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Global economy faces geoeconomic security dilemma mirroring Cold War

The global economy is increasingly prioritizing security over efficiency, leading to a geoeconomic dilemma where nations build resilience through measures like export controls, sanctions, and stockpiling. This shift, driven by concerns over interdependence in areas like technology and AI, mirrors the confidence-building measures of the Cold War's Helsinki Accords. However, without a framework for reducing uncertainty, these actions risk escalating into a cycle of decoupling and increased costs for all involved. AI

IMPACT The increasing focus on security in technology and AI supply chains could impact global collaboration and innovation.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing economic policy and international relations, drawing parallels to historical events, rather than reporting on a specific new development.

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Global economy faces geoeconomic security dilemma mirroring Cold War

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Hao Nan ·

    The security-obsessed global economy needs its own Helsinki process

    Forty years ago, the Stockholm Document turned the political promise of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act into a more practical system of confidence-building. Amid the Cold War, Europe’s East and West did not disarm, abandon deterrence or begin to trust one another. Instead, they agree…