China’s grip on Western companies does not only serve the achievement of purely economic goals.

With increasing geopolitical risks due to rising authoritarian tendencies, a coherent EU-approach to critical infrastructure protection is needed.

It is often claimed that technological progress is a major driver of rising income inequality. The gap between rich and poor is increasing as a result. However, the interdependences are more diverse.

Declining productivity of public spending may disappoint in solving pressing problems.

The EU suffers from dangerous dependencies in its external trade relations.

Considerable limits exist to the partnership with “no limits” between Russia and China.