World & Power
Germany’s AI Sovereignty Debate Is Really About Dependence
Friedrich Merz’s call for European AI capability raises a practical question: which forms of technological control can governments actually exercise?
Power & Dependence
Who has alternatives — and who carries the cost?
Trade, platforms and institutions shape the choices available to countries and businesses. Read across the visible announcement and the less visible dependencies that determine bargaining power.
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Map the relationship
Friedrich Merz’s call for European AI capability raises a practical question: which forms of technological control can governments actually exercise?
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Examine the cost of an alternative
An October manufacturing announcement highlights why local production claims need to be read at the level of materials, processes and capacity.
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Connect institutions with personal authority
Ahead of the 3 November vote, the relevant commercial question is how political outcomes might change decisions, oversight and expectations.
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Technology & AI
Apple’s US Supplier Expansion Shows the Strategic Power of Components
An October manufacturing announcement highlights why local production claims need to be read at the level of materials, processes and capacity.
World & Power
US Midterms: Why Businesses Need Policy Scenarios, Not Election Certainty
Ahead of the 3 November vote, the relevant commercial question is how political outcomes might change decisions, oversight and expectations.
World & Power
The Real Cost of a World That Trades in Blocs
Geopolitical alignment changes more than trade routes. It changes who pays for resilience, who carries the adjustment and who can afford alternatives.
World & Power
Power Belongs to Whoever Controls the Exit
In markets and institutions, influence often rests on the ability to make another party’s departure expensive.
World & Power
The world is being rebuilt around leverage
Power is easier to understand when you follow dependencies: who needs whom, what can be withheld, and how expensive the alternatives are.
The CyGuru Column
The authority to wait
A decision can be weakened by the need to end discomfort immediately.