Views: 14Commission President has recently underlined main facets determining modern European competitiveness at the “business summit-2026” in France. The following challenges have been underlined and reviewed: the competition’s rules and conditions, financing the EU’s concept of “social market economy”, the concerns of the Union’s single market, energy issues, artificial intelligence and external trade. The President’s […]
Category: Political-economy
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Europe at the G20 digital-innovation ministerial meeting: revealing achievements
Views: 29The G20 structure consists of ministerial meetings, working and engagement groups; during two days this September, the innovation technology’s ministerial meeting took place in North Caroline, US. The G20 “digital and innovation ministers” released a voluntary consensus statement recognizing that “emerging technologies have the potential to unlock prosperity, enhance productivity and expand opportunity for […]
Global top emerging technologies: recent qualitative assessment
Views: 33Recent 14th edition of the World Economic Forum’s report “Top 10 Emerging Technologies-2026” identifies major scientific advances able to “change the world”. The technologies are selected for their novelty, development progress and potential impact by a group of world-leading scientists, technologists and innovation leaders, through a rigorous process of expert analysis.
Digital transition in the world: challenges through competition and opportunities
Views: 26The digital and AI’s revolution continues to dominate in in the political economy’s patterns around the world: numerous states have entered the digital transition and governance’s processes. As a consequence, most states are compelled to determine/adapt their policies in promoting and reshaping modern scientifically-based digital economic and political governance. Core digital strategies are indicative […]
AI in governance: modern trends in progress and preventing possible crises
Views: 21After the digital technology’s enormous development in 2020s, the generative and agentic AIs have further accelerated. The AI models and systems have changed significantly, e.g. affecting the customers’ use and perceptions, people’s expectations, social and legal rules, as well as policies, frameworks and emerging threats. However, the human frameworks for overseeing, controlling and governing […]
Towards new AI global order: China’s initiative
Views: 121China’s leader urged global community “to seize the historic opportunity” of open-source AI and pledged to help developing states build AI capabilities, warning against the emergence of “new historical injustices” from unequal access to the digital facilities. China presented itself as the champion of a new global AI order, by promoting open-source technologies and […]
EU-China digital controversies: book review
Views: 24The collective manuscript prepared by the European Think-tank Network on China*) unites authors from numerous EU and foreign states (the UK and China). The report analyses the China’s rise to a global digital technology’s power, as well as its effect on the European strategies in the digital transition and in shaping innovations. The report […]
Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026: monitoring global progress
Views: 31The UN official report on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs monitors global progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the 2030 Agenda; it serves as a foundational resource for solutions towards SDG’s progress. This year’s report is prepared in collaboration with over 50 international and regional agencies, […]
EU’s legal approach to governance: the European “culture of administration”
Views: 19The EU legislative institutions are heavily relying on closer cooperation among the decision-makers on key legislative proposals. For example, at the end of 2025, the joint declaration was approved, highlighting the main “cooperation efforts” among the Commission’s initiatives (as the primary law-drafting institution) and other two co-legislators – the European Parliament and the Council. […]
European digital news: evens occurred in May and June
Views: 23During May and June, some vital events occurred that, generally, defined the EU-wide digital transformation’s process and the whole Union’s digital agenda.