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Opinion piece
17 January 2023
Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
16 January 2023
The great 2022 European energy crisis - what actually happened and how did Europe cope?
Georg Zachmann
Opinion piece
03 January 2023
Don’t expect Asia to save the global economy in 2023
Southeast Asian economies, as well as India, are expected to decelerate, which will blur the positive impact of China’s reopening.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
04 January 2023
Digital Euro blurs the lines between money and politics
A central bank-backed digital currency would put the EU in the global vanguard when it comes to taking cash payments online.
Rebecca Christie
Opinion piece
21 December 2022
Buying time for proper electricity market reform
A structural reform of the electricity market is necessary in light of the increasing demand for electricity and the growing share of renewable energy
Georg Zachmann and Conall Heussaff
Opinion piece
16 December 2022
Energy crisis: five questions that must be answered in 2023
Here’s how researchers can help overcome the threats arising from market turmoil and geopolitical realignment after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Simone Tagliapietra and Andreas Goldthau
Newsletter
14 December 2022
China-India relations and their impact on Europe
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
14 December 2022
Central Bank digital currencies as weapons of finance?
An analysis on how CBDCs can be used in emerging economies to include more people in financial systems.
Maria Demertzis
Opinion piece
02 December 2022
Why do European countries join the EU?
The direction in which the EU will evolve in the future will depend on finding a minimum common denominator.
Maria Demertzis
Opinion piece
01 December 2022
The COVID–19 pandemic and China’s economic slowdown
Any convergence with the U.S. economy will not continue for long.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
29 November 2022
China protests add to uncertainty for investors
Demonstrations show how the country is struggling to deal with Covid and an easing of lockdowns.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
25 November 2022
Europe must now strike a deal on energy prices
Europe must move beyond blocking agreement on a coordinated solution and undermining EU unity in the face of Russian aggression.
Simone Tagliapietra, Georg Zachmann and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
25 November 2022
Xi Jinping’s new smiles got China off the hook at climate talks
Beijing's bandwidth to deliver is shrinking as its economic performance wanes.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
18 November 2022
The big tech world is in crisis – and that might be a good thing
Big tech companies have been left exposed because they overestimated the growth of online activities during the pandemic, writes Christophe Carugati.
Christophe Carugati
Opinion piece
16 November 2022
Biden, Xi focus on Taiwan and forget about Ukraine
The meet did not seem to offer solutions to the two most pressing problems for the international order.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
15 November 2022
NextGenerationEU: an underused facility?
The RRF has great potential to become an instrument for ‘insuring’ EU countries against common shocks.
Maria Demertzis