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⚓ While most damage done to #SubseaCables is accidental, physical attacks are increasing.
How to protect the "soft underbelly of the world economy" ?
Questions as to how to detect and deter such attacks reveal the current judicial gaps in international treaties.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/protecting-subsea-cables-detect-deter-sue-secure

Protecting Subsea Cables: Detect to Deter, Sue to Secure

Subsea cables power global commerce. Though rare, cable attacks impose real costs. But leading technologies are democratizing maritime data and deterring would-be saboteurs. To further deter intentional cable attacks, cable owners should aggressively pursue legal remedies.

GeoNum Jan 14

🛰️ "#Starlink’s ability to provide connectivity in conflict zones has turned Elon Musk into a geopolitical force."

After its introduction in #Ukraine🇺🇦 in 2022, backed up by the US government, the satellite network recently came into the spotlight in #Iran🇮🇷 and #Venezuela🇻🇪.

"There's certainly a business case for SpaceX and Starlink here," according to Lauryn Williams, deputy director of the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program.
https://time.com/7345047/starlink-venezuela-elon-musk/

GeoNum Jan 8

A look back on #AIchips in 2025⌛from the market side :

⚔️ From production to distribution and appliance, the industry proved vulnerable to increasingly conflictual #geopolitics.

A target of national ambitions and capital value🪙
https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-chip-shortage-enterprise-ctos-2025/

GeoNum Jan 7

🇫🇷 La France fait face à une hausse des cyberattaques. Des grands hôpitaux aux petites communes, personne n'est épargné. Pour éviter le vol de données ou le blocage des services, la sécurité informatique doit devenir une priorité quotidienne. Restons vigilants !

🇬🇧 France is seeing a surge in cyberattacks. From big hospitals to small towns, no one is safe. To prevent data theft or service shutdowns, digital security must become a daily priority. Stay alert!

https://www.franceinfo.fr/internet/securite-sur-internet/cyberattaques/personne-n-est-assez-protege-comment-la-france-fait-face-a-la-hausse-des-cyberattaques_7711093.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-fr-fr

"Personne n'est assez protégé" : comment la France fait face à la hausse des cyberattaques

Services publics, entreprises, organisations... Les atteintes numériques se multiplient ces derniers mois. En cinq ans, elles ont augmenté de 74%, selon le ministère de l'Intérieur.

Franceinfo

GeoNum Jan 4

🇹🇼 - 🇨🇳

Considering the recent escalation in Taiwan-China tensions, here’s a reminder:

🛡️ "The Silicon Shield" : Taiwan’s chip dominance is often seen as a deterrent to Chinese aggression because the global economy would suffer without its semiconductors.

https://asiatimes.com/2025/10/the-limits-of-taiwans-silicon-shield/

The limits of Taiwan’s 'silicon shield' - Asia Times

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick brought new attention to Taiwan’s “silicon shield” in a September 28 interview, during which he said Taiwan should

Asia Times

GeoNum Dec 30

🇨🇳 — 🇺🇸
Despite accusing China of unfair practices in semiconductors, the US has delayed new tariffs until mid-2027, preserving a fragile truce in the ongoing chip trade war.

Tech dominance is as much about diplomacy and timing as it is about market share.

https://www.ft.com/content/a1274e4a-baf3-4f63-82f6-2758af1aa745

Client Challenge

GeoNum Dec 26

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With Rapidus, Japan is making chip sovereignty a strategic priority, aiming to challenge TSMC and Samsung in semi manufacturing.

In an AI-driven, geopolitically tense world, every major economy needs its own advanced chip capabilities for long-term resilience.

https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/japans-rapidus-set-to-rival-tsmc-and-samsung-for-chip-supremacy/

Japan's Rapidus set to rival TSMC and Samsung for chip supremacy - Asia Times

Rapidus, Japan’s effort to create a domestic chip-making alternative to TSMC and Samsung Foundry, is becoming a broad-based national industrial project of

Asia Times

GeoNum Dec 22

🇹🇼 Taiwan: from semiconductor industry to geopolitics.

TSMC’s most advanced chipmaking know-how is now treated as a national security asset.
This investigation shows how semiconductors have moved from factories into the core of global power politics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/business/taiwan-tsmc-trade-secrets.html

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.

The New York Times

GeoNum Dec 18

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Heavy subsidies, tax breaks, and exports concentrated in semiconductors:
South Korea’s growth model is increasingly tied to the chip cycle itself.

Sometimes, a lack of diversification in high-tech industry control becomes a major economic vulnerability.

https://thediplomat.com/2025/11/south-koreas-semiconductor-dependence-is-becoming-a-structural-economic-risk/

South Korea’s Semiconductor Dependence Is Becoming a Structural Economic Risk

Persistent export concentration around memory chips leaves the Korean economy acutely vulnerable to global tech cycles.

The Diplomat

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GeoNum Dec 18

Le NdPr désigne un alliage de néodyme (Nd) et de praséodyme (Pr). Ce sont des terres rares utilisées surtout pour fabriquer des aimants très puissants.
Ces aimants sont essentiels pour :
- Moteurs de voitures électriques.
- Disques durs, smartphones.
- Equipements militaires et industriels.