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  • The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
    Report by Paul De Grauwe, George Magnus, Thomas Mayer, Holger Schmieding, 18 September 2013
    The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
  • Continuity and change in Germany's EU policy
    Insight by Charles Grant, 06 September 2013
    Continuity and change Germany's EU policy
  • The Commons vote on Syria: The world turned upside down
    Insight by Ian Bond, 04 September 2013
    The Commons vote on Syria: The world turned upside down

Publications

  • The euro: Reaching the endgame?
    The euro: Reaching the endgame?
    Insight by Simon Tilford
    19 September 2011

    Eurozone policy-makers have dug in their feet, preferring to deepen the crisis than admit their mistakes. Unless reason trumps moral posturing soon, dissolution of the eurozone is inevitable.
  • Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy?
    Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy?
    Report by Christof van Agt, Václav Bartuška, Katinka Barysch, Jonathan Gaventa, Connie Hedegaard, Dieter Helm, Maïté Jauréguy-Naudin, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Nick Mabey, Günther Oettinger, Pernille Schiellerup, Stephen Tindale, Frank Umbach, Georg Zachmann, Stephen Tindale
    09 September 2011

    Is the EU's policy on renewables damaging the single market? Why do Europeans not use energy more efficiently? Is the EU's gas policy too obsessed with Russia?
  • What Libya says about future NATO operations
    What Libya says about future NATO operations
    Insight by Tomas Valasek
    26 August 2011

    In Libya, the Europeans have for the first time responded to Washington's calls to assume responsibility for their neighbourhood. This should be cause for cautious optimism about NATO.
  • The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
    The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
    25 August 2011

    The US and the EU should support the Palestinian request for UN recognition. If framed constructively, the Palestinian initiative can strengthen the prospects for peace.

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    Race to the bottom
    Insight by Tomas Valasek
    24 August 2011

    For decades, European countries cut defence budgets with little worry. The United States kept enough troops on the continent to deter all potential enemies, almost irrespective of how small European militaries became.

  • Eurozone crisis: Can contagion to Italy be arrested?
    Eurozone crisis: Can contagion to Italy be arrested?
    Insight by Philip Whyte
    05 August 2011

    The eurozone's debt crisis has spread to Italy. It is becoming increasingly doubtful that much-needed domestic economic reforms will be sufficient to restore market confidence in the country.
  • What Libya says about the future of the transatlantic alliance
    What Libya says about the future of the transatlantic alliance
    Essay by Tomas Valasek
    29 July 2011

    Libya is the first war fought according to Barack Obama's rules, with the United States taking a back seat. The Europeans responded well: by taking decisive military action to maintain the stability of their neighbourhood.

  • Why the eurozone needs debt mutualisation
    Insight by Simon Tilford
    28 July 2011

    The attempt to run a common monetary policy without a common treasury has failed. Debt mutualisation is necessary if the eurozone is to survive.