Defense Strategy and Readiness
European force readiness, capability gaps, and the logic of European defense preparation
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Defense and Industrial Reality
How Europe's defense debate is changing, industrial constraints, and why defense is back at the center of European strategy
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Europe’s Security Architecture: NATO, Deterrence and the Future of European Defence
NATO, European defence, deterrence and Europe’s future security architecture
Former Foreign, European and Security Policy Adviser to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Former Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO; Former German Ambassador to Spain; Professor of Geopolitics at ESCP Business SchoolView episode
Europe’s Missing Digital Dollar
Can a euro stablecoin give Europe its own financial infrastructure on the blockchain?
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How Europe can compete between the US and China — without sliding into self-defeating protectionism.
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Why climate tech — not just AI — may decide who wins the next decade of global competitiveness.
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Who Controls Europe’s Money?
Payment sovereignty, the digital euro, and building a European challenger to Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board & Management Board Member, N26 — Europe’s leading digital bank, 8 million customers; Former CEO, ConcardisView episode
Europe’s Growth Problem, By the Numbers
A chief economist’s diagnosis of why Europe is falling behind — and the reforms that could close the gap.
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Can Europe Win the AI Race?
AI safety, the EU AI Act, and whether Europe can still compete with the US and China on artificial intelligence.
UC Berkeley Professor of Computer Science; Author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the field’s standard textbook; President, IASEAIView episode
Make Europe Great Again: The Mission Behind This Show
Why Europe is falling behind the US and China — and what this podcast sets out to change.
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