Image credit: bruxconference2025.com Today’s post reports on the afternoon panel of the conference “The Perfect Storm: A time of truth for Europe?” that took place in Brussels, on 30 January 2025. The panel, titled “Algorithmic amplification, platform power, freedom of speech, and tech oligarchs” was composed by: Frank McCourt, Project Liberty Renate Nikolay, DG Connect,ContinueContinue reading “Algorithmic amplification, platform power, freedom of speech, and tech oligarchs”
Author Archives: Juliana Michelon
Enhancing EU-NATO Collaboration for Security
Today I’m sharing my notes from the European Policy Centre (EPC) panel discussion event that took place on January 14 2025 on EU-NATO collaboration. Very insightful and timely discussion as NATO Secretary General Mark Rute co-hosted a summit on the same day in Helsinki, along with President Alexander Stubb of Finland and Prime Minister KristenContinueContinue reading “Enhancing EU-NATO Collaboration for Security”
2025 Outlook: US, China and Europe’s challenges
In the past week we’ve seen several articles drawing the outlook for global geopolitical challenges for 2025. This post will reflect on a few of the issues under debate and point to sources for a deeper dive. Overview on US Trump’s new presidency is clearly high on the priority issues, as his measures will likelyContinueContinue reading “2025 Outlook: US, China and Europe’s challenges”
Telecom challenges ahead: Implications of Salt Typhoon for Europe’s new defense agenda
Andrius Kubilius, the new European Commissioner for Space and Defense, delivered a talk during this year’s EPC annual conference where he reinforced that defense is a priority in the new EU agenda, going as far as saying that the EU must be ready for the most extreme contingency stages (i.e., member states need to beContinueContinue reading “Telecom challenges ahead: Implications of Salt Typhoon for Europe’s new defense agenda”
EU democratic resilience, strategies, and skills for the future
This post comes to report on two events that took place in Brussels last week. On Thursday, 05 December, we had the European Policy Center 2024 annual conference, which debated strategies and skills needed to lead the future of the European Union. On Friday, 06 December, we had a comprehensive debate on the EU DemocracyContinueContinue reading “EU democratic resilience, strategies, and skills for the future”
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