WORLD.OS - Rethinking International Cooperation in a Multiplex World

The European Union’s new Sovereign Tech Package is a major industrial policy and economic security initiative designed to strengthen Europe’s capabilities in semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, open-source software and the energy systems required for a more digital economy. In this episode, I explain what the package contains, why it represents an important shift in Euro...

What does “economic security” actually mean — and why is it suddenly everywhere? In this episode, I take a deep dive into one of the most important shifts currently reshaping international cooperation, industrial policy, and geopolitics. From friend-shoring and de-risking to strategic autonomy and supply chain resilience, countries across the globe are increasingly treating technology, infrastruct...

Industrial policy is increasingly shaping the global economy. But there is a fundamental problem: while governments design industrial strategies at the national level, the industries they seek to build operate through deeply international networks of supply chains, innovation ecosystems, talent flows, data infrastructures, and markets. In this second part of the deep dive on partnership-based indu...

Industrial policy is back. From the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act to Europe's Net-Zero Industry Act and China's Made in China 2025 strategy, governments around the world are once again actively shaping markets, supporting strategic industries, and competing for technological leadership. But what exactly is industrial policy? Why has it returned after decades of market-oriented economi...

In this episode Julius Murke explores why the traditional concept of “development” no longer fits the realities of a multipolar and geoeconomic world. Drawing from his experience in global health, digital infrastructure, and international cooperation, he argues that today’s geopolitical transformation is not reducing the need for international partnerships — it is fundamentally changing their purp...

In this episode, I explore why international cooperation needs to be fundamentally rethought in a world where power, technology, and economic dependencies are rapidly shifting. I argue that we are moving beyond traditional models of development cooperation, trade, and security policy—and toward something more integrated: a form of partnership built around joint industrial and technological develop...

Global trade is no longer what it used to be. As the WTO Ministerial Conference unfolds in Yaoundé, the gap between formal negotiations and real-world economic shifts is becoming impossible to ignore. While talks remain stuck on familiar issues—agriculture, digital trade, development—the real transformation of global trade is happening elsewhere: in industrial policy, supply chains, and strategic...

Global power is shifting—and for many countries, the stakes are rising fast. In this opening episode of World. OS , I take Mark Carney’s warning seriously: middle powers must act together, or risk being sidelined in a world increasingly shaped by technological competition and geopolitical fragmentation. But this is not just a story about risk. It is a story about opportunity. Across Europe and the...