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  • Asia's fading economic miracle
    Policy brief by George Magnus, 11 January 2013
    Asia's fading economic miracle
  • US foreign policy after the presidential election: What should Europeans expect?
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 25 October 2012
    US foreign policy after the presidential election
  • Russia needs a plan for modernising its economy
    Insight by Charles Grant, 06 November 2012
    Russia's economy
  • Membership for Russia a step too far for NATO?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 08 July 2010

    There are growing signs that Russia’s relations with NATO are on the mend. Senior Russian thinkers, some close to the government, have been cautiously talking up the possibility of Russia joining the alliance, as have several western officials and think-tanks (including the CER.)

  • A transatlantic defence market, forever elusive?
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 July 2010

    Despite close political and military ties across the Atlantic, defence markets are fragmented by burdensome export controls and government reluctance to buy equipment from abroad.

  • How to reform the Russian economy
    Policy brief by Sergei Guriev, 01 July 2010

    Russia's economy faces tough medium-term challenges: over-dependence on oil and gas, state-dominated industries and meddlesome bureaucrats.

  • 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.
  • Russia and the West: Is the reset working?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 June 2010

    There are signs that Russia is becoming less antagonistic towards the West and more inclined to work co-operatively with it. Some regard this change in behaviour as proof that the Obama administration's plan to 'reset' relations with Russia is working and that the EU's continuous efforts to engage Moscow are finally paying off.

  • Should the Nabucco pipeline project be shelved?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 05 May 2010

    Nabucco - a pipeline to bring Caspian and perhaps Middle Eastern gas to Europe - is the flagship project of the EU's fledgling energy diplomacy. Nabucco would add to the EU's energy security, strengthen its neighbourhood policies and improve relations with Turkey.

  • Can the EU be more effective in Afghanistan?
    Policy brief by Joanna Buckley, 27 April 2010

    The EU and its governments make a substantial financial, civilian and military contribution to Afghanistan - yet European influence in the country is limited. For too long the EU has had too many offices and representatives there, sometimes working at cross purposes.

  • China and the global financial crisis
    Essay by Bobo Lo, 16 April 2010

    China has come through the global financial and economic crisis in a confident manner. Economic growth is strong and China's foreign policy has become more assertive. Bobo Lo's essay challenges many western assumptions about the rise of China.