# Publications

Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales and what to do about it

Our Bruegel policy brief is available here. Press: Financial Times, FAZ , El Pais, Oped: Handelsblatt, La libre belgique, To vima, Rzeczpospolita, Economista, Executive summary Worries about Europe’s dependence on the Un...

14th October 2025 by Juan Mejino-Lopez, Guntram Wolff 23 views

# Publications

Fit for war by 2030? European rearmament efforts vis-à-vis Russia

A new report for Bruegel and Kiel can be downloaded here....

22nd June 2025 by Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Juan Mejino-Lopez, Thomas Morgan, Guntram Wolff 37 views

# Interviews

‘It’s very unclear’ what Trump wants out of EU tariff negotiations

My interview for CNBC...

26th May 2025 by Guntram Wolff 43 views

# Publications

Defending Europe without the US: first estimates of what is needed

Study for Bruegel and Kiel Institute. Lot’s of press coverage, including FT, Politico, Economist, FAZ, Spiegel, Bloomberg, Le Monde, AFP, Les Echos, a video discussion on Deutsche Welle and many many others. Also r...

24th February 2025 by Alex Burilkov, Guntram Wolff 71 views

# Blog, Publications

Can American Abandonment Help Europe?

The Continent Has a Chance to Address Its Own Weaknesses – Our piece in Foreign Affairs...

7th January 2025 by Arancha González Laya, Camille Grand, Katarzyna Pisarska, Nathalie Tocci, and Guntram Wolff 77 views

# 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 76 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 202 views

# Blog

Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps

Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...

23rd September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 786 views

# Interviews

Der Klub der Klimaschützer

Mein Interview in Deutschlandfunk...

15th December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 775 views

# podcast

Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?

The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...

5th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1366 views