Tech, climate, illiberalism. Any one of those is enough to fill a policymaker’s plate. So why not take on all three at once? It’s actually six, if you listen to Johnny Ryan. He’s on the frontlines of the biggest developments that will alter European way of life as we know it — and in many ways already have. In an extensive interview, Ryan sheds light on the malicious actors and processes that underpin and exploit how we communicate, trade, and vote.
Just before you want to hide under the covers, we also discuss what we can do about it. It turns out, many of the tools necessary are already there. They just need to get used effectively.
Elsewhere on the episode, we can’t ignore the application for arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leadership, announced this weekend at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Regardless how that develops, it’s a doozy. And we are eyeing developments in Georgia, particularly how they make the EU look fairly feckless.
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