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European Democracy Infrastructure is Lacking, and Security Tools Won’t Fix It

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In November 2025, the European Commission unveiled its “European Democracy Shield”, promising coordinated action against threats to European democracy and creating a new European Centre for Democratic Resilience to detect and deter them. This response, focused on countering information manipulation and interference paired with a discourse of urgency, follows a script I am familiar with. […]

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5 Urgent Questions on EU–China Relations and AI Rivalry

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I had the privilege of being invited to speak at the European Guanxi Conference organised in Brussels in September 2025. The event took place the same week as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin and China’s military parade, both of which projected Beijing’s growing assertiveness on the global stage.  The convergence of this

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Kaja Kallas’ role as High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy could reshape EU tech, security, and global governance.

Baltic Leadership in Brussels: What the New High Representative Kaja Kallas Means for Tech Policy

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Last month, the Estonian politician and diplomat Kaja Kallas began her term as the new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission—a long title often abbreviated as HRVP, somewhat equivalent to the Foreign Affairs Minister of the EU. Replacing Spanish diplomat Josep Borrell, Kallas

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