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Editorial pieces on capital, leadership, geopolitics, security, and sovereign technology. Choose a topic, or browse the chronological record below.
Technology
Foundation Models: The New Platform Monopolies of the 21st Century
Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) examines how foundation models have crystallised into a new class of platform monopolies, why winner-takes-most dynamics emerge...
May 18, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologyThe Algorithm as Instrument of Rule: Who Decides, Decides Over Us
Technology
The Algorithm as Instrument of Rule: Who Decides, Decides Over Us
An editorial essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.), drawing on his book ALGORITHMUS, on how FICO scores, COMPAS risk assessments, Meta's prediction machinery,...
May 18, 2026 · 6 min read
- TechnologyAI as Margin Machine: The New Value Creation of the Algorithmic Economy
Technology
AI as Margin Machine: The New Value Creation of the Algorithmic Economy
An editorial essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on algorithmic margin structures, the economics of prediction, and what the emergence of AI as an asset...
May 17, 2026 · 9 min read
- TechnologyBuild, Buy or Control: The Strategic Triad for Corporate Boards
Technology
Build, Buy or Control: The Strategic Triad for Corporate Boards
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the three governance choices every board now faces when confronting artificial intelligence, drawn...
May 16, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologyFrom Oil to Intelligence: Compute, Talent and Data Quality as the Real Bottlenecks
Technology
From Oil to Intelligence: Compute, Talent and Data Quality as the Real Bottlenecks
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on why the metaphor of data as the new oil misleads strategic thinking, and why compute, AI talent and...
May 12, 2026 · 7 min read
- TechnologyChips, Cloud, Control: Who Owns the Hardware Owns the AI
Technology
Chips, Cloud, Control: Who Owns the Hardware Owns the AI
An editorial essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the hidden layer of power in the age of artificial intelligence: the semiconductor supply chain, the...
May 12, 2026 · 7 min read
- TechnologyDeepfakes, Cyberwar and the Erosion of Reality
Technology
Deepfakes, Cyberwar and the Erosion of Reality
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on synthetic media, algorithmic manipulation and the governance of authenticity in the age of...
May 11, 2026 · 7 min read
- TechnologyAI as Asset Class: How Institutional Investors Allocate Intelligence
Technology
AI as Asset Class: How Institutional Investors Allocate Intelligence
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the emergence of artificial intelligence as a distinct asset class, the capital flows of 2022 to...
May 05, 2026 · 7 min read
- TechnologyDependency as Strategic Risk: AI Supply Chains Under Geopolitical Stress
Technology
Dependency as Strategic Risk: AI Supply Chains Under Geopolitical Stress
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on what the semiconductor crisis of 2020 to 2023 teaches us about AI services, foundation model APIs...
May 02, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologyThe Illusion of Neutrality: Why No Algorithm Is Objective
Technology
The Illusion of Neutrality: Why No Algorithm Is Objective
An essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on algorithmic bias, AI discrimination and the AI Act. Drawing on the Amazon recruiting case, the NIST facial...
May 01, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologyAgentic AI: The Next Generation of Autonomous Decision Systems
Technology
Agentic AI: The Next Generation of Autonomous Decision Systems
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the transition from generative to agentic AI, the governance questions it raises in the boardroom,...
Apr 30, 2026 · 7 min read
- Technology · CapitalEU AI Act and Private Equity: What Every Portfolio Company Must Know Before 2026
Technology · Capital
EU AI Act and Private Equity: What Every Portfolio Company Must Know Before 2026
The EU AI Act is now law. Most PE-backed portfolio companies don't know whether they're high-risk operators, limited-risk deployers, or somewhere in between. The compliance window is closing.
Apr 30, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologyEurope Between Regulation and Irrelevance: The Decisive Moment
Technology
Europe Between Regulation and Irrelevance: The Decisive Moment
A reflective essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on Europe's structural dilemma in the age of artificial intelligence: regulatory strength confronted with...
Apr 29, 2026 · 8 min read
- TechnologySovereignty Through Systems: Europe
Technology
Sovereignty Through Systems: Europe
An essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on why European technological autonomy in the age of artificial intelligence requires systemic answers rather than...
Apr 28, 2026 · 8 min read
- Capital · TechnologyEurope in System Break: Why Apparent Stability Is the Most Dangerous Condition
Capital · Technology
Europe in System Break: Why Apparent Stability Is the Most Dangerous Condition
An essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on why Europe’s felt stability conceals a structural erosion, and why incremental reform can no longer carry a continent whose underlying equations have quietly shifted.
Apr 27, 2026 · 7 min read
- TechnologyWhy Technology Policy Is Power Politics: Chips, Export Controls and Sovereignty
Technology
Why Technology Policy Is Power Politics: Chips, Export Controls and Sovereignty
An essay by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the October 2022 US export controls, the TSMC,ASML,NVIDIA triad, China's countermove, and why European Chips Act...
Apr 26, 2026 · 9 min read
- TechnologyThe Silent Revolution: How AI Power Reshapes the Global Order Without Noise
Technology
The Silent Revolution: How AI Power Reshapes the Global Order Without Noise
An essayistic reflection by Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the structural singularity of the AI revolution: its speed, its universality, its...
Apr 26, 2026 · 8 min read
- Leadership · TechnologyAutomated Administrative Decisions: GDPR Article 22
Leadership · Technology
Automated Administrative Decisions: GDPR Article 22
Dr. Raphael Nagel analyses GDPR Article 22 and §35a VwVfG, with Toeslagenaffaere and Robodebt, as Europe’s legal standard for automated administrative decisions.
Apr 24, 2026 · 10 min read
- Geopolitics · Security · TechnologyAvoiding Foundation Model Vendor Lock-in: A Board Playbook
Geopolitics · Security · Technology
Avoiding Foundation Model Vendor Lock-in: A Board Playbook
Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) explains how abstraction layers, open-source fallbacks and procurement discipline protect enterprises from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google pricing power.
Apr 24, 2026 · 9 min read
- Geopolitics · Security · TechnologyAgentic AI Governance: Enterprise Authority and Risk
Geopolitics · Security · Technology
Agentic AI Governance: Enterprise Authority and Risk
Agentic AI executes actions autonomously. Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on the authority scopes, logging duties, and Human-in-the-Loop rules boards must install now.
Apr 20, 2026 · 9 min read
- Leadership · TechnologyAI Governance Framework for Enterprises: 2026 EU Guide
Leadership · Technology
AI Governance Framework for Enterprises: 2026 EU Guide
Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) sets out the AI governance framework European enterprises need under the AI Act, the 2024 Product Liability Directive and DORA.
Apr 15, 2026 · 9 min read
- Geopolitics · Security · TechnologyAI Strategy for Industrial Mittelstand: The Data Moat
Geopolitics · Security · Technology
AI Strategy for Industrial Mittelstand: The Data Moat
Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) on how Europe’s industrial Mittelstand can build defensible AI products from decades of proprietary machine, sensor and process data.
Apr 10, 2026 · 9 min read
- Capital · Geopolitics · TechnologyDigital Sovereignty and Cloud Infrastructure in Europe
Capital · Geopolitics · Technology
Digital Sovereignty and Cloud Infrastructure in Europe
Dr. Raphael Nagel (LL.M.) explains why digital sovereignty and cloud infrastructure are now the defining regulated investment thesis for European private equity.
Apr 07, 2026 · 10 min read
- Leadership · TechnologyAI Medical Devices Liability: MDR and EU AI Act
Leadership · Technology
AI Medical Devices Liability: MDR and EU AI Act
How the Medical Device Regulation and the EU AI Act allocate liability between manufacturer, hospital, and physician for AI diagnostic and triage systems.
Mar 31, 2026 · 10 min read