Global connectivity and entanglement through multinational companies, platforms and hubs have strengthened interdependencies while at the same time driving geopolitical rivalries and challenging international norms on the free flow of information and (digi-tal) human rights.

For Europe, this raises major questions about the sustainability of di-gital sovereignty in a globalized world and how Europe can set and pursue strategically relevant foreign and security policy objectives towards China.

Listen to Annegret Bendiek (SWP), Nadine Godehardt (SWP), Maaike Okano-Heijmans (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael) and moderator Brigitte Dekker (Clingendael).