European Sovereignty vs Performance
Brussels keeps choosing between control and capability, and keeps discovering it cannot have both at once. Read in order, these pieces trace one argument from the first transatlantic fracture to the money that cannot close the gap.
In this series
- 01
Europe's Open Source Gambit: The Sovereignty Play Nobody's Talking About
Europe can't out-build Silicon Valley. But it might out-open-source them.
- 02BRIEFING
Atlantic Fault Lines Deepen: US Tech Policies Threaten EU Digital Autonomy
The "Atlantic Drift" in digital policy is accelerating toward a potential breaking point where Europe must choose between economic pain and digital autonomy.
- 03BRIEFING
CAIDA's Sovereignty Tiers: Legal Architecture or Hyperscaler Licence to Stay?
CAIDA certifies hyperscalers rather than displacing them; without EUCS addressing CLOUD Act jurisdiction, sovereign-tier status is a legal label, not strategic.
- 04AUDIT
Europe's Five Cards — and the Two It Will Actually Play: A Deployability Audit
Rules without switchability leave the regulated party in control of the switch — Europe's credible strategy is converting regulatory power into tested
- 05
In preparation
This part is written but not yet published. Its place in the order is held.
- 06BRIEFING
Brussels Has Five Tools to Fight Washington's Tech Aggression — Only One Is a Rulebook
The EU has named the right instruments, but CAIDA retains the dependencies it claims to solve — the interim window is the actual exposure, not a footnote.