# Publications

Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence

You face the major challenges of Russian imperialism in the context of a potential United States retreat from Europe and a complex EU defence situation in which defence governance is spread across EU countries and variou...

5th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 115 views

# Blog, Publications

What role do imports play in European defence?

The European Union wants to reduce reliance on imported defence equipment, but the reliance seems to be overstated. Our analysis for Bruegel The European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), published in March 2024, propo...

4th July 2024 by Juan Mejino Lopez, Guntram B. Wolff 134 views

# Blog, Publications

Debt financing European air defence

A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt. Our analysis on Bruegel. Introduction Ukraine is not the only part of Europe vulnerable to missiles and air attacks[1]. Cu...

28th June 2024 by Armin Steinbach, Guntram Wolff 139 views

# Blog, Interviews

European Union debt to boost European air defence

European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets. Oped published on Bruegel, Economista, and others. Ukraine is not the only part of Europe v...

5th June 2024 by Guntram Wolff 120 views

# Teaching

Seminar: Economics of European Integration

I teach a seminar in the summer semester of 2024 on “The economics of European integration” at the University of Erfurt. Der Kurs findet als Block in Präsenz statt am 10. Mai: 13-19 Uhr 11. Mai: 9-15 Uhr 7. J...

4th March 2024 by Guntram Wolff 102 views

# Publications

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...

28th February 2024 by Alexandra Gritz, Guntram Wolff 111 views

# Blog, Interviews

Making European Strategic Autonomy Work

This article was first published in Project Syndicate, on November 24, 2023. Spain is using its EU Council presidency to flesh out the concept of “open strategic autonomy” with a new, detailed blueprint for a...

5th December 2023 by Charles Powell, Nathalie Tocci, Guntram Wolff 131 views

# Blog, Interviews

Taiwan geht auch Europa an

Oped für Pioneer Das Interview von Emmanuel Macron zum Konflikt um Taiwan schlägt noch immer hohe Wellen. Strategische Autonomie bedeute, meint der französische Präsident, dass Europa nicht zu Mitläufern der USA werden d...

3rd May 2023 by Guntram Wolff 142 views

# Blog, Interviews

For a green European Industrial Policy

This is a translation of an article that first appeared in German as an op-ed in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 26, 2023. Massive green industrial policy interventions in China and the United States have put Europe ...

1st March 2023 by Marcel Fratzscher, Achim Wambach, Guntram Wolff 161 views

# Blog, Interviews

Russia’s War Economy and the Impact of Sanctions on Military Production

Oped published in Internationale Politik Quarterly, Die Welt, Corriere della Serra, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat One year after February 24, the date of Russia’s brutal and massive attack on Ukraine, the war does not seem...

22nd February 2023 by Guntram Wolff 152 views