War in Ukraine: A conversation with Oleg Ustenko
Oleg Ustenko, Economic Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joins me to discuss the situation in Ukraine....
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The Kremlin’s Gas Wars
How Europe Can Protect Itself From Russian Blackmail Our latest piece for Foreign Affairs is available here....
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Greening Europe’s post-COVID-19 recovery
Book edited with Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachman PDF Available here...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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%...
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