“While I agree in principle that there is more that unites us than divides us, I found the stark divergence between Trump-aligned interlocutors and those who were from Democratic administrations hardly reassuring.”
100% - and adding to this, it would evidently be strategic suicide for Europe to hop right back into the same security, political, and economic arrangements with the US as pre-Trump, even under democrat leadership in 2028
Great piece. I loved your insight on the “vertical dimension” of technology, and why the concentration this entails reinforces geopolitical fragmentation. Also, the idea that anything and everything can be a chokepoint in such an uncertain environment is really interesting, and equally really important, when considering shifting global dynamics.
“While I agree in principle that there is more that unites us than divides us, I found the stark divergence between Trump-aligned interlocutors and those who were from Democratic administrations hardly reassuring.”
100% - and adding to this, it would evidently be strategic suicide for Europe to hop right back into the same security, political, and economic arrangements with the US as pre-Trump, even under democrat leadership in 2028
Precisely. That Europe treated Trump 1.0 as an aberration - a kind of bad dream - was the major strategic mistake of the last ten years.
Great piece. I loved your insight on the “vertical dimension” of technology, and why the concentration this entails reinforces geopolitical fragmentation. Also, the idea that anything and everything can be a chokepoint in such an uncertain environment is really interesting, and equally really important, when considering shifting global dynamics.
Thank you.
On the matter of Europe, I would love any thoughts on this piece I wrote about the continent’s role in the AI race :
https://ananyaa2108.substack.com/p/gear-up-for-the-ai-race?r=7eglln&utm_medium=ios