Thorsten JelinekOn Europe’s Digital Sovereignty, the US-EU Technology and Trade Council, and Global GovernanceSovereignty, or the right to regulate national affairs independently, appeared less significant during the height of multilateralism, or…6 min read·Oct 21, 2021----
Thorsten JelinekAnalyzing the systemic differences between the West and China: What are the prospects of…Whether China should become a democracy was long debated in China itself. Liberalism, which dominates but is increasingly cast into doubt…14 min read·Sep 20, 2021----
Thorsten JelinekThe current state of climate collaboration: it’s not primarily technology, but global governance…The existing global structure has reached its limit failing to provide sufficient inclusive and sustainable growth. The emphasis on…8 min read·Apr 30, 2021----
Thorsten JelinekMapping Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Strategy: The EU-China-US TriangleAbstract: This paper analyzes Europe’s digital sovereignty strategy in relation to the US and China. Digital sovereignty is highlighted…30 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Thorsten JelinekGlobally responsible AI — the creation of a G20 coordinating committee for the governance of AIThis policy brief proposes a “Group of Twenty (G20) coordinating committee for the governance of artificial intelligence” (CCGAI) to plan…2 min read·Oct 6, 2020----
Thorsten JelinekEthics and Governance in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceTechnology has always been used for good or for harm, and it has fundamentally changed human relations by either extending or constraining…15 min read·Sep 14, 2020----
Thorsten JelinekNo Winners: The Failed Trade War between the United States and ChinaSince July 2018, the United States wages a unilateral trade war against China. The current truce and verbal phase-one agreement between…17 min read·Sep 14, 2020----
Thorsten JelinekUS-China relations: strategic competition cannot be the strategy, for the winner will only…Our 4th Taihe Civilizations Forum is in full swing with no other goal than to contribute to a reopening of meaningful channels of dialogue…3 min read·Sep 8, 2020----
Thorsten JelinekinClimate inaction, climate fiction and structural inertia keeping us on a failing trajectoryClimate inaction: psychological and structural inertia are keeping us on a failing trajectoryThe 2015 Paris Agreement was an historical moment: almost all member states set aside their differences and agreed that collective action…6 min read·Sep 24, 2018----