By Raphael Vellenga The Nexperia standoff exposed one of the EU’s most consequential strategic dependencies: mature (“legacy”) chips. These older-node semiconductors underpin the EU’s automotive, clean energy, and defence industries, dominate European chip demand, and constitute the continent’s largest chip…
By Yibo Sun “You can’t be regal and common at the same time.” This was the central critique of the British monarchy of long-time republican Labour MP Dennis Skinner. He said it in a 1994 interview during a time in…
By Anoma P. van der Veere An ambitious promise At dawn, the shimmering lights of fireworks reflect the vast wooden ring that encircles the Expo grounds, a monumental structure stretching nearly two kilometers. In and around this wooden complex, more…
By Nicolas Blarel Contribution in India and a Changing Global Order: Foreign Policy in the Trump 2.0 Era by Milan Vaishnav, ed., Sameer Lalwani, Tanvi Madan, Nivedita Kapoor, Garima Mohan, Nicolas Blarel, Shoumitro Chatterjee, Konark Bhandari, Rohan Mukherjee. Published March…
By Florian Schneider September 2025 The rapid developments in generative artificial intelligence (genAI) have forcefully drawn attention to the challenges our societies face, especially when it comes to labour and work. These challenges are keenly felt in almost all industries,…
By Florian Schneider July 2025 LAC Director Florian Schneider has written a new LAC Short after visiting the 22nd Chinese Internet Research Conference in Beijing. He discusses the latest AI developments in China, particularly the use of ‘anthromorphised’ AI in…
