Ukraine’s Upcoming 5G Auction: Trust, Rules, Money
For most of the past two years, Ukraine’s telecommunications policy has been viewed through the lens of wartime resilience. Keeping networks operating amid missile attacks, restoring damaged infrastructure and ensuring continuity of government communications...
The Black Sea Region – NATO’s Strategic Test
The security environment in the Black Sea region continues to deteriorate. Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and maritime infrastructure, together with incidents affecting NATO Allies and European partners across the region, show that the...
Towards a More Realistic EU China Debate
One major focus of autumnal Brussels trade and industrial policy conversation will be relations with China and the belief that protection is needed to avoid economic doom. Much of this debate unfortunately rests on...
Beijing Is Not Coercing Spain: Madrid Is Providing the Influence for Free
In 2025, Spain became one of the primary targets of Chinese investments in Europe, with EV-related commitments up 147 per cent – third in Europe – anchored by CATL’s €4 billion battery plant. At...
The Commission’s DMA Specification Decisions on Google: A Case of Regulatory Privilege Escalation
It is understood and accepted by most experts and observers that platform companies like Apple, Google, and Meta are large, systemic, and should be subject to competition disciplines. It is therefore a mystery that,...
Steering into Price Control: Why the CMA’s App-Store Proposals Go beyond What is Necessary
There is a conceptual problem right at the heart of the consultations on proposed steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple and Google by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK. On the...
