Publication by FEPS and FES - Policy Brief “Digital Sovereignty and a new multilateralism for the AI era” by Francesca Bria

Artificial intelligence is reshaping global power by making control over digital infrastructure - chips, cloud computing, data networks, and algorithms - a key source of geopolitical influence. As technological interdependence creates new vulnerabilities and dependencies, a new multilateral digital order is urgently needed. Drawing on UN frameworks like the Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact, this policy brief argues that Europe can help build a democratic, rights-based digital system through the EuroStack vision and partnerships with the Global South, promoting reciprocity, trust, and treating AI, data, and compute as global public goods.

This publication by FEPS and FES - Policy Brief “Digital Sovereignty and a new multilateralism for the AI era” by Innovation Economist & Digital Policy Expert Francesca Bria examines how Europe can play a strategic role in shaping the governance of digital technologies at a time of intensifying geopolitical competition.