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# Blog, Interviews

You can’t switch off the sun: How Germany can gain energy sovereignty with renewables

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has highlighted how vulnerable an import-dependent fossil fuel economy is to blackmail. Energy supply is not only a question of heating costs and electricity prices, it is also ...
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13th December 2022 by Stefan Bayer, Jana Puglierin, Guntram Wolff 23 views Share:
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Scholz must send a clear message on his visit to Beijing

My column in the Financial Times is here...
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31st October 2022 by Guntram Wolff 30 views Share:
# Blog, Publications

Warum die Russland Sanktionen wirken

Mein Artikel in der Internationalen Polik,  Internationale Politik, Nov/Dez 2022, pp 66-69. (link)....
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30th October 2022 by Guntram Wolff 25 views Share:
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Planen außerhalb der deutschen Komfortzone

Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. In Deutschland wurde die Gefahr nicht erkannt, die von Russland für Frieden in Europa und die wirtschaftliche Stabilität in Deutschland ausgeht. Das muss sich ändern &#...
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30th September 2022 by Moritz Schularick, Guntram Wolff, Cornelia Woll 345 views Share:
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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 ...
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10th August 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1538 views Share:
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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 ...
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18th July 2022 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 1069 views Share:
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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...
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31st May 2022 by Gabriel Felbermayer, Arancha Gonzalez, Moritz Schularick, Shahin Vallee, Guntram Wolff 1534 views Share:
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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...
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9th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 935 views Share:
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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...
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4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1029 views Share:
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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...
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4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1259 views Share:
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