The European defence industrial strategy: important, but raising many questions
The European defence industrial strategy helps to focus thinking but has significant flaws This was first published on Bruegel. In the context of the war in Ukraine and the deteriorating security situation on the contine...
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What We Need is a European Armament Commissioner
Opinion article in Politico. The current procurement model isn’t only expensive, fragmented and bureaucratic but, above all, it won’t be enough to counter the real threat posed by Putin. The current situation is deeply w...
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CBAM, Hydrogen Partnerships and Egypt’s Industry: Potential for Synergies
New article published in Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy (link) This article examines the hydrogen partnerships between Germany, the EU and Egypt in the context of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mec...
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Fragmentiert, bürokratisch – und überhaupt: viel zu wenig
Meinungsbeitrag in ZEIT Europa gibt fast dreimal so viel für Verteidigung aus wie Russland – und doch reicht es nicht. Strukturelle Probleme erschweren ein engeres, gemeinsames Auftreten....
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The macroeconomics of decarbonisation
Our Cambridge University Press book is out and available. Have a look....
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Trump-Proofing Europe
How the Continent Can Prepare for American Abandonment Our article in Foreign Affairs Our article in German Council on Foreign Relations...
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Ökonom warnt vor einem Scheitern des EU-Mercosur-Abkommens
Guntram Wolff sieht das EU-Mercosur-Abkommen in Gefahr. Brasilien würde sich ohne den Vertrag noch stärker Richtung China orientieren. Regenwaldschutz spiele dann eine geringe Rolle, so der Direktor der Deutschen Gesells...
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