Lecture: EU energy security and oil and gas sanctions
In June 2022, I gave a lecture at Harvard University Kennedy School Climate Centre (Robert Stavins) on European energy security and energy sanctions....
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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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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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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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A decade of economic policy
As his time as Bruegel Director comes to an end, Guntram Wolff sits down with Giuseppe Porcaro to discuss the highs, lows and shifts of economic policy in Europe over the past decade and Bruegel’s con...
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How can the European Union adapt to climate change?
Europe must increasingly deal with the harmful impacts of climate change, regardless of its success in reducing emissions. These impacts have significant cross-border effects and threaten to deepen existing divisions. Co...
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War in Ukraine: Ukraine’s place in the EU
Should Ukraine’s accession to the EU be facilitated?In this episode of the Sound of Economics Live, Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff hosts Ľubica Karvašová (Prime Minister’s office Slovakia), ...
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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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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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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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