Paolo Gerbaudo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Political History, Theories and Geography of Complutense University in Madrid. He is the author of “The Digital Party” and “The Great Recoil” and is currently working on a research project on the transformation of the state. Paolo Gerbaudo é pesquisador visitante sênior no Departamento de História, Teorias e Geografias Políticas da Universidade Complutense de Madri. É autor de "The Digital Party" [O partido digital], sem tradução para o português, e "O grande recuo". Atualmente, trabalha em um projeto de pesquisa sobre a transformação do Estado.

April 24, 2025

Analysis

Global BYD

The international expansion of Chinese electric vehicles

Amid the intensifying retreat of American hegemony, an alternative geo-economic and geopolitical arrangement is coming into view: a battery-powered globalization with Chinese characteristics. Chinese EV manufacturer has recently raced ahead of Tesla in global EV sales. How will China’s EV…

April 11, 2024

Analysis

The Electric Vehicle Developmental State

BYD exemplifies transformations in Chinese industrial policy

The rise of the Chinese EV industry has been enabled not only by generous government subsidies but also by profound changes in strategy and organization, and in particular by a distinctive revival of vertical integration—at both individual firm and national…

July 8, 2023

Analysis

Solar Ambitions

Can Spain become a leading producer of renewable energy?

In Spain’s forthcoming snap elections, the energy transition is high on the agenda, and solar power at the forefront. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has often expressed ambitions to make Spain the lead producer of solar electricity on the continent, positioning…