China’s Digital Silk Road in Latin America and the Caribbean
China is gaining presence in Latin America and the Caribbean by means of technology agreements. The EU and Spain cannot afford to lag behind.
Technology and economics
Quo Vadis, Bitcoin?
The increasing relevance of crypto-assets, providing a simple taxonomy and explaining the conceptual framework and current reality.
Myanmar, a coup of the digital age
The coup d’état being perpetrated by the army in Myanmar has made use of more advanced –imported– technologies in pursuit of its opponents.
Towards a new technology foreign policy line in Spain and the EU
The challenges and opportunities derived from digitisation paves the way for an adaptation of Spain to the new multilateralism’s conditions and needs
The new Digital Compass at the EU: risks and opportunities
The new Digital Compass offers feasible targets. The challenge will be the adaptation of its governance structure to avoid repeating risks.
6G, Europe and post-2030 scenario: internal coherence for strategic autonomy
The EU has just launched HEXA-X, its flagship on 6G, looking ahead to 2030 and beyond. Learning from past mistakes will be essential.
Economic patriotism: understandable but dangerous
The economic patriotism is not new, but it has re-emerged since the pandemic alongside a new prudentialism, protectionism and nationalism.
Sustainability-driven digital transitions: tools for the long term
Digital transitions will reshape the sustainability paradigm, but these transitions must be sustainable in itself as well.
Data governance: EU-China competition approaches
China sponsors an alternative global approach to data governance. The European Union is required to seek power tools, other than regulation.
RMB internationalization and the BRI: reality or fantasy?
There has been a great deal of scholarship focusing on Chinese attempts to internationalize the Renminbi (RMB)
The consequences of COVID-19 on developing and emerging economies
Dealing with COVID-19 poses a challenge to every nation but the challenges faced by developing and emerging economies are different.
US election 2020: digital foreign policy
Technology is not a top-tier issue in both Biden and Trump’s campaigns. Impacts on digital foreign policy may be significant.