William Echikson

1 week ago | cepa.org | Emil Avdaliani |Aura Sabadus |William Echikson |Alexander Kolyandr

April’s inaugural Central Asia-EU Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, was the first of its kind for the two sides and was seen as a means to elevate the bloc’s influence in the region. Amid growing great power competition over Eurasian connectivity, Brussels was looking to secure a more solid footing.

3 weeks ago | cepa.org | William Echikson |Ronan Murphy |Michael C. DiCianna |Chels Michta

It is a tough choice: risk fueling transatlantic tensions or continue with the European Union’s longstanding commitment to tech regulation. The US administration has derided the DMA as a “tax” or “tariff” on US companies and threatened retaliation. On April 2, the US plans to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs by increasing US duties to match the tax rates other countries charge. Europeans are scrambling to respond.

1 month ago | cepa.org | Ronan Murphy |William Echikson |Andres Guadamuz |Seth Hays

The European Union has made no secret of its desire to be the world’s “digital regulator” and it has had some success. CEPA’s new project, “Mapping the Brussels Effect,” shows the spread of the EU’s tech regulations across the world. The map shows that there is an appetite for digital rules in many nations outside the EU.