Thibaut Kleiner is the Director for Future Networks in the digital department of the European Commission, DG CONNECT, the executive arm of the European Union. He has been with the European Commission since 2001 and has worked in the digital policy area since 2011. Thibaut is also a visiting Professor at the College of Europe. An economist by training, he holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree from HEC Paris. Thibaut has contributed to many books and articles throughout his career.

Andrea G. Rodriguez is a quantum entrepreneur and digital policy researcher. She is currently Chair of the Governing Board at IMPAQT, a quantum technology consortium based in Delft, and an Associate Researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. She is also the Founder of The Policy Pulse and is often a lecturer at European universities. Previously, she has held positions in various think tanks such as CIDOB in Barcelona. Currently, Andrea is part of many advisory and working groups, increasing Europe’s leverage in emerging technologies vis-à-vis geopolitical giants.

chapter 1: Introduction to “The making of a global digital rulebook.- chapter 2: A brief history of EU digital law and policy—from ESPRIT to the Digital Decade.- chapter 3: European values: sovereignty in EU digital law and policy.- chapter 4: Digital sovereignty as a laboratory for EU strategic autonomy.- chapter 5: European integration: the case of electronic communications.- chapter 6: Decrypting and implementing the EU Data Strategy.- chapter 7: The evolution of Digital Identity in the European Union—From eIDAS to the EU Digital Identity Wallet.- chapter 8: EU Cybersecurity Policy.- chapter 9: Media policy in the digital space.- chapter 10: Regulating Big Tech: Tracing the Trajectory of Platform Regulation in the Age of AI.- chapter 11: Governing the Internet’s Technical Future.- chapter 12: The EU needs semiconductor supply security to achieve digital sovereignty.- chapter 14: Outer Space Governance.- chapter 15: Quantum Technologies: paving the way towards “smart competition” in the EU.- chapter 16: The Evolution of the Digital Global Gateway.- chapter 17: EU and US Data Economies in the age of competition for digital power From borderless data flows to strategic autonomy.- chapter 18. EU’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific: Trade and Technology Council with India and Digital Partnership Agreements with Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore.- chapter 19: The unexpected digital China challenge for the European Union.- chapter 20: EU digital policy in multilateral for a.- chapter 21: Conclusion.