# Blog, Interviews

Deutschland braucht mehr finanzielle Ressourcen für die Verteidigung – noch vor der Wahl

Artikel in der FAZ, in dem wir argumentieren, dass eine Reform der Schuldenbremse für die Verteidigung sinnvoll und richtig ist, Published in 29 November 2024....

29th November 2024 by Clemens Fuest, Moritz Schularick, Armin Steinbach, Guntram Wolff 94 views

# Interviews

German snap election could be a blessing for the EU

a short interview on CNBC on Trump, Germany and the EU https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/11/11/german-snap-election-would-be-a-blessing-for-the-eu-says-senior-fellow.html...

12th November 2024 by Guntram Wolff 94 views

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Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act

Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...

4th November 2024 by Alexandr Burilkov, Guntram Wolff 106 views

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Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper

Oped published in Handelsblatt, Corriere della Serra, Helsingin, Bruegel and others. Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of armaments and the speed of military procurement a...

11th October 2024 by Guntram Wolff 172 views

# Interviews

Докато Европа не признае, че Русия е заплаха, няма как да реши отбранителния си проблем

Interview in Capital.bg...

11th October 2024 by Guntram Wolff 228 views

# Blog, Interviews

Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production

This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...

16th September 2024 by Guntram B. Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 222 views

# Interviews, podcast

Gemeinsame Schulden als Ausweg?

Mein Interview im Deutschlandfunk zur Frage, wie Verteidigungsausgaben in Europa finanziert werden können und warum die französische politische Lage ein Problem für Europa ist – und warum die Probleme in der deutsc...

17th July 2024 by Guntram Wolff 167 views

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European Union debt to boost European air defence

European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets. Oped published on Bruegel, Economista, and others. Ukraine is not the only part of Europe v...

5th June 2024 by Guntram Wolff 177 views

# Interviews

China-Strafzölle auch von der EU?

Mein Interview im Deutschlandfunk, Theo Geers stellte die Fragen: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/china-strafzoelle-auch-von-der-eu-interview-guntram-wolff-oekonom-bruegel-dlf-1b29067b-100.html...

15th May 2024 by Guntram Wolff 157 views

# Blog, Interviews

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. Oped also published in FAZ and Le Monde Restrictions on exports of goods that are critical for Russia’s military indu...

29th April 2024 by Benjamin Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasyuk, Guntram B. Wolff 164 views