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This is a study of identity and geopolitics in Herge's Adventures of Tintin, a series of adventure comics created from 1929 to 1976. The Tintin comics became increasingly popular throughout the mid-twentieth century, and their creator, Herge, is still a subject of intrigue in the press and popular publications. Recent work in popular geopolitics has pioneered the use of comics as a new type of source material in critical geography. Herge's approach to the comics format combines an iconic protagonist with detailed and textured environments that draw upon some of the geopolitical discourses of the twentieth century. Three forms of geopolitical meaning are identified within the Tintin comics: discourses of colonialism, European pre-eminence and anti-Americanism. These overlapping trends amount to different facets of one single discourse, which places European ideologies at the centre of its world-view. This is highlighted by focusing on three geographical spaces of the Tintin series, and by contextualising the life and selected works of Herge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in healthcare is highlighting the importance of health data-driven management as a geostrategic lever. From this point of view, the progress made by the United States and China requires a strong European response to develop a responsible vision which adopts an approach aiming at the positive regulation of AI in healthcare., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)