The Intelligence: French fly, catch up

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Our correspondent joins the French air force on a mission in the Baltics, seeing <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/12/03/french-fighter-jets-join-the-baltic-mission?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.cont ...

Three months into the counteroffensive, the military is reaping the fruits of several months of drone development. But as the war continues, will it be able to <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/08/27/inside-ukraines-drone-war-against-putin?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_me ...

Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/01/09/the-president-appoints-modern-frances-youngest-prime-minister?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na- ...

As with many technologies that preceded it, generative artificial intelligence is increasingly viewed as a means to geopolitical advantage: welcome to the era of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2024/01/01/welcome-to-the-era-of-ai-nationalism?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_m ...