Geopolitics
The Patent Wars: How Intellectual Property Became the New Frontier of Geopolitical Dominance, and Why the West is Losing
Energy-related patents, especially in low-emissions technologies, now represent 10 percent of global patents, with China accounting for close to two-fifths and Europe showing a declining trajectory. This is a geopolitical earthquake revealing a profound failure of Western strategic thinking, as intellectual property becomes the new battleground where the global south, led by China, is decisively out-innovating a complacent and structurally declining Europe.
