EU port strategy: More focus on foreign investments
The EU presents a new port strategy that focuses on competitiveness and security. Foreign investments are to be systematically recorded and monitored.
By Julia Fiedler
The EU presents a new port strategy that focuses on competitiveness and security. Foreign investments are to be systematically recorded and monitored.
By Julia Fiedler
The EU is presenting a new port strategy that puts competitiveness and security front and center. That’s why a generous offer by a Chinese shipping group for a Hamburg logistics company is likely to be scrutinized very closely.
By Julia Fiedler
Spacecraft in geostationary orbit are vulnerable to espionage and, ultimately, to destruction. Low Earth orbit offers greater resilience. However, deploying large-scale systems there requires substantial funding, time and close international coordination – creating a strategic dilemma.
By Ulrich Walter
The Munich-based company OroraTech supplies forestry operations and authorities with rapid data on fires. Now it also wants to offer the technology to the German armed forces.
By Ralf Nestler
In six days, Germany’s foreign minister will visit Singapore, New Zealand, Tonga, Australia and Brunei. A major role will also be played by a country that is not on the itinerary at all: China.
By Angela Köckritz
The European Commission aims to strengthen the protection of European communication networks through CSA2 and is introducing a joint risk assessment with member states. If Huawei and ZTE are once again classified as high-risk suppliers, they must be removed from critical parts of 5G networks.
By Corinna Visser
As pressure from the United States intensifies, Iran’s leadership is increasingly seeking closer ties with China. For Beijing, the strategic partnership offers leverage in a shifting world order. For the mullah regime, however, China’s protection has clear limits.
By Fabian Peltsch and Angela Köckritz
China’s leadership has cultivated and refined this lever of power for decades. Why did it choose to deploy it precisely this year?
By Angela Köckritz
The EU Commission is planning restrictions on the export of permanent magnets to reduce the bloc’s economic dependencies. It wants to protect start-ups in high-risk sectors from hostile takeovers by third countries.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU Commission is planning restrictions on the export of permanent magnets in order to reduce economic dependencies. The Commission wants to protect start-ups in high-risk areas from hostile takeovers from third countries.
By Manuel Berkel