Economic security

Development gaps from data centre FDI boom ‘not inevitable’

Unctad’s Nan Li Collins says developing countries must tap new FDI entry points amid digital investment drive

Economic Security Watch podcast | Tina Fordham on ‘gloves off’ competition

The pioneering geostrategist on today’s geopolitical supercycle and the weaponisation of everything

Digital autonomy shifts from ‘sovereign desire to risk reduction’

Proton COO on Edward Snowden’s legacy and corporates’ move away from defaulting to US big tech

Geopolitics boosting European tech demand

Greenland crisis and Anthropic ban accelerate uptake of local solutions amid digital sovereignty push

Businesses are becoming geopolitical soldiers

From hacking to downing drones, governments want companies to fight their adversaries

USMCA: new capital rules rumoured to close China’s back door through Mexico

US considering new limits on factory ownership under trade pact review, say ex-negotiators

Economic Security Watch podcast | Solvay CEO on reindustrialising Europe

Philippe Kehren says the region has ‘everything’ needed to be competitive and sustainable

Calls grow to create ‘Airbus’ of EU cleantech

Renewables leaders push for policy support to scale as Brussels revamps merger rules

US biotech is being pushed to tipping point

Synthetic biology and biomanufacturing are security tools, but face new Chinese competition

Kuka–Midea: one decade of a deal that changed EU economic security

The megadeal’s legacy lives on through tougher screening and FDI’s loss of ‘naivety’

Idaho mine reopening after 45 years shows new critical minerals playbook

New prospects for localising supply chains lie in decommissioned sites across North America

Economic Security Watch podcast | American Rare Earths builds US supply chain

CEO Mark Wall on why curbing China’s dominance is a matter of ‘survival’, not stability