything that Mr Trump has said. First because it is false and second because the Panama Canal belongs to Panama and will continue to belong to Panama.”

“Was it too much to ask AI developers for transparency regarding the safety testing of their products? A politically-motivated repeal with no thoughtful replacement is self-defeating for our country and dangerous for our people and the world.”

“By repealing Biden's restrictive rules on energy production and AI development, the president [Trump] is steering America to remain dominant in creating the best technology in the world.”

“Defense is never in the discussion. The whole story is political leaders aiming to win the next presidential election. It would be very difficult in the current context to explain to citizens that more spending is needed on defense.”

“Politicians have not had a serious conversation with their publics for 30 years about the need for defense spending. Many are afraid to have this conversation. There is a political straitjacket preventing it.”

“Emergency powers should never be used to address longstanding problems like unlawful migration that can and should be addressed through legislation. The bad news is that Congress failed to enact reforms to the National Emergencies Act that would have helped prevent such abuses.”

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