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Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy
Essay by Hugo Brady, 23 January 2013
Asia's fading economic miracle
Policy brief by George Magnus, 11 January 2013
How to expand renewable energy after 2020
Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 07 December 2012

Time to stop the EIB's carbon subsidies

Insight by Stephen Tindale
20 December 2012

The European Investment Bank (EIB) lends half its annual energy pot to efficiency and renewables. But it is still lending to coal. This is inconsistent with climate policies.
Europe's youth job crisis

Insight by Katinka Barysch
30 November 2012

Some 14 million young people in the EU are not in work or education. German-style apprenticeships and flexible labour markets could help them get jobs.
How to confront the carbon crunch

Insight by Stephen Tindale
15 November 2012

To protect the global climate and European industry, the EU needs a stronger Emissions Trading System and border tax adjustments - as Dieter Helm proposes.
Much ado about little: Britain and the EU budget

Insight by John Springford
07 November 2012

Britain is expending considerable political capital on freezing the EU budget. It would be best to push for reform of how the budget is spent.
Russia needs a plan for modernising its economy

Insight by Charles Grant
06 November 2012

Russia remains dependent on oil and gas, yet its leaders lack a coherent plan for rebalancing the economy. President Putin does not seem bothered.
Will the euro crisis lead to the break-up of EU member-states?

Insight by Tomas Valasek
24 October 2012

The crisis is fuelling separatism in Spain and Belgium. But elsewhere in Europe separatists do poorly. Scotland's example may yet discourage others from following Catalonia and Flanders.
Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?

Insight by Philip Whyte
09 October 2012

The eurozone needs to be embedded in a 'political union' if it is to work better. The question is: what sort of political union?
Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'

Insight by Charles Grant
25 September 2012

François Hollande wants a more equal Franco-German relationship. But tensions over managing the eurozone crisis and reforming EU treaties are straining that relationship.