# Blog, Publications

The US defence industrial base can no longer reliably supply Europe

Europe has long relied on US weapons but the US military industrial base faces constraints and its production may be redirected elsewhere. Our piece for Bruegel....

18th December 2024 by Alexander Burilkov, Juan Mejino López, Guntram Wolff 36 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 ...

10th August 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1678 views

# podcast

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...

30th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 478 views

# Blog, Interviews

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...

31st May 2022 by Gabriel Felbermayer, Arancha Gonzalez, Moritz Schularick, Shahin Vallee, Guntram Wolff 1685 views

# Interviews

Drei Monate Krieg gegen die Ukraine – Wie hat es die EU verändert?

Die Diskussion im Deutschlandfunk Mit @ViolavonCramon @HoffHenning @MoritzKoch78 @GuntramWolff Hier zum Nachhören: LINK...

27th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff 330 views

# Interviews

Die Welt ist süchtig nach Öl und Gas – das spielt Putin in die Karten

Mein Interview im Spiegel...

5th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff 408 views

# Blog

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...

4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1162 views

# Blog, Interviews

A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Read the full opinion as published in Welt and Rzeczpospolita. Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access to hard international curre...

4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1398 views

# Interviews

Die Warnzeichen waren unübersehbar

recent interview in Handesblatt...

21st April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 301 views

# Blog

The EU without Russian oil and gas

The EU and the West need to acknowledge and accept the fact that European liberal democracy is being defended in Ukraine – a clearer message to Putin is needed. A slow and gradual phasing out of Russian fossil fuel is ne...

6th April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1258 views