The next European conflict may not begin with tanks. Brussels, April 2026 Europe is learning, too slowly and too painfully, that modern coercion rarely announces …
Annika Voigt
Annika Voigt
German journalist and international affairs correspondent for Phoenix24 since 2025. Specialist in political analysis and digital society
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Strategic Autonomy Under Fire: Why Brussels Still Cannot Decide How Sovereign It Wants to Be
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Annika Voigt
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Annika Voigt
Europe wants power without fully accepting the price of power. Brussels, April 2026 Brussels keeps invoking strategic autonomy as if repetition could substitute for resolution. …
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Europe’s AI Dilemma: Balancing Innovation, Regulation and Democratic Accountability
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Annika Voigt
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Annika Voigt
Brussels, September 2025. The European Union is at a critical juncture. In the race to shape the future of artificial intelligence, Europe stands apart from …
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Brussels, August 2025 There are no gunshots, no tanks. Yet capitals tremble. In a continent etched by the trauma of two world wars, Europe has …
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Governing the Ungovernable: The Democratic Dilemma of AI at the Heart of Europe
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Annika Voigt
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Annika Voigt
By Annika Voigt, EU Affairs Analyst at Phoenix24 Brussels, July 2025 —Behind the steel-and-glass facades of the European Quarter, a quiet battle is unfolding—one that could …
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Digital Censorship in Eastern Europe: When Democracy Becomes an Algorithm
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Annika Voigt
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Annika Voigt
Brussels, June 2025..- In Europe, it no longer takes a dictator to suffocate democracy. All it takes is a control panel, a trained algorithm, and …