This project analyses how national competition, alliances/conflicts, and ideologies shape the development and governance of critical digital technologies such as AI.
This research report examines the differences and commonalities in regulatory approaches and the underlying values of the major AI powers (the EU, the US, and China), the role of geopolitics in shaping AI governance, and key issues regarding global AI governance.
This report identified and examined two major causes behind the geopolitical tensions around international standards-setting of CETs: the spill-over effect of US-China rivalry and the trend of trying to incorporate democratic values in standards. It also provides some policy recommendations on how to strengthen international cooperation around CET standards-setting.
Carl Cargill, a leading American industry expert in standardisation, discusses causes behind today’s geopolitical conflicts around global high-tech standards and provides his observations about the existing issues of standardisation.
This report identifies Europe’s digital interests and analyses the perceived risks associated with Chinese tech companies, based on which it proposes a number of policy recommendations for European countries.
