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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · 6h

Much looking forward to giving a talk at UC Berkeley next week (Wed 15 Oct, noon). Please join if you are in the area!

UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social · 23h

Join us on October 15 for Risky Business: Transatlantic Relations in a World of Weaponized Interdependence, a lecture by Jakob Hensing.

🔗Register for this event on our website:

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · 28d

Featuring an overview of key findings and recommendations by myself and comments by Prof. James Giordano

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · 28d

📣 Online launch event: Action Potentials - Neurotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces and Implications for Germany’s and Europe’s Foreign & Security Policy

📆 13 October 2025
⌚ 16:00-17:00 CET
💻 Online via Zoom

Action Potentials (Launch Event)

Against the backdrop of intense global competition over technology leadership, a new GPPi report examines how advances in neurotechnology matter for Germany’s and Europe’s foreign and security policy....

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American-German Institute @amgerinst.bsky.social · Sep 3

AGI is pleased to welcome @jhensing.bsky.social as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Fall 2025. At AGI, he will research U.S. techno-economic statecraft to understand how the positions and expertise of industry stakeholders feature in the U.S. policy process. americangerman.institute/2025/09/jako...

Jakob Hensing, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow

AGI is pleased to welcome Jakob Hensing as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Fall 2025. His permanent position is at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, where he …

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Aug 11

New report out: 🧠 Neurotech, Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Implications for Germany's and Europe's Foreign & Security Policy. Result of surely one of the most fascinating projects I have worked on in the last years, which really shifted some of my assumptions of what the future could look like.

Action Potentials

Neurotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Implications for Germany’s and Europe’s Foreign & Security Policy

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Jul 22

🧬NEW POLICY BRIEF: GPPi's Florian Klumpp, Aaranya Alexander & @jhensing.bsky.social examine the implications of rapid advancements in biotechnology — especially synthetic biology — for Germany’s & Europe’s foreign & security policy & offer recommendations for policymakers: gppi.net/2025/07/18/b...

Biotechnology: Advancing Germany’s and Europe’s Security

This policy brief examines the profound implications of technological advancements in biotechnologies for Germany’s and Europe’s foreign and security policy.

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Jul 21

🔔 Internship Alert! GPPi is seeking an intern for our project on the strategic and security implications of critical and emerging technologies. ‼️ Apply now: gppi.net/about/jobs-i...
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Jobs & Internships

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Jul 7

References to quantum technology's security relevance are common, incl. in the EU’s new "Quantum Europe Strategy."

What security issues does this technology raise? How will quantum sensing, communication & computing be used in the future?

Find out: gppi.net/2025/07/07/q...

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Quantum Technologies and European Security

As the race for global tech supremacy intensifies, the three quantum tech subfields — sensing, communications and computing — are becoming increasingly relevant to national and economic security. Eu...

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · May 6

⏳Last chance to register! Join @jankaoertel.bsky.social, @ @Geoffrey Gertz & @jhensing.bsky.social for our online event: “Economic Security and Critical Tech in Trump 2.0”

🗓 May 7 | 🕒 15:00 CEST | 📍 Zoom

🔗 Full details + signup below 👇
#DFS2025

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#DFS2025: Economic Security and Critical Tech in Trump 2.0

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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · Apr 16

New from @tbenner.bsky.social and @jhensing.bsky.social: Friedrich Merz wants to strengthen German industry, but his thinking is stuck in the past. His government needs to make Germany and the EU thrive in the age of systemic competition.

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Germany Needs to Rethink Competitiveness for a Hostile World

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to strengthen German industry, but his thinking is stuck in the past. The key question is how to make Germany and the EU thrive in the age of systemic c...

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Apr 17

SAVE THE DATE for a discussion on "Economic Security & Critical Tech in Trump 2.0" with @jankaoertel.bsky.social (@ecfr.eu), Geoffrey Gertz (CNAS) & @jhensing.bsky.social (GPPi) as part of @baks.bund.de's #DFS2025:

🗓 May 7 | 🕒 15:00–16:00 CEST | 📍 Online

🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Event Registration: #DFS2025 Economic Security and Critical Tech in Trump 2.0

Event Timing: May 7th, 2025 at 3pm CET Event Address: Online, via Zoom Contact us at [email protected]

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Apr 8

Neurotech is advancing fast — with major implications for foreign, security, and economic policy. @jhensing.bsky.social & Andreas Faika explore why Germany & Europe need policies that consider the military and data, cyber & economic security aspects of this frontier tech. 🧠 gppi.net/2025/03/27/n...

Neurotechnology: A New Frontier for Prosperity and Security in Germany and Europe?

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · Mar 18

Warum das alte Denken in Wettbewerbsfähigkeit nicht mehr ausreicht und welche Investitionen in Systemwettbewerbsfähigkeit wir vornehmen sollten: dazu mehr im Essay von @jhensing.bsky.social & mir in der aktuellen Wirtschaftswoche.
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Europas wehrhafte Wirtschaft

Deutschland muss nicht nur wettbewerbsfähiger werden. Sondern gegenüber den USA und China vor allem seine Systemwettbewerbsfähigkeit stärken!

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Alexandra Paulus @alexandrapaulus.bsky.social · Mar 17

Very much enjoyed today's workshop on neurotechnology from a foreign and security policy perspective organized by @jhensing.bsky.social, featuring a presentation of this report by the Centre for Future Generations on the governance challenges of neurotechnology. Worth a read.

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Towards inclusive EU governance of neurotechnologies - Centre for Future Generations

Our report explores ethical and regulatory challenges in Neurotechnology, highlights key grey areas, and makes recommendations for EU governance of Neurotech devices.

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Mar 15

3) EU-Binnenmarkt weiter vertiefen und D strukturell weniger abhängig von Exporten außerhalb EU machen
4) Investitionen in Verteidigung und Infrastruktur so steuern, dass Nachfrageeffekt europäische Produktion stärkt
5) Verteilungsfragen als zentral für resilientes Wirtschaftsmodell erkennen

Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Mar 15

Das heißt:
1) Pragmatische Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Schlüsselsektoren vor unfairem Wettbewerb ergreifen
2) EU-Instrumente gegen wirtschaftliche Zwangsausübung weiterentwickeln und in die eigene "strategische Unverzichtbarkeit" in Schlüsseltechnologien investieren

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wettbewerbsfähigkeit reicht nicht mehr - Deutschland und Europa müssen "systemwettbewerbsfähig" werden.

Neues Essay von @tbenner.bsky.social und mir in der @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social.

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Europas wehrhafte Wirtschaft

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Feb 20

Truth well told, by Gideon Rose. @americanacademy.bsky.social

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Feb 18

🇩🇪🗳️ Germany heads to the polls on Feb 23 so GPPi experts have curated a list of pre-election must-reads (& watches, listens) 🔗 gppi.net/2025/02/17/g...

With recommendations from: @tbenner.bsky.social, @bressansar.bsky.social, Gelila Enbaye, @jhensing.bsky.social, Karla Kröner & @jlehmann.bsky.social

Germany Votes: Recommended Reading for the 2025 Election

A curated a selection of reading, listening & viewing recommendations to help you grapple with some of the issues at stake in Germany's 2025 election.

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GPPi @gppi.bsky.social · Jan 17

🔥 Ideas of Energy Ep.3: Helen Thompson's captivating talk on “Energy and War & Peace” unpacked the profound connections between energy & geopolitics throughout history.

Next👉 gppi.net/2024/10/11/e...

@dezernatzukunft.bsky.social @andreabinder.bsky.social @jhensing.bsky.social @maxkrahe.bsky.social

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Jan 15

This was again part of our @gppi.bsky.social project on critical and emerging technologies, funded by @diplo.de.

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Jan 15

A key topic was the idea of “economic security standards” for trade to be co-developed with partners – in my personal view, a welcome attempt to find a better alternative to doggedly insisting on WTO rules when the two largest players have clearly abandoned core assumptions of this framework.

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Jan 15

Very happy to briefly have Tim @ruehlig.bsky.social back in Berlin for a discussion on what’s next for the European and German agenda on China and critical technologies, given the new Commission and Trump’s impending inauguration.

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Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Jan 9

Tencent and CATL have said they will ask for reconsideration and may take legal action - will be interesting see how this plays out and what the process may reveal about the evidentiary thresholds that the US now applies to those questions. 3/3

Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social · Jan 9

While surely also a signaling exercise, the sheer length of that list and the appearance of relative household names like Tencent or CATL demonstrates how murky the boundary of what is military-related activity has become due to disruptive tech development and Chinese "military-civil fusion". 2/3

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