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Germany’s Fear of Russian Gas Squeeze is Misplaced

My Financial Times letter. The Ukrainian economist Oleg Ustenko is right in highlighting that energy sanctions against Russia are not working. What is worse, they may have even helped fill Putin’s coffers. Russia is the ...

10th August 2022 by Guntram Wolff 251 views

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Scorching summers are becoming the new normal. Can Europe prepare itself?

This oped was published in Die Zeit , El Pais , Le Monde , La Stampa , As global average temperatures continue to rise beyond the current 1.2°C above pre-industrial averages, Europe is likely to warm even faster. Summer ...

18th July 2022 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 863 views

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Beyond the G7 pledges, Ukraine needs external financial assistance now

This oped is published in a number of European newspapers such as El Pais, Corriere, FAZ, Le Monde, Postimees.ee, Voice of Ukraine The assistance to Ukraine has been dominated by weapon deliveries and military suppo...

31st May 2022 by Gabriel Felbermayer, Arancha Gonzalez, Moritz Schularick, Shahin Vallee, Guntram Wolff 1406 views

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For Europe, a gradual oil embargo is not the way to go

Our op-ed on Politico The European Commission’s plan to target Russian oil in its latest sanctions package aims to ramp up the pressure on Moscow. Oil is a major source of hard currency for Russia, and since the introduc...

9th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 829 views

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A phase out of Russian oil may be less effective than a tariff at reducing Putin’s rents

A punitive tariff on all energy imports from Russia would be a better choice than a gradually phased-in embargo on selected fuels. The European Union’s plan to target Russian oil in the context of its latest sanctions pa...

4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 892 views

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A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Read the full opinion as published in Welt and Rzeczpospolita. Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access to hard international curre...

4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1069 views

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How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength

Our letter to Science is available here pdf...

29th April 2022 by RICARDO HAUSMANN, AGATA ŁOSKOT-STRACHOTA, AXEL OCKENFELS, ULRICH SCHETTER, SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA, GUNTRAM WOLFF, GEORG ZACHMANN 784 views

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Three ways Europe could limit Russian oil and gas revenues

Our latest letter in Nature, DOI, with a somewhat misleading title…. Here is the pdf....

9th April 2022 by Axel Ockenfels, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 356 views

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The EU without Russian oil and gas

The EU and the West need to acknowledge and accept the fact that European liberal democracy is being defended in Ukraine – a clearer message to Putin is needed. A slow and gradual phasing out of Russian fossil fuel is ne...

6th April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1010 views

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How Europe can defeat Russia’s divide and rule strategy in the long term

The European Union will have to bolster members most vulnerable to Russian blackmail and rethink the structure of European energy markets in order to effectively counter Putin. This opinion was originally published in Ca...

10th March 2022 by Guntram Wolff 5310 views