Pulling the curtain on Russian myth making
Nikolai Levin writes behind the Kremlin’s threats and bluster lies a broken country that has never really made it to the 20th century, let alone the 21st
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Europe
Monetary policy and the Great Volatility
The Great Moderation was a period of prosperity. Isabel Schnabel argues that it is up to central banks whether today’s challenges will lead to the Great Volatility
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The West must learn to understand power politics
The belief in Western Europe is that European integration and international trade are automatic promoters of peace. Patrick van Schie says much of the world continues to think it is power that counts
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A green industrial revolution is coming
Many question the usefulness of economic growth, concerned about the environment. Alessio Terzi believes the green transition can usher in prosperity for people and the planet
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Economic deterrence. A code of coercion
Filip Medunic says the EU needs a sanctions doctrine – a framework to set out the goals, means, and risks for the use of economic measures
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Regulating the digital economy
Christophe Carugati says overlapping rules in the digital economy requires cooperation between national regulatory authorities to ensure consistency and effective enforcement
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The grand energy bargain Europe needs to defeat Putin
Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann argue that deeper integration and accelerated investment will allow the EU to push the transition to cleaner and more affordable energy
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The role of competition in the transition to climate neutrality
Georg Zachmann looks at the role of competition in the transition to climate neutrality, and argues for the regulation of production to best serve European consumers
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Is the EU Chips Act the right approach?
Niclas Poitiers and Pauline Weil argue that measures to safeguard semiconductor supplies proposed in the European Chips Act could prove to be wrongly focused and could tip over into harmful protectionism
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The social-liberal direction of nineteenth-century liberalism
Patrick van Schie and Fleur de Beaufort look at the development of social-liberalism in Europe
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