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#161 Reflections from the "Germany as a Technology Hub" programme

In this edition of Technopolitik, Bharath Reddy talks about his experience and takeaways from his visit to Germany, as part of the Auswärtiges Amt…

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In this edition of Technopolitik, Tannmay Kumarr Baid examines how the difference between supply access and capability ownership could define a…

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#159 Small (Modular) Reactors, Long Game

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#158 From Prohibition to Tollgate

In this edition of Technopolitik, Arindam Goswami explores what the Nvidia-AMD chip saga in China tells us about technology denial regimes.

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#157 Tech Geopolitics ICYMI

In this edition of Technopolitik, Pranay Kotasthane discusses five recent developments that illustrate the accelerating securitisation of technology …

May 2 • Pranay Kotasthane

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#xxix Beyond Citations | Remembering the dark days of nuclear explosive testing

How adverse health impacts from the Nevada test site were covered up by the US nuclear machinery

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In its quest for tech sovereignty, Europe is moving from market-creation to market-direction.

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#xxvii Beyond Citations | Google: A tech monopoly without consequences

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