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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

Britain should not go Swiss

Insight by John Springford
10 July 2012

Some British eurosceptics want the UK to be like Norway and Switzerland: semi-detached from the EU. They should be careful what they wish for.
Are Europeans a better transatlantic security partner than meets the eye?

Insight by Patryk Pawlak, Clara Marina O'Donnell
06 July 2012

Europeans are less willing to use military force than their US allies. But they are still making significant contributions to global stability.
Needed: A Franco-German concordat

Insight by Charles Grant
27 June 2012

The euro needs a Franco-German bargain: Germany must swallow eurobonds and a banking union, while France must let the EU have a say on its budget.
Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing

Insight by Simon Tilford
22 June 2012

Germany’s strategy for dealing with the euro crisis is maximising, not minimising, risks to the country’s economic and political interests.
The EU must fight corruption and defend the rule of law

Insight by Hugo Brady
14 June 2012

Policy-makers in Brussels worry increasingly about corruption, national mal-administration and the rule of law in the EU. New thinking is needed to address such concerns.
Some sorts of austerity are better than others

Insight by John Springford
01 June 2012

Governments in the eurozone's periphery are making indiscriminate cuts. Reducing spending that does little to support demand and recycling it into investment would help.
NATO ponders austerity and US 'pivot'

Insight by Tomas Valasek
18 May 2012

The US sees itself as a Pacific power, and the Europeans are busy plundering their defence budgets. Does NATO have a future?
How Hollande should handle Merkel

Insight by Charles Grant
14 May 2012

Can François Hollande persuade Angela Merkel to shift the EU's eurozone strategy away from austerity and deficit reduction, and towards growth and employment?