Tenzer Strategics

In this 171st long-form article on Nicolas Tenzer's blog Tenzer Strategics—and the third of six that Constantin Vaillant-Tenzer and he are dedicating to the geostrategic implications of artificial intelligence—they examine the various dimensions of sovereign AI and the sovereign cloud. In particular, they demonstrate that this is a decisive battle.
They highlight both the eminently political nature of the subject and its intrinsic complexity. For Europe, in particular, the fight is far from won—since it is starting from a very, very distant position—but winning it is not impossible. They emphazise on the conditions for victory in detail.
This in-depth exploration of the challenges of digital sovereignty leads them to investigate several key questions: data sovereignty—perhaps the issue that ultimately governs everything—, the transition from research to large-scale innovation—a central focus of public policy—, issues related to the availability of private capital and public procurement, and finally, how to resolve the potential contradiction between fostering an innovation-friendly economy while still being able to enforce sovereignty rules—this is one of the major challenges of European regulation.
This is truly the ultimate battle, they argue.
Their next piece, to be published Thursday evening, will be devoted to the uses and misuses of AI.
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The Necessity and Possibility of Sovereign Artifical Intelligence—and a Sovereign Cloud The Ultimate Battle

This 164th essay on Nicolas Tenzer's international relations blog Tenzer Strategics is truly a very long read.
It dissects President Zelenskyy's extraordinary speech at the Munich Security Conference and beyond (you remember that he already did the same for his adresse before the World Economic Forum in Davos through another lence).
Some vital strategic and historical lessons for Europe and the world can be learned here.
As most often this piece is divided into three in-depth parts:
1 History
2 The fate of Europe
3 Defying death
Enjoy reading — even though not a happy read!
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