• Who Is Actually Investing?

    Thursday, June 25, 2026

    As governments are increasingly asked to fund competitiveness, a simple question remains. How much is industry prepared to invest itself? While companies such as ASML, Philips and NXP invest heavily in research and development, the broader picture may be more complicated than political debates often suggest.

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  • From Energy to Intelligence

    Wednesday, June 24, 2026

    As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly dependent on energy, a new geography of computing may be emerging. Project Enki explores whether the future of AI infrastructure will be built around technology hubs—or around locations where energy is abundant.

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  • Moldova and Europe’s New Frontier

    Wednesday, June 24, 2026

    Moldova’s path toward European Union membership reveals a deeper transformation taking place within Europe itself. As energy networks, payment systems and infrastructure become tools of resilience, enlargement is increasingly about stability, sovereignty and the architecture of a changing continent.

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  • Europe’s Strategic Markets

    Sunday, June 21, 2026

    As artificial intelligence, semiconductors, energy systems and digital infrastructure become increasingly strategic, Europe faces a new challenge. Some markets no longer function as markets alone. They are becoming critical components of economic capacity, resilience and long-term competitiveness.

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  • When Markets Play by Different Rules

    Saturday, June 13, 2026

    Europe’s challenge is no longer simply competing with foreign companies. It is increasingly competing with state-backed industrial ecosystems. As strategic industries shift from products to infrastructure, Europe faces difficult questions about resilience, sovereignty and the future of open markets.

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  • What Is ASML Becoming?

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026

    For decades, ASML was viewed primarily as a technology company. Today, it increasingly occupies a position that extends beyond markets and products. In this series, Altair Media explores how ASML became one of the world’s most strategically important enterprises—and what that may mean for the future of Europe and the global technology economy.

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  • PhotonDelta and Europe’s Photonics Ecosystem

    Tuesday, June 9, 2026

    As artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and advanced communications continue to scale, photonics is emerging as a critical enabling technology. This briefing explores how PhotonDelta is helping build a European ecosystem that could become strategically important to the future of digital infrastructure.

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  • The Black Box Bank

    Wednesday, June 3, 2026

    ABN AMRO proudly reports that 85 percent of its employees now use artificial intelligence in their daily work. For investors, this signals efficiency and progress. For society, it raises a more difficult question: as banks become increasingly automated and opaque, who remains responsible for transparency, accountability and the human beings behind the data?

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  • Europe’s Semiconductor Reset

    Saturday, May 23, 2026

    As Chips Act 2.0 reshapes Europe’s industrial strategy, the semiconductor debate is shifting beyond mega-fabs and subsidies toward ecosystems, infrastructure and technological indispensability. This series explores how Europe is repositioning itself inside the global technology system through cooperation, specialization and strategic interdependence.

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  • The New European Economy

    Thursday, May 21, 2026

    As digital platforms increasingly control visibility, logistics, payments and customer relationships, Europe faces a deeper economic question: can it remain globally competitive while preserving local ownership, regional resilience and democratic control over the infrastructure of everyday economic life?

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