Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Last Friday at Nieuwspoort, former ASML CEO Peter Wennink presented his report, “The Netherlands: From Delay to Action”, outlining a roadmap for the country’s economic future. Central to his vision is a shift toward a technologically advanced and highly productive society, supported by top-tier education and resilient economic structures. Wennink emphasizes that the Netherlands cannot rely on incremental policy adjustments alone; achieving long-term prosperity requires decisive action to secure technological leadership and strengthen national earning capacity.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
For decades, ICT distributors shaped Europe’s digital economy from the background. Today, as AI, cloud computing and regulation converge, they are stepping into a new role: not as vendors or platforms, but as strategic intermediaries that quietly determine how technology, governance and society connect.
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Monday, December 15, 2025
The global AI race is often reduced to a single question: who is ahead? A better question is where power is built. AI strength emerges across three levels: macro (capital and scale), meso (models and institutions), and micro (startups and talent). Looking at the US, China and Europe through this lens reveals three very different strategies.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Sovereignty in the 21st century is often misunderstood. Governments and regions talk about autonomy as if it meant complete independence, a digital Fort Europa impervious to the outside world. In reality, true sovereignty is far more nuanced. It is not about building isolated islands of control; it is about creating resilient, interoperable networks where strategic autonomy and collaboration coexist.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Europe has long invested in systems like DigiD in the Netherlands to help citizens prove who they are online. Yet recent developments show how fragile this trust can be when identity and authentication systems are managed from outside Europe. Now, a French initiative called Authentica offers a new approach — a technology designed to verify the origin of digital creations, from music and images to text, while keeping control firmly in European hands.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
China rarely dominates Western headlines in the same way as Silicon Valley or Brussels, yet few countries shape the global future of artificial intelligence as quietly and consistently. While public debate in Europe and the United States often focuses on regulation, ethics and market competition, China has taken a different path. It treats AI not as a standalone sector, but as a strategic foundation for national power.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Nokia is reinventing itself — not by building AI models, but by creating the intelligent networks they depend on. From mobile phones to AI-driven infrastructure, its transformation reflects a broader European question: who controls the foundations of the digital future?
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Saturday, December 13, 2025
While much of the global AI debate is dominated by American and Chinese companies, a quieter but strategically important player has been building a distinctly European alternative. Aleph Alpha, founded in Germany in 2019, represents a different vision of artificial intelligence — one rooted in transparency, reliability and alignment with public values.
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Friday, December 12, 2025
Nokia is one of those rare European companies whose history mirrors the broader story of industrial transformation. What began in the nineteenth century as a timber and paper business evolved into an industrial conglomerate, later became a global icon in mobile phones and now finds itself at yet another turning point. After losing the smartphone race to Apple and Google, Nokia did not disappear. Instead, it quietly began reinventing itself — and today that reinvention increasingly revolves around artificial intelligence.
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Friday, December 12, 2025
Europe is entering a decisive moment. While the United States and China continue to dominate the global AI landscape, Europe is searching for a path that protects its values without sacrificing competitiveness or autonomy. The real question is no longer whether Europe should build its own AI model, but what kind of model is actually achievable — and how it can turn its structural strengths into strategic leverage.
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