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The eurozone and the US: A tale of two currency zones

Insight by Philip Whyte
21 November 2011

The US and the eurozone are very different monetary unions. These differences explain why financial markets are picking on the eurozone and not the US.
Russia, China and the geopolitics of energy in Central Asia

Report by Katinka Barysch, Alexandros Petersen
16 November 2011

China is challenging Russia's traditional dominance over Central Asia's oil and gas. The EU can help the Central Asian countries to prevent losing out in a new 'great game'.
Why stricter rules threaten the eurozone

Essay by Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford
09 November 2011

To restore confidence in the eurozone, leaders must fix its institutional flaws and stretch some rules in the interim. Instead, they are doing the opposite.
Governments need incentives to pool and share militaries

Insight by Tomas Valasek
01 November 2011

Military collaboration among EU countries makes economic sense, but governments will need additional incentives to overcome reservations about initial costs and erosion of national sovereignty.
Britain and France should not give up on EU defence co-operation

Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell
24 October 2011

Although EU defence efforts have delivered less than had been hoped, they have led to some welcome improvements in European military capabilities.
EU climate policies without an international framework

Policy brief by Stephen Tindale
21 October 2011

Whatever the outcome of the Durban climate summit, the EU should strengthen energy efficiency policies and the Emissions Trading System, to improve energy security.
Global trade imbalances threaten free trade

Insight by Simon Tilford
17 October 2011

The G20 needs a strategy to rebalance demand between the surplus and deficit economies if the world is to avoid a slide into protectionism.
Britain, the City and the EU: A triangle of suspicion

Insight by Philip Whyte
11 October 2011

Britain has abandoned 'light touch' regulation and signed up to greater supervisory powers at EU level. Yet the Channel looks as wide as ever.