Edward Lucas
The ‘Estonian Express Card’ offers a glimpse of the future of digital citizenship
Estonia has the youngest prime minister in the European Union. It’s also rushing headlong into creating digital ID for people there. And while they offer access to an array of government and private services, they’ll also issue online IDs to anyone who wants one — though they come with much less access.
The new Cold what?
Europe is still reverberating from the Georgian conflict as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to visit Russia this week. Edward Lucas from the Economist tells us why we should be careful with the language we use to describe the tensions between Russia and the West. It’s not the old Cold War; it’s a new Cold … What?
The new Russia … might look a lot like the old Russia
Vladmir Putin is expected to be confirmed as Russia’s Prime Minister today. Putin’s nomination was the first official presidential act of newly sworn-in Dmitry Medvedev. The Takeaway asks: What’s ahead for Russia? Guest: Edward Lucas is the author of “The New Cold War” and is the Central/Eastern Europe correspondent for The Economist.