Dr. Birgit Wetzel
A German economic journalist and analyst specialising in energy security, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
European Organisation
European OrganisationA German economic journalist and analyst specialising in energy security, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Europe enters 2027 with more instruments but less strategic time: success will depend on connecting defence, economic security, technology, energy and diplomacy into a coherent practice of governing interdependence.
European resilience depends on corridors as systems: ports, subsea cables, pipelines, grids, data centres and repair capacity must be governed together because disruption moves across them faster than institutional responsibility.
European AI sovereignty should mean assured and governable access to critical cloud, compute and software capabilities, not blanket exclusion of external providers; the level of autonomy required must follow the public function at risk.