oh yes, AI slop not only ruins writing, but also reading. "When you spend enough time around A.I.-generated text, you start to develop a novel form of paranoia." too much stuff feels like AI written; you can't help noticing and you can't prove either. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...

The US is now making coercive threats to fine random European companies in retaliation for EU digital regulations that are designed to prevent hate speech, disinformation and harm to children. www.ft.com/content/001d...

EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today - China is on the agenda. I wrote about growing anxiety over China's rising support for Russia on Friday. That'll form the crux of a lunchtime discussion. Given the sensitivity, no phones or aides permitted.

Beijing is set to limit access to Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips despite Donald Trump’s decision to allow the export of the technology to China as it pushes to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductor production.

Sale! It’s on 20% off… you know you need it. Go on. www.routledge.com/Defence-Indu...

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Pretty big news in global trading circles China will no longer ask for or avail itself of benefits and flexibilities for developing countries as a part of World Trade Organization negotiations, Beijing announced on Tuesday.

❗We are hiring❗ We are looking for a postdoc for the ERC-funded #CODE project on technology and geopolitics. We want a multidisciplinary and international candidate with strong research potential. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 Apply now csds.vub.be/vacancy-geop... @acalcara.bsky.social

Big news out of Spain Madrid has cancelled at the last minute a contract with Huawei to provide fibre optic services for various public institutions - including the Ministry of Defence Reason given: "strategic autonomy" elpais.com/economia/202...

How can the Chinese government make officials accountable in the age of high-tech innovation? Before, GDP was the KPI for measuring a successful official. But what is the KPI for innovation? How can risks be taken while avoiding excessive waste? Great interview to Yuen Yuen Ang:

New: The head of the German think tank Merics, sanctioned by Beijing four years ago has returned from a trip to China, suggesting that travel restrictions on the organisation may be easing. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

We are now extending the campaign to help fund another crucial item in our budget: translation. Help us keep providing high-quality and timely translations so we can introduce more Chinese voices to the world. This is the most important way we help the world better understand China. Thank you! (2/2)

not looking good for Princeton University Press is it @princetonupress.bsky.social the video can be found on Facebook www.facebook.com/share/v/16Rv...

Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian on.ft.com/3ZdP06O

❗New Analysis❗ Ludovica Meacci contributes to a ChinaFile conversation on how President Trump could change EU-China relations. Great analysis and a must-read conversation for China watchers! Read🔸 www.chinafile.com/conversation... @ludovicameacci.bsky.social

🇪🇺🇨🇳 In very good company to discuss EU-China relations amid the Trump II era. @pugliesasia.bsky.social @ludovicameacci.bsky.social @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social @unaaleksandra.bsky.social @rturcsanyi.bsky.social It's on @chinafile.bsky.social 👇 www.chinafile.com/conversation...

❗Register Now❗ "Imagining a Post-American Europe: The Future of Europe’s Deterrence Architecture" with Gideon Rose, Tomasz Szatkowski, Lotje Boswinkel & Luis Simón. 🗓️ 14 May 2025 🕙 15:00-16:15 📍 Press Club Brussels Register now🔸 csds.vub.be/event/imagin...

❗New Book Review❗ Our very own Ludovica Meacci reviews Jeffrey Ding's book on "Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition" for International Affairs. Read 🔸 academic.oup.com/ia/article-a... @ludovicameacci.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

🚨Breaking: China has lifted sanctions on members of the European Parliament EP President Roberta Metsola just made the announcement at the conference of presidents www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

The only positive externality of all of this is the meme content

❗New In-Depth Paper❗ Capping a two-year NATO SPS project, we are absolutely delighted to publish our report entitled "Primed for Deterrence? NATO and the Indo-Pacific in the Age of Great Power Competition". Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/...

China mandates labels for all AI-generated content in fresh push against fraud, fake news www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

"The point of this censorship is not to drive public opinion in any certain direction. It’s beside the point whether something is positive or negative. The point is for censors to obliterate the event so that the public completely forgets about it." Great interview with a Gen Z PRC content auditor

My colleagues Lotje Boswinkel and Elie Perot have just published two superb papers that you should all read! Elie on France and revisiting deterrence: csds.vub.be/publication/... Lotje on long-range strike and Europe: warontherocks.com/2025/03/euro... Really brilliant!

Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe – Follow The Money: ‘In the early hours, Belgium’s federal police raided Huawei’s EU office and the homes of lobbyists for the Chinese tech company on suspicions of bribery, forgery, money laundering and criminal organisation’

In their first conversation, Wang Yi, China's foreign minster, told his US counterpart Rubio "你好自为之", which is basically a warning that roughly means "better stay in you lane/behave yourself". The line just made headlines in China but is missing/toned down from the English readout China released.

New: Commission has issued a "recommendation calling on EU member states to review outbound investments of their companies into non-EU countries" Latest incremental step of its economic security strategy. It covers semiconductors, quantum computing and AI ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Il principale export Italiano negli USA sono macchinari e apparecchi industriali, eppure ogni servizio di telegiornale sui dazi mostra solo immagini di prosciutti, vini e formaggi come se fosse un'economia agricola. Anche questo contribuisce a un'opinione pubblica disinformata.

In this piece for #IBEI blog #inRESPONSE, I delve into the first question. Meloni's has smartly pursued the governments' interests by prioritizing some aspects of the #Ukraine 'issue' (defence industry & reconstruction) while only pledges support for others. projectinresponse.com/index.php/20...

Today, @politico.eu listed #GiorgiaMeloni as the most influential person in #Europe. How did this occur in foreign and security policy and what does this mean? A short thread 🧵 www.politico.eu/list/politic...

If you missed our Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 3 December, you can relive the debates on our YouTube channel. We have a playlist with all the panel discussions including with Mélanie Joly, Baiba Braže, Stefano Sannino and many more! Watch 🔸 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

❗New Commentary❗ "Export Control in the Age of AI", by @acalcara.bsky.social for FDI Intelligence @financialtimes.com Read 🔸 www.fdiintelligence.com/content/opin...

This is absolutely not the news I would have dreamed of waking up to. South Korea's Yoon declares emergency martial law. to I have some scattered thoughts to follow. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2024...

Our Head of the Geopolitics and Technology Programme @acalcara.bsky.social has just joined BlueSky and is hiring a postdoc for his @ERC_Research CODE project. Follow him and help spread the word about the opportunity!👇

Our department is looking for 4/5 new PhD students. Deadline is 30 January 2025. I cannot recommend this program enough, fun city, friendly and stimulating department, optimal economic conditions, great scholars around. Apply! www.gu.se/en/political...

I didn't expect that from VW (usually not known for hugely caring about geopolitics): pulls out of Xinjiang and sells production site. www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/u...

A new report on how Chinese pro-PRC disinformation continues to spread on supposedly independent news websites around the globe, from Google's Threat Analysis Group. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

From the other place,Taiwan will help build a 5G network in Bucha, best known for the brutal Russian massacre. Part of a smart city deal signed by the foreign minister in Poland yesterday. Very symbolic piece of diplomacy from Taipei in light of the mounting concerns about China's ties to Russia

In this @csds.bsky.social podcast, @lindedesma.bsky.social and I talk to @danielfiott.bsky.social about the implications of the U.S. election for Europe and the transatlantic relationship csds.vub.be/podcast/the-...

European companies must compete across each supply-chain segment, whereas Chinese state firms can produce raw materials at a loss and thereby bolster battery-makers downstream 🇪🇺 companies are not competing against individual 🇨🇳 companies – but against entire supply chains ecfr.eu/article/rech...

🧵New RUSI report,‘The Impact of a Taiwan Strait Crisis on European Defence’ by Dr Sidharth Kaushal and Juliana Suess is out now!

New episode of Geoeconomic Competition out now! 🎧 What to expect from the economic policies of Trump II 🇺🇸 Presidency? We try to answer this question with Matthew Goodman, Director at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). open.spotify.com/episode/6iBT... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Welcome to the first episode of the podcast Geoeconomic Competition! The very first episode is about the 🇪🇺 Commission's package on economic security and the first guest is @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2307085/1438... open.spotify.com/episode/4vcP...

❗️New Vacancies❗️ We are recruiting Post-Doc and PhD Fellows for our new #CODE project, led by Antonio Calcara! Send us your applications by 8 April 2024 if you research geopolitics and technology! Learn more🔸 csds.vub.be/call-for-pos... Our vacancies🔸 csds.vub.be/vacancies/

❗️New Vacancies❗️ We are recruiting Post-Doc and PhD Fellows for our #SINATRA project, led by Luis Simón! Send us your applications by 8 April 2024 if you research geopolitical relations between 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇳! Learn more🔸 csds.vub.be/call-for-pos... Our vacancies🔸 csds.vub.be/vacancies/

❗️New Vacancies❗️ We are recruiting a number of Post-Doc and PhD fellowships for our European Research Council grants #SINATRA and #CODE. If you have what it takes to be part of a growing and leading research hub in Brussels, apply before 8.4.2024! Apply today🔸 csds.vub.be/vacancies/

❗️New Event❗️ 🗓️ Join us for the 2024 Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue in Brussels on 30 January! We have a stellar line-up of guest speakers to discuss the future of the #IndoPacific. Join us! Register🔸http://tinyurl.com/mrxzbtyu Info🔸https://csds.vub.be/event/brussels-indo-pacific-dialogue-2024/