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Latest opinion pieces
The costs to the West of war with Iran would pale compared to the costs to the developing world.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
The West can no longer dictate the agenda, but its decline is not irreversible.
Monday, 6 February 2012
A study suggests that the influence of lobbyists on financial legislation in the US is staggering.
Sunday, 5 February 2012
When the regulated do not like the regulation, they jeopardise the regulator's career. Should we worry for Andrea Enria?
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Reducing greenhouse gases is even better for public health than a European Commission study suggests.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
A European Commission revision of trade privileges risks harming poor countries both inside and outside the EU.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
At some points, banks will stop parking money with the European Central Bank. What will they do then?
Monday, 30 January 2012
There are limits to the notion, held particularly by Germans, that protection from market pressure would only impede adjustment and reform.
Friday, 27 January 2012
Kosovo's amnesties masquerading as pardons are a symptom of Kosovo's problems and the failings of the international community.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
The European Commission's objections are not the only pressure on Hungary's lawmakers.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Europe's treatment of minorities endangers our core values.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
A row over Scotland's place in the United Kingdom has implications for the EU, too.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Last year was a big year for US trade policy and 2012 could be more active still.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
EU environmental policy is one of the casualties of Greece's austerity drive.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
The EU has laid the ground for a better crisis-response system. It now needs political follow-through.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
The increasing concentration of income and wealth within countries is an obstacle to a global recovery.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
The European destination of the first major tranche of Caspian gas to be decided by April.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Political leaders seem to be structurally condemned to short-termism.
Monday, 16 January 2012
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The Economist's central and eastern European correspondent casts his eye towards and
over the EU's newer borders.
Letters to the editor
The importance of listening to the people
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Commission scores an own goal on data privacy
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Is Hungary's new constitution really so outlandish?
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Ending our addiction to plastic bags
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Side-stepping animal rights
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Where are the Socialist women in leading posts?
Thursday, 26 January 2012
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The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help.
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Hungary is more committed than ever to democracy, the rule of law and Euro-Atlantic integration.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Leaders have gloated over the failings of others' economies – only to see their own economies slip on banana skins.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Economists fail to appreciate adequately that people are fundamentally social creatures.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
A delicate understanding of national identity in the Balkans helped Kiro Gligorov keep Macedonia out of the Balkan wars.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
The EIB now promotes clean energy more – but fossil fuels still dominate its energy portfolio.
Monday, 9 January 2012
Russia's leaders are discovering that what was accepted yesterday is regarded as intolerable today.
Sunday, 8 January 2012
The eurozone's policy-making, not its economic fundamentals, are the real threat to the single currency.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
The EU must ensure that health inequalities do not widen during the financial crisis.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
