The first Joe Biden – Vladimir Poutine summit was organized in Geneva on June 16, in a context of tensions between the major world capitals, in particular because of the problems of cyber security and the gap between the countries in the field of the mastery of the new technologies, internet and telecommunication.

The war launched under former US President Donald Trump against the G5 Chinoix and US rivals whose high tech field could continue and worsen.
Conflicts of interest in the areas of cyber security risk becoming more complicated with the confirmation of new military, security and economic imbalances, linked to the gap in the field of digitization and the mastery of new sciences and scientific research.
The conclusions of the Biden – Putin summit were deemed “historic” and are reminiscent of the famous Ronald Reagan – Michael Gorbachev summit in 1985 in Geneva itself.
The Russian side had succeeded in highlighting again certain “red lines” of its international policy, including a call for a return to “multilateralism” and to limit Washington’s “unilateral” policies, including in Central Asia and in the sector. of high technology.
Beijing – Moscow merger

For years, Russia, China and emerging powers have not only developed multilateral cooperation, but have also struggled against the American presence in Central Asia and its breakthrough in Africa.

But China, which is making rapid technological and economic progress, is now also a threat to the interests of Russia and other competitors of the USA, especially in Central Asia.

It is condemned to open up new avenues of consultation on its new technology programs with Europe, NATO and especially the USA.

Indeed, the last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, in his analysis of the Biden-Putin summit, asserted that this summit is as important as the meeting of 1985 in terms of results. At least six months are needed, Biden said, to assess the effectiveness of the meeting’s resolutions. But observers are especially interested in cyber security issues, the G5, the manipulation of the internet and globalization in media and electoral issues, with regard to the so-called “manipulation” of dozens of American voters. by Russian social networks ”. (?)

For the moment, there is only one confirmed reality: the 2 military superpowers which have left have realized that “there will be no winner in the potential nuclear war nor in an open war between the ” hackers ” .

Tensions?

At the same time, it should be noted that the summit of the leaders of the two nuclear superpowers “coincides” with the increase in criticism and media wars launched by certain NATO countries against Beijing and Moscow and their allies including Iran, in particular after technological development and digital security in China and Russia.

European and American leaders had even officially supported the public alert launched by the Finnish intelligence chief on “the risks of Chinese and Russian high-tech networks” on the entire European and world economy.

He warned of the risks of disrupting transport, internet and communication networks with the notorious Chinese G5.

Campaign against “giant monopolies”

At the same time, elected American officials are targeting the monopolies of the giants of advanced technology.
Five bills were drafted by members of the American Congress, all members of this “antitrust” sub-committee, which in 2020 completed a 16-month investigation into GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) and developed a report advocating splits within GAFA.

These monopolies are accused in the United States even accused “of abuse of a dominant position. “

“Currently, unregulated technology monopolies have too much power over the economy,” wrote Democrat David Cicillin, chairman of an anti-monopoly committee in the House of Representatives.

“They are in a unique position to pick winners and losers, destroy small businesses, raise prices for consumers and put people out of work. “

His Republican colleague Ken Buck had estimated that the bills presented “break the monopoly power of Big Tech over what Americans can see and say on the internet, promote an online market that encourages innovation and gives a level playing field in US small businesses ”.

“Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google have prioritized power over innovation and in so doing have hurt American businesses and consumers,” he said.

Concretely, one of these texts prohibits the acquisition of small groups threatening the “dominant platforms” with the sole aim of making them disappear. Another “prohibits groups like Amazon from manipulating their online market to promote their own products”.

Yes, but

On June 16 in Geneva, in response to a CNN reporter, Vladimir Putin denied any Russian involvement in the cyber attacks targeting the United States and any interference in the American elections.

On the contrary, he considers that the cyber attacks in the world come first from the United States itself, then from Canada, Latin America and the United Kingdom.

Putin concludes that his country is also threatened by cyber attacks and that following his first summit with his American counterpart, the White House and the Kremlin “will work together to ensure cybersecurity.”

Young people and children of the world have the right to breathe without fear of the scenarios of new nuclear, digital, electronic or biological wars.

The construction of the new equitable world order should be based on a reduction of the “digital divide” between the countries of North and South, East and West.

We should end the unilateralism that has reigned since the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1988.

The world after Donald Trump and after Covid 19 really needs a new international multipolar policy.

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