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Forget Berlin and Paris — Athens Is Leading Europe’s Digital Shift (Konstantinos Komaitis – Tech Policy Press)

As Brussels accelerates work on Europe’s new digital identity wallet, a flagship of the European Union’s Digital Decade development plan, the success of the...

Governments Want to Ease AI Regulation for Innovation, But Do Citizens Agree? (Natali Helberger, Sophie Morosoli, Nicolas Mattis, Laurens Naudts, Claes H. de Vreese...

Not too long ago, governments around the world competed to be leaders in creating standards for the development and implementation of fair and responsible...

Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the ‘Right for Machine Hesitation’ (Virgílio Almeida, Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça, Fernando Filgueiras – Tech Policy Press)

There is little doubt today that the world is going through a period of profound instability and war-related risks. While the open armed conflicts...

Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy. How to strengthen Europe and NATO’s approach to the region (Natalie Sabanadze, Galip Dalay – Chatham House)

For the best part of two decades, Europe and NATO have underestimated Russia and its motivation to dominate the Black Sea region. Understanding the...

The UK should recognize a Palestinian state now. The time is right to make this symbolically important move, says Bronwen Maddox, but that should...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will gather his cabinet this week to discuss whether the UK should recognize a Palestinian state. For all his...

Romania Attempts to Modernize Naval Forces (George Vișan – The Jamestown Foundation)

Romania’s new government, sworn in on June 23, appears committed to modernizing the Romanian Naval Forces, but its naval forces remain severely underfunded and...

Belarus Looking to Normalize Relations with the United States (Yauheni Preiherman – The Jamestown Foundation)

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka welcomed U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, to Minsk on June 21 in the highest-level meeting between U.S....

Putin Tries to Build Himself a Position of Strength (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

The July 23 Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul yielded no diplomatic progress, as both sides remain entrenched in incompatible positions. Both sides, however, found it...

India’s Data Protection Act: A Shield for Privacy or a Tool for State Surveillance? (Medha Garg – Tech Policy Press)

India, hailed as the "world's largest democracy," is now witnessing a steady erosion of its democratic values. Colonial-era laws such as sedition and the...

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