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The Great Firewall: How China regulates big tech
In the past couple of decades, China has produced a multitude of big tech giants. Companies like Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and others are well on...
Trust and trade-offs: How to manage Europe’s green technology dependence on China
Summary “De-risking” is the guiding motif of the EU’s new approach to China, particularly in green technologies where Chinese companies are striving for full dominance....
Digital deceptions: How a European Democracy Shield can help tackle Russian disinformation
Less than two weeks ahead of the European Parliament election, AI-powered deepfakes aimed at swaying voters are circulating on social media and on online news...
Ukraine can still recover with bolder Western support – but right now it’s on the ropes
As I contemplate a forest of small Ukrainian flags on the Maidan in central Kyiv, placed there by bereaved relatives as a memorial to the...
Algorithmic agendas: The globalisation of political technology
Political technology, or the professional engineering of politics, has been endemic to Russia since the Soviet era. But these practices have now spread across the...
Winds of change: The EU’s green agenda after the European Parliament election
Summary The next European Commission and Parliament are likely to place security and competitiveness at the centre of their quest for a more geopolitical Europe....
Why Europeans should support the International Criminal Court over the Gaza war
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on 20 May that he is seeking arrest warrants against the leaders of both Hamas...
East meets middle: China’s blossoming relationship with Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Summary The blossoming but still immature relationship between China and the two key Gulf states, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, has implications that reach far...
In the same boat: Why Taiwan is strengthening ties with central and eastern Europe
On 20 May, Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te will be sworn in. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai is associated with the...
Into the Wilderness: What a far-right Netherlands would mean for Europe
On 16 May, the Netherlands came one step closer to having a far-right government. After six months of negotiations, Geert Wilders’s far-right Party for Freedom...
