The fusion of economic policy and national security is reshaping governance. As interdependence becomes a source of risk, states shift from efficiency to resilience, redefining control over infrastructure, technology and global flows in an era of systemic rivalry.
Strategy Governance
Security and strategic governance shape how states and institutions respond to geopolitical risks, emerging threats and the protection of critical infrastructure.
Across Europe, telecom operators are navigating a historic transformation. From AI-native architectures to autonomous networks, the industry is no longer just about connectivity—it is about trust, culture and influence. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, BT, Vodafone and Telefónica are all experimenting with AI-driven networks, yet the road ahead is far from straightforward.
For decades, telecommunications lived comfortably behind a powerful assumption: neutrality. Operators built the pipes. Society decided what flowed through them. Connectivity was infrastructure — invisible, technical, politically silent. This separation created reassurance. If networks were neutral, responsibility lay elsewhere: with governments, platforms or users. Telecom, in this view, merely enabled.
For years, the security debate around 5G has been dominated by reassuring words: encryption, zero trust, secure by design. Telecom vendors, regulators and operators alike have emphasized that modern mobile networks are mathematically robust, cryptographically sound and architecturally resilient.
Salesforce’s introduction of Agentforce 360 marks a new phase in the evolution of artificial intelligence inside organisations. Rather than positioning AI as a standalone automation layer, the concept of the “Agentic Enterprise” frames AI agents as collaborators: systems designed to support employees in decision-making, coordination and execution. While this approach is technologically ambitious, its European rollout reveals challenges that go far beyond software adoption.
The global race for artificial intelligence (AI) has often been framed as a competition between the United States and China. But quietly, Europe is staking its own claim. The continent does not want to rely on foreign AI systems, whose code and decision-making remain opaque. Europe’s goal is clear: AI that is powerful, transparent and built to European standards.
