When Peace Becomes Unprofitable: Big Tech, AI and Warfare

From a silenced keynote at the UN’s AI for Good Summit to $47 billion in defense contracts, Big Tech’s entanglement with AI warfare reveals a troubling reality: the same firms promoting “AI for Good” are profiting from its use in war. Behind the glossy rhetoric of ethics and innovation lies
A soldier examines a holographic fighter jet, illustrating the role of AI in warfare.

European Digital Dependency and the Battle for Democracy

From Musk’s vulgar dismissal of the EU Commissioner to Europe’s reliance on Google Cloud and Chinese 5G, the story of European Digital Dependency is one of sovereignty without power. This article explores how regulations like the DSA clash with harsh realities: Europe depends on the very technologies it seeks to
Europe's digital sovereignty crisis demands urgent action. A photorealistic image shows the European Union flag fractured across a digital circuit board. The golden stars are split by a deep crack in the screen, symbolising European Digital Dependency, technological fragility, and the erosion of sovereignty in the digital age.

Hybrid Peacebuilding – Re-Thinking Digital Development

From Zoom diplomacy during COVID-19 to ongoing negotiations in fragile states, digital tools have changed how peace is built. Yet no screen can replace the rituals of presence — the handshakes, shared spaces, and subtle trust that sustain peace. This article explores hybrid peacebuilding as a way to merge digital
Hybrid peacebuilding concept – online video conference with blurred participants on a laptop, contrasted by a green plant symbolising human presence and growth.

How Spyware is Quietly Infiltrating Democracy

Pegasus spyware Europe has turned smartphones into weapons of surveillance, piercing the heart of privacy and trust. What once seemed like the tool of authoritarian regimes has quietly entered Europe’s democratic core. From Poland’s elections to Spain’s independence movements and Germany’s secret purchase, spyware is no longer just a foreign

Forget Social Media: The AI Manipulation Era Has Arrived

AI is becoming an unseen editor of reality itself. With US oversight dismantled and “anti-woke” neutrality redefined, political agendas can now guide what AI says, what it omits, and how billions worldwide come to understand the world.
AI manipulation era: People surrounded by floating digital screens representing information overload and algorithmic contro

Food For Thought

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The Oppenheimer Test

Every system reaches a point where its makers lose the ability to contain it. Oppenheimer faced it in 1945. Artificial intelligence is moving toward the same line, where control slips and responsibility spreads to those forced to live with the consequences.
Black ink sketch of a atlas figure under chaotic strokes, symbolising the weight of AI in warfare and the loss of human hesitation.

No Target, No Trigger, No Mercy

In 1943, a German pilot spared a shattered Allied bomber, choosing mercy where orders demanded execution. AI in warfare would not have paused. It would have scanned, confirmed, and fired, not from hatred but from code. Humans still draw fragile lines in war: a flag, a hand, a refusal. Machines do not see lines, only patterns, and once flagged as enemy, context collapses.
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