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The costs to the West – and the rest You need an active subscription to read this article

The costs to the West of war with Iran would pale compared to the costs to the developing world.
By Andreas Goldthau
Thursday, 9 February 2012

The decline of the West revisited

The West can no longer dictate the agenda, but its decline is not irreversible.
By Shlomo Ben-Ami
Monday, 6 February 2012

The libertarian and the lobbyists

A study suggests that the influence of lobbyists on financial legislation in the US is staggering.
By Simon Johnson
Sunday, 5 February 2012

Central bankers in the line of fire

When the regulated do not like the regulation, they jeopardise the regulator's career. Should we worry for Andrea Enria?
By Luigi Zingales
Saturday, 4 February 2012

Cut emissions, boost health You need an active subscription to read this article

Reducing greenhouse gases is even better for public health than a European Commission study suggests.
By Hugh Montgomery
Thursday, 2 February 2012

Striking the right balance on trade access You need an active subscription to read this article

A European Commission revision of trade privileges risks harming poor countries both inside and outside the EU.
By Vital Moreira
Thursday, 2 February 2012

Behind the ECB's wall of money

At some points, banks will stop parking money with the European Central Bank. What will they do then?
By Benedicta Marzinotto
Monday, 30 January 2012

The eurozone's strategy of pain

There are limits to the notion, held particularly by Germans, that protection from market pressure would only impede adjustment and reform.
By Jean Pisani-Ferry
Friday, 27 January 2012

Kosovo's unacceptable amnesties You need an active subscription to read this article

Kosovo's amnesties masquerading as pardons are a symptom of Kosovo's problems and the failings of the international community.
By Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Thursday, 26 January 2012

A constitutional moment for Europe You need an active subscription to read this article

The European Commission's objections are not the only pressure on Hungary's lawmakers.
By Dag Sørlie Lund and Erlend Leonhardsen
Thursday, 26 January 2012

Europe's own human-rights crisis

Europe's treatment of minorities endangers our core values.
By Benjamin Ward
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Britain's anti-Unionists You need an active subscription to read this article

A row over Scotland's place in the United Kingdom has implications for the EU, too.
By Colin Kidd
Thursday, 19 January 2012

EU could benefit from US's Pacific focus You need an active subscription to read this article

Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still.
By Bruce Stokes
Thursday, 19 January 2012

Greece's ‘invisible' green crisis You need an active subscription to read this article

EU environmental policy is one of the casualties of Greece's austerity drive.
By Demetres Karavellas
Thursday, 19 January 2012

Preparing the EU for the next disaster You need an active subscription to read this article

The EU has laid the ground for a better crisis-response system. It now needs political follow-through.
By Magnus Ekengren
Thursday, 19 January 2012

Global imbalances and domestic inequality You need an active subscription to read this article

The increasing concentration of income and wealth within countries is an obstacle to a global recovery.
By Kemal Dervis
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The final lap

The European destination of the first major tranche of Caspian gas to be decided by April.
By Alan Riley
Monday, 16 January 2012

Democracy in distress

Political leaders seem to be structurally condemned to short-termism.
By Dominique Moïsi
Monday, 16 January 2012

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The importance of listening to the people You need an active subscription to read this article

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Commission scores an own goal on data privacy You need an active subscription to read this article

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Is Hungary's new constitution really so outlandish? You need an active subscription to read this article

 Thursday, 2 February 2012

Ending our addiction to plastic bags You need an active subscription to read this article

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Side-stepping animal rights You need an active subscription to read this article

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Saving face and peace in the Gulf

The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help.
By Anne-Marie Slaughter
Sunday, 15 January 2012

Sentenced without trial? You need an active subscription to read this article

Hungary is more committed than ever to democracy, the rule of law and Euro-Atlantic integration.
By János Martonyi
Thursday, 12 January 2012

EU needs a southern Mediterranean strategy You need an active subscription to read this article

There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking.
By Pol Morillas
Thursday, 12 January 2012

Schadenfreude capitalism You need an active subscription to read this article

Leaders have gloated over the failings of others' economies – only to see their own economies slip on banana skins.
By Harold James
Thursday, 12 January 2012

Rethinking the growth imperative

Economists fail to appreciate adequately that people are fundamentally social creatures.
By Kenneth Rogoff
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Macedonia's man of peace

A delicate understanding of national identity in the Balkans helped Kiro Gligorov keep Macedonia out of the Balkan wars.
By Christopher Hill
Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Greening the European Investment Bank

The EIB now promotes clean energy more – but fossil fuels still dominate its energy portfolio.
By Manana Kochladze
Monday, 9 January 2012

A Russian Spring?

Russia's leaders are discovering that what was accepted yesterday is regarded as intolerable today.
By Dominique Moïsi
Sunday, 8 January 2012

The decline and fall of the euro? You need an active subscription to read this article

The eurozone's policy-making, not its economic fundamentals, are the real threat to the single currency.
By Daniel Gros
Thursday, 5 January 2012

A safety net for patients? You need an active subscription to read this article

The EU must ensure that health inequalities do not widen during the financial crisis.
By Johan Hjertqvist
Thursday, 5 January 2012

 

 

 

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