A German Digital Grand Strategy. Integrating Digital Technology, Economic Competitiveness, and National Security in Times of Geopolitical Change

This report systematically outlines the state of play in digital policy and Berlin’s current policy approach. It provides 48 recommendations for strengthening Germany’s efforts to build a confident, high-performing European digital economy embedded in an open, democratic, and rules-based digital order.

Table of Contents:

• Executive Summary
• Introduction: A German Digital Grand Strategy
• The Geopolitics of Digital Technology Innovation
• Technology and Industrial Policy in an Age of Systemic Competition
• Germany’s Role in Europe’s Digital Regulatory Power
• Germany’s Economic Security and Technology
• Germany’s Global Technology Diplomacy
• Ethical and Operational: the German Military