The Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology addresses the challenges that result from intensifying great power competition between the United States and China and Russia’s war against Ukraine, focusing on the areas of economics, trade, finance, energy, and tech.
Main Topics:
- How can Europe reduce its economic and technological dependencies on China – not least if conflict over Taiwan escalates?
- How can Europe enhance its sovereignty in cybersecurity, the information space, and digital strategy?
- Which strategies should Europe pursue in trade policy to remain a global player?
- Which scenarios can ensure the reconstruction of Ukraine in the short, medium, and long term?
- What are the implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for the green energy transition in Europe?
- How can the EU establish a competitive green economy in the face of industrial policies in other parts of the world?
- How should strategic relationships with major emerging economies of the Global South such as India and Brazil be forged in the face of increasing global fragmentation?
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Publications
Technology and Industrial Policy in an Age of Systemic Competition
Safeguarding Germany’s Technology Stack and Innovation Industrial Strength
Ethical and Operational
Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, the German Military, and the Zeitenwende
Germany’s Economic Security and Technology
Optimizing Export Control, Investment Screening and Market Access Instruments
A German Digital Grand Strategy
Integrating Digital Technology, Economic Competitiveness, and National Security in Times of Geopolitical Change
A Reliable Global Cyber Power
Cyberspace and Germany’s National Security Strategy
