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How can the EU affordably rearm itself?

EU must propel global climate momentum to fill the gap left by Trump

How should the EU react to the US attack on corporate sustainability?
The European Union should continue to push companies on net-zero alignment, but pragmatic changes can help ease burdens and maintain EU leadership

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

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
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First glance
02 May 2024
The push-pull between geopolitics and domestic resistance: lessons from the 2004 enlargement of the EU
Geopolitics is now a chief concern of political leaders in both the EU and candidate countries, giving them strong reasons to integrate more closely
Heather Grabbe
Opinion piece
30 April 2024
What about the EU’s cohesion?
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
29 April 2024
The single market according to Enrico Letta - was the report worth the wait?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
25 April 2024
A smart industrial policy to fast-charge Europe’s electric vehicles revolution
Julia Poliscanova and Simone Tagliapietra
Newsletter
22 April 2024
Why should the EU care about a growing population of the 'very old'?
David Pinkus
Opinion piece
18 April 2024
Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia
Benjamin Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasyuk and Guntram B. Wolff
First glance
19 April 2024
The Letta report: an assessment of the energy proposals
The report has the potential to substantially impact the European Union's strategic agenda from 2024-29
Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann
Opinion piece
17 April 2024
Industrial policy for economic security
Maria Demertzis
First glance
16 April 2024
Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia
Prohibition of Western tech exports to Russia is not working; rapid measures are needed to tighten up
Benjamin Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasyuk and Guntram B. Wolff
Newsletter
15 April 2024
What should be the economic priorities for the next Commission and European Parliament?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
15 April 2024
China’s ‘new productive forces’ risk overcapacity bubble
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
12 April 2024
China continues to dominate an expanded BRICS
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
12 April 2024
India's economy can overtake China's if it can stay on track
Alicia García-Herrero
First glance
09 April 2024
Beyond the numbers of EU national energy and climate plans
The authors conduct a simple relative frequency analysis for a series of words mentioned in the NECPs to identify interesting policy insights within
Ben McWilliams and Georg Zachmann
First glance
08 April 2024
Price stability is all about climate change
The European Central Bank should bring in cheaper greening funding for banks, to offset the impact of high interest rates on the energy transition
Dirk Schoenmaker and Rens van Tilburg
Opinion piece
05 April 2024
Stay away from Russian money
The EU would shoot itself in the foot by confiscating Russian assets and giving them to Ukraine
Armin Steinbach