In cooperation with European Foreign Ministries, the EEAS and Bruegel, “Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act” looks at the different ways that, in a world of superpower competition, Europe is in danger of becoming a plaything of other powers
The EU appears to be largely uninterested in AI’s geopolitical importance, but its member states can only influence the global development of AI if they act tog
The EU's lack of sovereignty is becoming a threat. Against the Trump administration and in the face of emerging economic and technological markets, the EU risks lagging behind.
By threatening the survival of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Trump administration has put an end to speculation about a possible rupture between the United States and China. A full-scale decoupling between the world's two largest economies is now under way, and a new age of zero-sum competition is beginning.
The EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power
Europeans can take steps now to enhance their economic power, without advocating increased protectionism or a retreat from globalisation
If Europe does not address these difficult questions soon it will find itself surrounded by more powerful rivals deploying AI against it
The EU and its member states should strengthen their sanctions policy and begin to build up their deterrence and resilience against secondary sanctions
To hedge against US disengagement without precipitating it, Europeans should converge on “taking a greater share of the burden of defending Europe”
Europe should pursue a ‘dual track’ approach of confrontation followed by dialogue with unfriendly cyber powers