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First glance
04 February 2025
The geopolitics of artificial intelligence after DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s emergence points to a split into competing US and Chinese AI worlds, making for a tough choice for Europe
Alicia García-Herrero and Michal Krystyanczuk
First glance
03 February 2025
Europe’s geoeconomic and development objectives clash in Goma
Despite its critical mineral interests, the EU should be strict on Rwanda to maintain credibility and encourage conflict de-escalation
Roel Dom
Newsletter
03 February 2025
The EU should have woken up long ago to China’s growing influence in the Western Balkans
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
03 February 2025
How can the EU Trump-proof its economy?
Heather Grabbe
First glance
03 February 2025
Diversity and inclusion aren’t just about equity, they’re about efficiency too
Adding more women to the workforce delivers a bigger GDP boost than simply employing more men
Jonathan Ostry
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for the European Union budget
Zsolt Darvas
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for financial services
Nicolas Véron
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memos to the commissioners responsible for EU foreign, enlargement, and partnerships policies
Heather Grabbe, Jean Pisani-Ferry and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence
Guntram B. Wolff
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memos to the commissioners responsible for the internal market, industrial policy and competition
Fiona M. Scott Morton, Simone Tagliapietra and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memos to the commissioners responsible for energy and climate
Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for trade
Ignacio García Bercero, Petros C. Mavroidis and André Sapir
First glance
30 January 2025
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for digital affairs
Bertin Martens
First glance
30 January 2025
The EU and the UK are doomed to cooperate
There are compelling reasons for the European Union and United Kingdom to put the adversarial period of Brexit behind them
Ignacio García Bercero and Hans Geeroms
First glance
29 January 2025
EU-Switzerland: a new approach to partial integration into the single market?
The new EU-Swiss agreement breaks new ground, and could offer lessons for the EU-UK relationship
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
27 January 2025
Leaders and institutions: honouring Jean Pisani-Ferry and celebrating the birth of Bruegel
Jeromin Zettelmeyer