In just a few short months, the new government administration in the United States has thrown the world order into disarray. A potential global trade war, new global value chain configurations and shifting security alliances are reshaping geopolitics. Given the current uncertainty, access to...

This article explores the implications of the infrastructural turn in internet governance, a policy shift where nation-states increasingly assert sovereignty through material interventions in the internet's physical and technical architecture. I propose a typology of six strategies that...

The combination of Russia's war against Ukraine and the declining US engagement in Europe have resulted in increased strategic convergence between Europeanist and Atlanticist states. For the time being, the primary goal is to strengthen NATO's "European pillar." To do so, member states will also...

As part of the confirmation hearings process, Executive Vice-President-designate Henna Virkkunen responded in writing to questions posed by Parliament and appeared before the ITRE and IMCO committees on 12 November 2024 to answer further questions from MEPs belonging to those committees, as well...

As part of the confirmation hearings process, Executive Vice-President-designate Henna Virkkunen responded in writing to questions posed by Parliament and appeared before the ITRE and IMCO committees on 12 November 2024 to answer further questions from MEPs belonging to those committees, as well...

The current US administration promotes dollar-backed stablecoins-privately issued and supported by US debt-to reinforce dollar dominance worldwide, a strategy we dub "cryptomercantilism." This report studies the EU's 2024 Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and its safeguards for the...

The current US administration promotes dollar-backed stablecoins-privately issued and supported by US debt-to reinforce dollar dominance worldwide, a strategy we dub "cryptomercantilism." This report studies the EU's 2024 Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and its safeguards for the...

This essay examines Iran's most extensive internet disruption since 2022, imposed during the June 2025 conflict with Israel, when missile strikes quickly evolved into coordinated cyberattacks on banking, radar, and communications systems. Drawing from direct experience during the blackout, it...

The rise of commercial space ventures heightens tensions between investor protections and states’ regulatory sovereignty. With dual-use technologies and evolving space law, balancing innovation, security, and sustainability is critical. Coordinated global frameworks and well-grounded national...

This study aims to systematically review the literature on de-dollarization in light of its increasing significance. The review has been carried out using the Theory, Context, Characteristics, Methodology (TCCM) framework on 52 studies retrieved from the Scopus and Web of Science database. The...

The European Sovereignty Fund (EUSF) should invest in Europe's future by investing indirectly in start-ups and scale-ups via the existing Fund of the European Innovation Council (EIC). This would be concrete step to advance the aims of the recently agreed Strategic Technologies for Europe...

This annex is an integral part of the State of the Digital Decade 2024 report. It maintains the three-chapter structure from the 2023 report, focusing on competitiveness, people and society and smart greening, and introduces an additional chapter on synergising digital policies and spending....

This annex is an integral part of the State of the Digital Decade 2024 report. It maintains the three-chapter structure from the 2023 report, focusing on competitiveness, people and society and smart greening, and introduces an additional chapter on synergising digital policies and spending....

As compared to the earlier generations of mobile communications (1G to 4G), the fifth one (5G) is a major business, regulatory, and technical discontinuity. Furthermore, unlike the previous generations, 5G is also much more of a geopolitical and geoeconomic battleground. These shifts are neither...

This paper challenges the prevailing view in the sovereign debt literature by arguing that sovereign debt markets, in many respects, behave similarly to other credit markets. These markets are hierarchical rather than flat, inherently hybrid in nature, blending elements of public order and...

Unterbrochene Lieferketten im Zuge von COVID-19 und Russlands Angriff auf die Ukraine haben die geopolitischen Risiken der Beschaffung kritischer Rohstoffe und Produkte aus einer kleinen Zahl autoritärer Länder deutlich gemacht. Die EU hat eine Reihe von Aktivitäten eingeleitet, um einseitige...

The European Sovereignty Fund (EUSF) should invest in Europe's future by investing indirectly in start-ups and scale-ups via the existing Fund of the European Innovation Council (EIC). This would be concrete step to advance the aims of the recently agreed Strategic Technologies for Europe...

The global economic landscape has fundamentally shifted from the paradigm of globalization to renewed concerns regarding the risks and rewards of technological interdependence. This shift has sparked a critical discussion on technology sovereignty. This concept refers to a country's ability to...

TikTok bans have been presented as one solution to threats to national security, data security, foreign interference, child safety, and foreign espionage. In this article we investigate four countries/regions - Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union - that have...

The era of energy interdependencies between Russia and the European Union (EU) is at an end. This paper advances a nuanced accounting of energy security based on energy sovereignty and energy solidarity. Energy solidarity requires a pooling of energy sovereignty based on values. A historical...

We study the technology sovereignty of Europe, the US, China, Japan, and Korea. By examining citations from PCT patents filed from 2000-2020, we assess the bilateral and global influence of inventions. We highlight four insights. First, the US shows superior technology sovereignty through its...

Strengthening Europe’s sovereignty has become a much-debated policy goal. This paper adds three arguments to ongoing discussions. First, it is no coincidence that recent years have witnessed increasing debate around how to strengthen Europe’s sovereignty. The Maastricht-EU, Europe’s...

The study discusses the issues of tax sovereignty in the state, including specific forms of realization of tax sovereignty. The author examines the question of whether the cooperation among the states in the tax sphere and conclusion of international tax treaties can be considered as a proof of...

The relationship between private and public money has shaped the economic and legal debate over money for centuries. Private money can either compete with or complement public money and this depends on the applicable law and the relative powers of the State and private parties. The rise of...

To investigate the effects of the European Union's (EU) member nations' shared sovereignty on economic growth. The member nations have lost substantial political and economic independence (sovereignty) and democracy. Therefore, their governments cannot facilitate rapid economic growth in their...

This work sheds new light on the Photovoltaic Supply Chain (PVSC), providing fresh evidence on structural dependencies (SDs) and (asymmetrically distributed) technological capabilities. Bridging the perspectives of 'technological sovereignty' and 'strategic autonomy', a number of contributions...

In recent years, policymakers, academics, and practitioners have increasingly called for the development of global governance mechanisms for artificial intelligence (AI). This paper considers the prospects for these calls in light of two other geopolitical trends: digital sovereignty and digital...

This paper presents an exploration into the formulation of fiscal contracts under limited sovereignty, focusing specifically on the Palestinian Authority (PA). Utilising fiscal sociology and theories of governance, it analyses the dynamics dictating public revenues, taxation, and public service...

The paper provides an up-to-date overview of the data governance framework developed by the People’s Republic of China. The work investigates whether and how the domestic legal framework on data governance has influenced Chinese trade policy with reference to cross-border data flows and...

*please note this updated version of the article contains a correction. The previous version claimed the Stardust Foundation wallet was staked in the soft node program. This was a mistake. Thanks to the community members who pointed this out. The Stardust Collective is the community-driven...

A global market in menstrual apps illustrates a new datafied regime of governmentality that erodes personal autonomy. Emphasizing that bodily sovereignty is integral to data sovereignty, feminist intervention has sought to tackle such violations of personhood by putting bodies back into data...