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The triple constraint on artificial-intelligence advancement in Europe (Mia Hoffmann, Laura Nurski, Bruegel)

Shortcomings in Europe in human capital, data and the financing available all hold up adoption by European firms of artificial intelligence. These same barriers...

EU borrowing—time to think of the generation after next (Rebecca Christie, Grégory Claeys and Pauline Weil, Social Europe)

The issuance of European Union bonds to finance NextGenerationEU (NGEU)—the common recovery programme agreed by member states during the summer of 2020—has begun. This represents a...

An inclusive European Union must boost gig workers’ rights (Mario Mariniello, Bruegel)

Approximately 24 million people in the European Union are estimated to have provided platform services (as of 2018; the market has high growth prospects)....

The Global Gateway: a real step towards a stronger Europe in the world? (Simone Tagliapietra, Bruegel)

On 1 December 2021, the European Union unveiled the Global Gateway, its plan to support infrastructure development around the world. This would mobilise €300 billion...

Has Washington’s Policy Toward Taiwan Crossed the Rubicon? (Paul Heer, The National Interest)

The ground shifted under Washington’s policy toward Taiwan on December 8, a shift no less seismic for being subtle and semantic. During a hearing...

Russia’s New Front In the Balkans Heats Up (Harun Karčić, The National Interest)

“If we falter, the Balkans will explode again,” warned the United Kingdom’s former Foreign Secretary William Hague. Russia’s New Front In the Balkans Heats Up | The...

The Mirage of Reaching a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Ali Safavi, The National Interest)

The seventh round of nuclear negotiations with Iran failed last week. While the teetering talks that seem to be on life support resumed on...

To Resist Russia, Ukraine Must Help Itself (Janusz Bugajski, Margarita Assenova, The National Interest)

Perpetual political infighting, media wars between oligarchs, and accusations of domestic coup attempts, together with a failing energy policy undermines Ukraine’s stability and statehood....

On Myanmar, Japan Alone Must Hold the Line (Yusuke Watanabe, The National Interest)

As China and Russia loom large over Myanmar’s fate, Japan’s continued engagement with the Tatmadaw would be a much-needed democratic counterweight restraining the global...

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