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EU governments have suffered from corporate capture of state interests. This state capture is in turn leveraged by authoritarian states such as Russia and China against EU member states. Can any European government afford to just rely on the advice of CEO’s well-connected to authoritarian regimes? While Germany has begun belatedly and hesitantly to assess the level of damage their Russian energy dependence has had on its security, Italy, by contrast, appears so far to be taking few steps to recognise the damage that its long running energy relationship with Russia has had on its broader inte...

On the continent too, the Russia-Ukraine conflict casts a long shadow on Europe Day celebrations this year.

EU governments have suffered from corporate capture of state interests. This state capture is in turn leveraged by authoritarian states such as Russia and China against EU member states. Can any European government afford to just rely on the advice of CEO’s well-connected to authoritarian regimes? While Germany has begun belatedly and hesitantly to assess the level of damage their Russian energy dependence has had on its security, Italy, by contrast, appears so far to be taking few steps to recognise the damage that its long running energy relationship with Russia has had on its broader inte...

Our resident demographer looks at the implications surrounding the recent claim that China's census taking could be reporting more people than actually live in the Red Dragon.

Germany has reportedly been discussing measures to restrict China's access to goods necessary for advanced semiconductor production.