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Jakob Hensing
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DAAD/AGI Fellow @ American-German Insitute in DC & Research Fellow @ Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Economic statecraft and emerging tech.
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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
gppi.net
jhensing.bsky.social
Much looking forward to giving a talk at UC Berkeley next week (Wed 15 Oct, noon). Please join if you are in the area!
ucberkeleyies.bsky.social UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social · Oct 7
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:

events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
📣 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....
gppi.net
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
amgerinst.bsky.social
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 …
americangerman.institute
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
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
gppi.net
August 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
🧬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.
gppi.net
July 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
🔔 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...
@jhensing.bsky.social @tbenner.bsky.social
Jobs & Internships
gppi.net
July 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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gppi.bsky.social
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...

@jhensing.bsky.social
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...
gppi.net
July 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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gppi.bsky.social
⏳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

gppi.net/2025/04/07/d...
#DFS2025: Economic Security and Critical Tech in Trump 2.0
gppi.net
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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ipq.bsky.social
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.

ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
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...
ip-quarterly.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
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 jhensing@gppi.net
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April 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
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?
gppi.net
April 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
tbenner.bsky.social
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.
gppi.net/2025/03/14/e...
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Europas wehrhafte Wirtschaft
Deutschland muss nicht nur wettbewerbsfähiger werden. Sondern gegenüber den USA und China vor allem seine Systemwettbewerbsfähigkeit stärken!
gppi.net
March 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
alexandrapaulus.bsky.social
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.

cfg.eu/towards-incl...
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.
cfg.eu
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
Wettbewerbsfähigkeit reicht nicht mehr - Deutschland und Europa müssen "systemwettbewerbsfähig" werden.

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

emagazin.wiwo.de/epaper/wirts...
Europas wehrhafte Wirtschaft
emagazin.wiwo.de
March 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
Truth well told, by Gideon Rose. @americanacademy.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
🇩🇪🗳️ 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.
gppi.net
February 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
🔥 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
January 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
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.
January 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
jhensing.bsky.social
A few quotes from me in this Newsweek piece on the updated Pentagon list of "Chinese military companies" operating in the US. 1/3

www.newsweek.com/pentagon-rev...
Pentagon reveals 134 "Chinese military companies" operating in US
New list includes a major smartphone maker and China's largest company.
www.newsweek.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
jhensing.bsky.social
"Trump has a crucial choice to make. If he decides to impose across-the-board tariffs on Europe, he will pull the rug out from under the feet of von der Leyen and empower the pro-Beijing voices across Europe."

New piece by @tbenner.bsky.social, Florian Klumpp and myself in @foreignpolicy.com
Europe Is Ready to Team Up on China—if Trump Is
A U.S.-EU trade war could derail a combined effort to face down China.
foreignpolicy.com
December 21, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
gppi.bsky.social
GPPi’s @jhensing.bsky.social & Florian Klumpp examined the Biden administration’s track record on Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET).

Did the measures achieve the objectives to extend the US tech edge over China & boost US national security through tech policy?

➡️ gppi.net/2024/12/18/t...
“As Large of a Lead as Possible”?
With Donald Trump’s inauguration around the corner, we took stock of the Biden administration’s track record on Critical and Emerging Technologies. How effective were the US measures to promote and pr...
gppi.net
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
jhensing.bsky.social
"Biotechnology, Security, and Sovereignty: Strategic Priorities for Germany and the EU" - that was the last discussion round we hosted in 2024 in our @gppi.bsky.social project on Critical & Emerging Technologies.
December 19, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
cfg-thinktank.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! We're the Centre for Future Generations, an independent think-and-do tank based in Brussels, created to help decision-makers anticipate and govern rapid technological change. More to come soon! Find us on cfg.eu.
December 9, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by Jakob Hensing
maitelsadany.bsky.social
To all the analysts jumping on here to warn about tomorrow, Syrians are ten steps ahead of you.

Have some basic human empathy and let those celebrating the release of the unjustly detained, the reuniting of families, the hopes of return, and the end of a brutal regime do so in peace.
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 AM
jhensing.bsky.social
Much looking forward to the second event in our series "Ideas of Energy", this time with Andreas C. Goldthau on "Energy and Justice".

Join us at @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social in Berlin on Thursday 5 December, 19:30 (in-person only).

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 25, 2024 at 4:48 PM