Germany is right to view 6G through the lens of growing geopolitical competition. But, instead of investing in its own 6G programme, the country could better serve its interests by supporting EU efforts to develop standards in this area.
Technology is increasingly emerging as a source of geopolitical challenges, but also of geopolitical opportunities. In this framework, the EU has a unique chance to become a trend setter.
First part of a series jointly organised by the European Movement International and ECFR exploring the challenges the European Union is facing
A discussion workshop on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on geopolitics and warfare, and how Europe and the US can work together for everyone’s benefit
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.
The internet fundamentally tests the ways in which governments approach regulation
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Bipartisan US pressure over China is rubbing Europeans up the wrong way. But the Americans are right that hard choices await.
Platform governance has slipped the moorings of national law and democratic accountability, while “regulation by outrage” has filled the policy gap.
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.
The ‘second crypto war’ is in full swing; European governments need to stop trying to defeat encryption and get more sophisticated themselves instead
This paper puts forward an understanding of digital power which rests on, first, the strength of the digital economy and, second, cyber capability
Why migration, finance and trade are the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future
Germany is right to view 6G through the lens of growing geopolitical competition. But, instead of investing in its own 6G programme, the country could better serve its interests by supporting EU efforts to develop standards in this area.
The internet fundamentally tests the ways in which governments approach regulation
Bipartisan US pressure over China is rubbing Europeans up the wrong way. But the Americans are right that hard choices await.
Platform governance has slipped the moorings of national law and democratic accountability, while “regulation by outrage” has filled the policy gap.
Figures from across government, the private sector, and wider society argue in favour of adequate regulation to mitigate the harmful effects of the internet. But what should this regulation look like?
It is high-time for the Europeans to wake up from their hopes and dreams to build norms and rules for state behaviour in cyberspace
The top down UN GGE process appears dead in the water. International norms and laws for responding to cyber attacks must now be built from the bottom up.
Part of the solution is to rely on the internet’s most essential strength – its vast army of ordinary users
So stark is the absence of interesting information that one could conclude that the Macronleak was a false flag operation designed to point the finger at Russia
In the 2016 parliamentary elections in Iceland, the Pirate Party celebrated its largest ever electoral success, winning 14.5 percent of the popular vote and securing…
Technology is increasingly emerging as a source of geopolitical challenges, but also of geopolitical opportunities. In this framework, the EU has a unique chance to become a trend setter.
First part of a series jointly organised by the European Movement International and ECFR exploring the challenges the European Union is facing
A discussion workshop on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on geopolitics and warfare, and how Europe and the US can work together for everyone’s benefit
Evento sobre ciberseguridad y sus implicaciones en política y exterior y de defensa con Stefan Soesanto
The workshop ¨Europe’s digital power¨ was part of an ongoing ECFR project supported by BBVA, Cellnex and Telefonica with the aim of raising awareness and igniting a European debate on its digital future.
El proyecto de ECFR ¨El poder digital de Europa¨ llevó el 25 de abril a Berlín el debate sobre los retos digitales a los que se enfrenta Europa
El evento tuvo lugar el 9 de diciembre en el Centro de Innovación de BBVA
ECFR’s project “Europe’s digital power” aims to raise awareness among policy makers about the implications of the digital revolution for Europe, identify weaknesses in Europe’s ability to respond to this and propose solutions.
In collaboration with
A rejection can only be argued on the grounds of national security, not purely based on the competitiveness of European companies
The Union has had a late start to thinking of digital technologies within the realm of foreign and security policy
Ulrike Franke is quoted in the Frankfurter Rundschau on the use of lethal autonomous weapon systems
Interview with Andrew Wilson on Russia's information war and its influence on different regions in Europe and the world
