Can the EU and US align on AI export controls?
As artificial intelligence becomes central to national security and economic competition, transatlantic co-operation is under growing strain. In the paper ‘AI and National Security’, CERRE Director of...
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Can the EU and US align on AI export controls?
As artificial intelligence becomes central to national security and economic competition, transatlantic co-operation is under growing strain. In the paper ‘AI and National Security’, CERRE Director of Research Zach Meyers and Antonio Calcara, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council, examine how US export controls are shaping Europe’s strategic options.
These developments highlight the close link between AI and national security. While US export controls aim to limit China’s technological progress, they also affect Europe’s ambitions to innovate, enhance its competitiveness, and achieve digital sovereignty. Without more structured co-operation, EU–US relations risk drifting towards “managed interdependence”, marked by asymmetric leverage and ad hoc bargaining rather than strategic alignment.
Three challenges stand out: the unpredictability of US export control policy; EU member-states’ lack of unity in dealing with China; and th
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