# 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 47 views

# Publications

A European defence industrial strategy in a hostile world

Bruegel Policy Brief (here) Executive summary Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has brought war back to Europe. Failing to stop Russia’s aggression would leave Europe at a critical disadvantage for decades, with a lon...

26th November 2024 by Juan Mejino-Lopez, Guntram Wolff 43 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 46 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 57 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 123 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 145 views

# Teaching

Seminar: The economics of climate change

In the summer semester of 2025, I will teach a Masters’ level seminar at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Business at the Université libre de Bruxelles. The seminar will be based on our recent book “Th...

24th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 132 views

# Teaching

Bachelor course: Topics in economics

This course will be taught in the new Bachelor of economics at Solvay Brussels School of Université libre de Bruxelles, course-link. What Is the Most Pressing Problem Economists Should be Addressing? This will be the sta...

24th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 138 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 170 views

# Publications

Fit for war in decades: Europe’s and Germany’s slow rearmament vis-a-vis Russia

War is back in Europe and as it becomes long-lasting, the question of armament gains central im-portance. This report finds that Russian military industrial capacities have been rising strongly in the last two years, wel...

11th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 165 views