Europe’s digital sovereignty: From rulemaker to superpower in the age of US-China rivalry
The EU cannot continue to rely on its regulatory power but must become a tech superpower in its own right. Referees do not win the game.
Digital
Network effects: Europe’s digital sovereignty in the Mediterranean
The EU has the ambition and potential to become a sovereign digital power, but it lacks an all-encompassing strategy for the sector, in which individual governments are still the key players
A glimpse of the future: The Ever Given and the weaponisation of choke-points
In a future, states will likely become more transactional and try to force changes in behaviour from others in exchange for the use of a platform or supply chain
Digital sovereignty of the European Union in the international arena
First part of a series jointly organised by the European Movement International and ECFR exploring the challenges the European Union is facing
Why Germany’s investment in Open RAN will not solve its 5G problem
On the path to Germany’s 5G network rollout, Berlin has made a misguided investment in Open RAN, an unproven telecoms industry concept that promises much but has so far produced little
ECFR x Intelligence² Germany – Debate: We must stop big data’s pandemic power grab
An Oxford-style debate in cooperation with Intelligence² Germany
The geopolitics of cybersecurity
Dr Janka Oertel discusses with Dr Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp and Bonji Ohara the cooperation in the field of cybersecurity between two of the US closest allies
Why cyber security should be a key part of Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Making cyber security an integral part of a European approach to the Indo-Pacific could provide a framework for cooperation with EU partners in the region
A fair, green and digital recovery – brought to you by Portugal
How can the Portuguese presidency strengthen European strategic autonomy?
Geopolityka cyberbezpieczeństwa – co oznacza dla Europy i Japonii?
Zapraszamy na debatę o cyberbezpieczeństwie i współpracy UE-Japonia. Debata odbędzie się online z tłumaczeniem symultanicznym. Cyberbezpieczeństwo nie jest już problemem jedynie technicznym, ale stało się…
The geopolitics of cybersecurity – and what it means for Europe and Japan
How have Japan and Europe – Poland in particular – been responding to cybersecurity threats? How can they strengthen their cooperation efforts and enhance mutual understanding – also among likeminded democratic partners?
Publications
Network effects: Europe’s digital sovereignty in the Mediterranean
The EU has the ambition and potential to become a sovereign digital power, but it lacks an all-encompassing strategy for the sector, in which individual governments are still the key players
Artificial divide: How Europe and America could clash over AI
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly advancing field that policymakers everywhere are struggling to keep up with
Europe’s digital sovereignty: From rulemaker to superpower in the age of US-China rivalry
The EU cannot continue to rely on its regulatory power but must become a tech superpower in its own right. Referees do not win the game.
Not smart enough: The poverty of European military thinking on artificial intelligence
Failing to coordinate properly in the AI area could threaten future European defence cooperation, including PESCO and the European Defence
Harnessing artificial intelligence
If Europe does not address these difficult questions soon it will find itself surrounded by more powerful rivals deploying AI against it
No middle ground: Moving on from the crypto wars
The ‘second crypto war’ is in full swing; European governments need to stop trying to defeat encryption and get more sophisticated themselves instead
Europe’s digital power: from geo-economics to cybersecurity
This paper puts forward an understanding of digital power which rests on, first, the strength of the digital economy and, second, cyber capability
Connectivity Wars
Why migration, finance and trade are the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future
Articles
A glimpse of the future: The Ever Given and the weaponisation of choke-points
In a future, states will likely become more transactional and try to force changes in behaviour from others in exchange for the use of a platform or supply chain
Why Germany’s investment in Open RAN will not solve its 5G problem
On the path to Germany’s 5G network rollout, Berlin has made a misguided investment in Open RAN, an unproven telecoms industry concept that promises much but has so far produced little
Why cyber security should be a key part of Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Making cyber security an integral part of a European approach to the Indo-Pacific could provide a framework for cooperation with EU partners in the region
Second acts: How Europe can renew the transatlantic partnership
This could be the moment to build a more balanced transatlantic relationship, with Europeans showing the US where we need it to engage, and how – rather than simply waiting for cues from Washington
Broken shield: Privacy versus surveillance in Europe
In striking down the Privacy Shield, the European Court of Justice has halted transatlantic data flows and thrown global digital commerce into disarray
Digital dilemmas: European regulation and the internet
The internet fundamentally tests the ways in which governments approach regulation
Digital decolonisation: The EU’s new ideas on data and artificial intelligence
The EU is proposing a process of digital decolonisation, aiming to reduce its dependency on US and Chinese firms
Upstaged: Europe’s struggles to play the great tech game
This year’s Munich Security Conference showed once again that just two players will fight the global battle over tech. And guess who’s missing.
Out of the slow lane: How Europe can meet the challenge of AI
EU member states need to turn their declarations of intent about international cooperation on technological sovereignty into real projects
On 5G, Brussels is up to the job
The EU’s new 5G toolbox is an important component in strengthening its technological sovereignty – and its array of defence mechanisms vis-à-vis China.
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Can regulation save the internet? View from Washington
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Podcasts
The geopolitics of cybersecurity
Dr Janka Oertel discusses with Dr Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp and Bonji Ohara the cooperation in the field of cybersecurity between two of the US closest allies
A fair, green and digital recovery – brought to you by Portugal
How can the Portuguese presidency strengthen European strategic autonomy?
In the media
Arturo Varvelli, co-author of “Network effects: Europe’s digital sovereignty in the Mediterranean”, describes the new perspectives for european digital power
Marietje Schaake comments on the regulatory battle between Canberra and Facebook, and on the great power that big tech has in our societies