OMI Europe director Max von Thun argues that Europe’s dependence on U.S. technology has become a sovereignty risk, as American control over cloud services, payments, chips, social media, and AI infrastructure could be weaponized for political pressure.

In The Times’ opinion pages, Sandeep Vaheesan and Claire Kelloway explain how runaway consolidation in our food markets has kept prices high.

CMDG director Dr. Courtney Radch argues that Google’s AI search features amount to a content grab unless publishers can refuse AI use without losing visibility in regular search. The piece frames the UK CMA’s move as an important check on Google’s power because it separates access to search from consent to AI reuse, giving publishers more control over whether their work is used to generate AI answers.