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Economy & Innovation
09.10.2026
“Xi has preferred relying on external demand for China’s expanding manufacturing base”
Brad Setser, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, elaborates on the reasons and consequences of the existential competition which German and European core industry sectors face vis-à-vis China.
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28.09.2026
“People aren’t voting on the President’s trade policy”
Wendy Cutler, Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute, analyzes the possible influence of the US trade agenda with China, the EU and the rest of the world on the midterm elections.
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04.09.2026
“There is nothing US trade partners can do to prevent tariffs of 10 or 15 percent”
Trade law expert Peter Harrell assesses what effect the US tariffs based on forced labor have for the Turnberry agreement with the EU and how the trade conflict with Canada could evolve.
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17.06.2026
“How do we encourage students to think critically when answers are available in seconds?”
The History Teacher Kyle Youngblood reflects on how to implement AI in the education process.
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20.05.2026
Emerging Middle Powers: Germany and Canada Seek a Common Path
The 39th German-Canadian Conference of the Atlantik-Brücke explored how two middle powers can jointly expand their room for maneuver in a world order shaped by great-power competition.
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07.05.2026
“It’s the job of the state to secure society”
In the aftermath of the event “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Espionage”, Dr Anthony Vinci discussed the limitations of AI within intelligence agencies.
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18.02.2026
“We firmly believe the DMA needs a complete overhaul”
After three years in place, is the DMA a blueprint for competition law or an obstacle to innovation? Read a Q&A with Gary Davis, Apple's Senior Director of Regulatory Legal.
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16.01.2026
US tariffs: It’s time to find a path forward
The path to re-establishing a multilateral system of rules that includes the United States is to re-examine where the current rules have fallen short, writes trade expert Dan Mullaney.
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18.12.2025
Defense, Debt, Draghi
The Atlantik-Brücke's first delegation trip to Paris made clear that Germany and France share at least one major challenge: to swiftly invest in defense and organize joint procurement amid fiscal constraints.
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15.12.2025
“Achieving digital sovereignty faster”
When dealing with technologies, a dual strategy is needed: we must strengthen the European market and embed non-European products, write Claudia Plattner and Florian Seiller.
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