Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission, at a press conference in Brussels on June 3, 2026. Source: LinkedIn

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission, at a press conference in Brussels on June 3, 2026. 

EU Unveils Sweeping Tech Sovereignty Push, Balancing Autonomy with Openness

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Commissioner for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen speak during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

How the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package Finally Puts Open Source to the Test

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The Environmental Impact of Data Centers in Vulnerable Ecosystems by Gloria Mendoza / 

Environmental Lawsuits Present Roadblock for the AI Data Center Boom

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Why the AI Policy Debate Should Focus More on the Harness and Protocol Layers

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (

Trump Signs Previously Shelved AI Executive Order

Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle Corp., via video link, and Tony Blair, former UK prime minister, at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The AI ‘Revolution' is Not a People's Revolution

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the audience during the conference ‘One Year After the Draghi Report’ at the EU Charlemagne building on September 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)

The Spillover Effects of EU’s Digital Deregulation Agenda

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Rethinking Norm-Setting in Africa’s Digital Present

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The State of Data Center Policy in the United States

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. 

EU to Roll Out Tech Sovereignty Agenda to Rival US and China. Will it Work?

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How to Rebuild US Science and Technology Policy From the Rubble of Trump 2.0

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An air defense unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, known as drone hunters, illuminates the sky with a powerful searchlight at night at a position in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, March 24, 2024. 

What Middle Powers Risk When AI Goes to War

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May 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

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Newsletter: The Pope, the cloud, and your data after you die

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Why the EU's Data Center Boom Is a Black Box

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Taking the Temperature of Tech Policy Debates in Brussels at CPDP

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Can the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas Rally Support for Technology Governance?

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Big Tech is Becoming the Executor of the Dead

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Distorted Forest Path by Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / 

Digital Equity Is Not a Pipeline. It Is an Ecosystem.

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Meta’s Worker Surveillance Tests EU Rules on AI and Labor

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