> What should worry Europe, instead, are the geopolitical implications of US/Chinese leadership in advanced technology. We used to have a global economic system overseen by a mostly benign and in any case law-abiding hegemon. That system was, however, gradually eroding with the rise of China, and has now taken a drastic hit with America’s abandonment of the rules it largely created.

This is the underlying theme of Europe 2031, a scenario ostensibly in the spirit of AI 2027. (https://europe2031.ai/; discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489996)