The Great Firewall: How China regulates big tech
In the past couple of decades, China has produced a multitude of big tech giants. Companies like Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and others are well on their way to becoming household names, unique in the...
31 Touko 202429min
Algorithmic agendas: The globalisation of political technology
Political technology, or the professional engineering of politics, has been endemic to Russia since the Soviet era. But these practices have now spread across the globe – with manipulation occurring i...
24 Touko 202430min
The sweet spot: Between de-risking from China and Europe’s green future
A key priority for both the European Union and the United States is to reduce dependencies on China in green industries. Only this week, the United States announced a ramping up of tariffs on Chinese-...
17 Touko 202425min
A vision for the future: Adapting Europe’s single market
When Europe’s single market was first conceived in the 1980s, the number of member states was half of what it is today, the Soviet Union still existed, Germany was not yet reunified, and the Chinese a...
10 Touko 202432min
The European pulse: the election and beyond
With the European Parliament election only one month away, there is feverish speculation about who will get the top jobs of Commission President, President of the Council, and High Representative of t...
3 Touko 202434min
High stakes in the strait: US -China competition and Taiwan’s future
Taiwan has come to represent a strategic flashpoint in US-China relations. As Beijing ramps up its political and military pressure on Taipei, any escalation could trigger a major conflict between the ...
26 Huhti 202435min
Pathways to peace in Gaza: The prospects for Palestinian statehood
As the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s Saturday attack, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza persists and the territory remains on the brink of famine. While Israel’s attention is momentarily...
19 Huhti 202437min
Podcast special: Iran attacks Israel
On Saturday evening, Iran launched a major attack on Israeli territory, with a combination of 300 drones and missiles. Israel’s air defense seems to have intercepted most of these and the airspace ove...
14 Huhti 202432min
