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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

Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults

Insight by Simon Tilford
09 May 2012

Germany faces a choice between higher inflation or a wave of sovereign defaults culminating in either a transfer union or the collapse of the eurozone.
Why France is threatening to leave Schengen

Insight by Hugo Brady
30 April 2012

President Sarkozy is using the EU's Schengen area as a political football. But French concerns over passport-free travel in Europe will persist after the elections.
Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact

Insight by Philip Whyte
18 April 2012

European leaders have presided over a major overhaul of the way the eurozone is run. But the eurozone's basic institutional configuration remains as unstable as ever.
Energy efficiency: Made in Denmark, exportable to the rest of the EU?

Insight by Stephen Tindale
11 April 2012

Denmark has Europe's most energy efficient economy. Copenhagen should stand firm behind the Commission's proposals on energy efficiency, which would save billions of euros.
The US-Russia reset is over

Insight by Charles Grant
02 April 2012

Can the 'reset' between Russia and the US survive the return to the presidency of Vladimir Putin? Probably not, given the number of divisive issues.
Tackling the scourge of youth unemployment

Insight by John Springford
28 March 2012

European youth unemployment is unacceptably high. Governments are trying to push young people into work, despite weak demand: they would do better to educate them.
Oh no, Orban clone? The EU ponders Slovak elections

Insight by Tomas Valasek
23 March 2012

The incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no angel but rumours of Central Europe's capitulation to populism and euroscepticism have been greatly exaggerated.
Eurozone policy-makers place a big bet

Insight by Simon Tilford
13 March 2012

The ECB's decision to lend almost unlimited amounts of money to Europe's banks has bought the eurozone some time. But there is risk that time will be wasted.