# Blog

The risks for Russia and Europe: how new sanctions could hit economic ties

This post was first published by Bruegel and is also published on Makronom in German Against the background of the build-up of troops along the Ukrainian border, Western countries are considering sanctions against Russia...

12th February 2022 by MONIKA GRZEGORCZYK, NICLAS POITIERS, PAULINE WEIL AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 880 views

# Publications

The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, public health, and the economy

In the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have, among other measures, mandated the use of COVID certificates to prove vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test, and have required individuals to show certificates to acc...

# Publications

Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy

The separation of security and economic objectives in foreign policy, which was often sought in international political issues in the past, has outlived its usefulness. The transition to a more power-based order can be f...

12th November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 338 views

# podcast

The state of trade: the EU’s trade policy

A conversation with Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange on the European Union’s trade policy. Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff and Senior fellow Alicia García-Herrero welcome Bernd Lange MEP, Chair of the Europea...

4th November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 347 views

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# Publications

Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines

Lancet Global Health Abstract: There is increasing evidence that elimination strategies have resulted in better outcomes for public health, the economy, and civil liberties than have mitigation strategies throughout the ...

3rd November 2021 by Large group of authors 575 views

# podcast

Can COP26 save the planet?

With COP26 around the corner, I discuss with Italy’s Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani. In this live episode we discuss what the Italy G20 Presidency would like to see from Glasgow: the need for ...

3rd November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 310 views

# Blog

Germany’s current account surplus after the Covid recession

In 2019, Germany ran a current account surplus of $290 billion, the largest in the world. Germany’s current account surplus is persistently large: from 2011 to 2020, it never dropped below 6% of GDP and remained above 7%...

26th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 22331 views

# Teaching

Keynote lecture: Klimaneutrale Wirtschaft: die Herausforderung und der europäische Rahmen

Agora Energiewende invited me to give a keynote lecture. It is available here (on youtube)....

8th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 207 views

# Blog, Interviews

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

The ultimate answer to the question on whether climate change can be tackled without ditching economic growth depends on our willingness to step up climate action massively. This piece originally appeared in Corriere del...

27th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1039 views

# Blog

German elections: seizing the moral and economic opportunity of global health security

This blog is part of a series by CGD and partnering institutions from Germany focused on presenting specific policy proposals for the next German government’s leadership on global development issues. The COVID-19 pandemi...

25th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 635 views