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The eurozone retreats into a beggar-thy-neighbour cul-de-sac

Insight by Simon Tilford
14 June 2010

Almost every member of the eurozone is rushing to slash public spending. While there is no doubting the scale of the fiscal challenge, the eurozone economy is not strong enough to cope with the contractionary effects of a generalised budgetary tightening.
Shale gas and EU energy security

Insight by Katinka Barysch
11 June 2010

Will unconventional gas solve Europe’s energy security problem? Many EU member-states rely a lot on Russian gas; in the case of some Central and East European countries the dependence is total.
Eurozone governance: Why the Commission is right

Insight by Philip Whyte
04 June 2010

The collapse of market confidence sparked by the parlous state of Greece’s public finances is forcing the EU to review how the eurozone is run. This is entirely welcome.
Issue 72 June/July 2010

28 May 2010
Will the Conservatives' charm offensive endure?
By Charles Grant
The euro's reality gap
By Simon Tilford
Russia and the West: Is the reset working?
By Katinka Barysch. External author(s): Tomas Valasek
Can the EU help Russia modernise?

Insight by Katinka Barysch
28 May 2010

The EU and Russia are planning to launch a ‘partnership for modernisation’ at their next summit in Rostov on May 31st. The initiative – launched by Commission President Barroso at the last summit six months ago – is meant to breathe new life into a relationship that has become stale and tense. It is unlikely to succeed.
Business leaders risk discrediting markets

Insight by Simon Tilford
13 May 2010

Despite their battered reputation, markets remain the best way of generating economic growth. But the market economy faces a crisis of legitimacy brought about by rising inequality and a breakdown of the relationship between risk and reward.
NATO, new allies and reassurance

Policy brief by Ronald Asmus, Stefan Czmur, Chris Donnelly, Aivis Ronis and Klaus Wittmann, Tomas Valasek
12 May 2010

NATO spends too little time thinking about potential conflicts close to home and developing the means to react. Some of its members – mostly in Central and Eastern Europe – worry that the alliance would not be able to come to their defence in a crisis.
Closing the gap between rhetoric and reality is key to the euro's survival

Insight by Simon Tilford
10 May 2010

Europe faces a critical choice between greater integration and disintegration. The gap between the rhetoric of a united and integrated Europe and the reality of national interests and politics has always dogged Europe.