Publications

Saving Schengen The EU & migration Energy great game

Saving Schengen: How to protect passport-free travel in Europe
Report by Hugo Brady, 20 January 2012
The EU and migration: A call for action
Essay by Charles Clarke, 01 December 2011
Russia, China and the geopolitics of energy in Central Asia
Report by Katinka Barysch, Alexandros Petersen, 16 November 2011

Greece's real challenge

Insight by Katinka Barysch
03 February 2012

Greece's new bail-out package needs less austerity and more structural reforms. A bloated and immobile public sector remains a drag on growth.
Why France is leaving Afghanistan

Insight by Edward Burke
02 February 2012

France has sent a clear message by withdrawing its troops early from Afghanistan: NATO is failing to meet its objectives. The problem lies in Kabul not Paris.
The Baltic states and Ireland are not a model for Italy and Spain

Insight by Simon Tilford
27 January 2012

Were Italy and Spain to emulate the Baltics states and Ireland, the implications for the European economy and the future of the euro would be devastating.
Needed: A growth strategy for Europe

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford
26 January 2012

The struggle to address the eurozone crisis means that Europe's unprecedented economic malaise is receiving far too little attention. To the extent that the EU has a growth strategy it relies heavily on the adoption of structural reforms in the crisis-hit eurozone economies.
Why an EU financial transations tax is a red herring

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte
26 January 2012

Ever since it was first mooted in the 1970s, a financial transactions tax (FTT) has often been thought of as an interesting idea that cannot work in practice (because it needs to be adopted universally if it is not to be undermined by tax arbitrage).
The US declares peace in Europe, prematurely

Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek
26 January 2012

The Pentagon's 'strategic guidance', released on January 5th, makes three key changes: it establishes Asia as the focus of US military efforts, with the Middle East a close second. It foresees fewer 'nation-building'
Three views on modernisation and the rule of law in Russia

Essay by Christopher Granville, Philip Hanson and Alena Ledeneva
23 January 2012

Russia's economy is held back by corruption and a weak legal system. Three experts explain why reform is difficult, but also give cause for hope.
Saving Schengen: How to protect passport-free travel in Europe

Report by Hugo Brady
20 January 2012

Schengen countries must decide when Bulgaria and Romania should join, whether Greece should leave and how to work more closely with Turkey on border control.