Technology
We Are Poor Because We Are Morons
The opportunities for the European Union to cooperate with U.S. tech giants in order to grow its own tech leaders are being destroyed by European bureaucrats who want to take in as much money as possible.
The European Commission’s Drive to Maximize Revenue by Fining Tech Giants Erodes Europe’s Competitiveness
The European legislators want tech companies to seek prior consent before they can use data to train their artificial intelligence models.
Shortage of Data to Complement Shortage of AI Computing Power and Electricity in Europe
Janka Oertel argues that biomanufacturing will become a key technology behind the next industrial revolution.
Europe Again Risks Inventing a Future and Giving It Away to China
Sir David Omand, a former high-ranking British intelligence officer reflects on whether autonomous weapon systems can be equipped with a moral judgment capability
Europe Seeking a Morally Sound Way to Enter a Race It’s Already Losing
In their article entitled Revamping Europe’s chips strategy: indispensability, not self-sufficiency, Niclas Poitiers and Tillman Schenk, analysts of the Brussels-based Bruegel center, attempt to offer Europe a more realistic approach to developing the semiconductor industry. But in fact the text proves an obvious thing: Europe is far – and probably desperately – behind in a key technology of the 21st century, and all its attempts to catch up look like belated and not too convincing imitation of activity.
Europe Again Racing After a Train That Has Long Left
Europe’s fears over ‘U.S. control’ outweigh its actual defense needs again. Germany, at least for now, refuses to adopt Palantir software, a most advanced data analysis system, in its armed forces.
Germany Balks at Palantir: Data Sovereignty Put Before Military AI
In an article published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Dan Marks, an expert in energy security, argues that China and the USA are already waging a new cold war for control over strategic mineral resources while Europe struggles to catch up once again – and risks staying on the sidelines of the global resource game.
Cold War Echoes of Great Power Minerals Strategy
A report entitled Chemicals: Europe's Neglected Economic Security Frontier by Francesca Ghiretti, IPQ columnist, director of the Economic Security and Resilience Initiative and a research leader at RAND Europe, was issued on 26 March 2026.
Chemical Dependence as a Structural Issue for Europe
A report by German Marshall Fund analysts, entitled A Transatlantic Tech Partnership, analyzes the IT technology standoff between the USA and China and Europe’s groping for a place in this race.
An Illusion of Managed Interdependence. A Transatlantic Tech Partnership
A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism.
Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism
A report of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), entitled How AI is Quietly Becoming a Supply Chain Problem and prepared by Dr. Melina Beykou, is an update on the security issues arising from the use of artificial intelligence. As AI gets embedded in critical national infrastructure, the supply chains remain exposed.
A Timeserving RUSI Alarm
A report by Sofia Romansky, a strategic analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), assesses the influence of AI on the military domain. According to the author, the acceleration provided by AI will be a crucial decision-making advantage for commanders in the battlefield.
AI’s Impact on Military Intelligence and Decision-Making The Simulacrum of Normative Power