Policy & Research
Analysis, research and commentary on AI, digital regulation, European policy and technology governance.
An editorial space to read, anticipate and contribute to the regulatory and institutional shifts reshaping Europe's digital economy — across AI governance, regulated markets, public administration and industrial competitiveness.
Whitepapers & Policy Papers
Downloadable position papers and research, released progressively.
AI Governance in Europe: Balancing Innovation, Regulation and Competitiveness
AuthorCristiano Blanco
A strategic policy paper on European competitive sovereignty in the age of artificial intelligence. The thesis is simple: Europe is right to build trustworthy AI consistent with fundamental rights, but it is wrong to assume that regulatory leadership can substitute industrial leadership. The document proposes twelve enabling policies, a 2026–2030 roadmap and a pragmatic line of selective cooperation with the United States and China.
30 pages · ~30 min read · EN · PDF
Digital State: Sovereignty and Interoperability of Public Administration
AuthorCristiano Blanco
A strategic analysis on how to rebuild the digital backbone of the State: public APIs, digital identity, sovereign cloud and interoperability across administrations. The paper identifies the bottlenecks slowing down the transformation of Italian and European public sectors — fragmentation, technological dependence, vendor lock-in — and proposes a reference architecture grounded in open standards, data governance and a real digital citizenship.
30 pages · ~28 min read · EN · PDF
AI Governance in regulated industries
Author: Cristiano Blanco
A framework to integrate the AI Act, GDPR and sector-specific regulation.
Coming soonEuropean Digital Competitiveness
Author: Cristiano Blanco
A strategic reading of the priorities for Europe's digital decade.
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Periodic analysis on AI, regulation and digital. To be notified at launch, write to info@cristianoblanco.it.