Technology is at the heart of today’s great power struggle. To stand its ground, the EU should not only de-risk its trade ties, but advance its technological edge to build geo-economic leverage
The EU needs understand the root causes of the risks to its economic security – especially the race for techno-industrial leadership between China and the US
With its 11th sanctions package, the EU will enter the realm of secondary sanctions. It needs to set some ground rules for their use
To prevent the worldwide web from splintering into regional nets, the EU should safeguard the principles of the current internet governance model while becoming more open to inclusive reform
The EU and its member states are applying tools of economic statecraft. Now is the time for a full assessment of how well they have worked
An effective sanctions campaign in wartime needs to be linked to a strategic industrial policy and technology control agenda in peacetime
‘De-risking’ could ensure the EU’s new strategic industrial policy addresses some of the major global challenges facing the bloc
The latest US export controls on semiconductor technologies traded with China mark the beginning of a new era for global technology trade. European states need to urgently discuss strategic export controls in order to participate in it
The Inflation Reduction Act may reduce US dependency on China, but it also risks harming the transatlantic relationship. European governments must position themselves as critical allies for the US in order to preserve their economies – and effectively counter China’s geo-economic challenge
Europeans are understandably eager to cut off all channels of Russian influence over their continent, especially in energy. But this interdependence has also allowed them to push back against Russian aggression