Bangladesh, March 6 -- Europe is quietly preparing for something that would have seemed unthinkable only a decade ago: technological decoupling from the United States. The process is slow, partial, and politically contested, yet the direction is becoming clear enough. What began as regulatory disputes with Silicon Valley has evolved into a broader strategic conversation about sovereignty, security, and economic survival.

The immediate trigger is technology, but the phenomenon is deeper. Europes push for “digital sovereignty”, for one thing, reflects a growing realization among European elites that dependence on American systems may very well have geopolitical consequences.

A recent Foreign Policy report describes how Europea...