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Can smaller universities become strategic assets? The University of Twente demonstrates that innovation is not defined by scale alone, but by the ability to integrate technology, entrepreneurship and society into a distinctive model of European excellence.
Most discussions about artificial intelligence begin with algorithms. In reality, AI begins much earlier. Before models learn, billions of automated bots quietly collect, index and organise the world’s knowledge—an invisible infrastructure that receives remarkably little public or political attention.
Artificial intelligence is not merely a race between chatbots. It is a competition to build the mathematical foundations upon which future societies will increasingly depend. Mistral AI illustrates why algorithms are becoming strategic infrastructure—and why Europe’s AI future begins long before the interface.
Why do some careers capture the imagination while others remain largely invisible? This Perspective explores how identity, cultural narratives and societal expectations shape educational choices—and why those choices increasingly influence the Netherlands’ future capacity to innovate.
The war in Ukraine is revealing that modern military power depends on far more than soldiers and weapons. Behind every battlefield lies an ecosystem of logistics, energy, industry and digital infrastructure that increasingly determines how conflicts are sustained—and ultimately decided.
Education is often viewed as a pathway to personal opportunity. Yet education also shapes the knowledge, skills and capabilities that determine how societies innovate, adapt and prepare for the future.
France approaches automotive differently from Germany. Where Germany perfected engineering, France has long relied on coordination. Electrification, batteries and industrial policy are now testing whether state-led strategies can still shape competitive markets.
Environmental capacity is increasingly becoming a form of infrastructure. As ecological systems shape housing, industry, energy and mobility, societies face a new challenge: not merely reducing emissions, but governing the physical limits upon which modern economies depend.
