ReGlobe is a research group on (re)globalization and emergent decoupling based at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at VU Amsterdam. Our project The Geopolitics of Europe-China Technological Decoupling is financed by a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

ReGlobe examines how geopolitical dynamics and rivalries over strategic technologies are reshaping economic globalization. Focusing on the rise of techno-nationalism, the project explores how US-China rivalry is transforming Europe’s technological landscape, influencing policies, practices, and discourses surrounding emergent technological decoupling between Europe and China. 

To place these trends in context, ReGlobe compares contemporary techno-nationalism with earlier waves from the Cold War and the 1980s, developing a novel theorization of techno-nationalism and decoupling in an increasingly interconnected yet fragmented global landscape.