In Moldova, the actions are very clear and are demanding effectively the country, or the EU, to ‘pay a price’ for its closer integration with the EU
Moscow is seizing any opportunity that is opening now to push-back against the EU, believes Filip Medunic
Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro use the concept of “asymmetric dependence” to describe Europe’s condition of vulnerability in value chains and control of natural resources to the benefit of other actors such as China, Russia and the US
It is only a matter of time before the German energy regulators give their seal of approval
For too long, the Germans in particularly have skirted around military issues of all kinds
Ecfr’s paper from last year on “Defending Europe’s Economic Sovereignty” is cited in a Forbes article on data flows
For companies, especially in the energy sector, this means one thing above all: they have to assess geopolitical risks, analyse their risk exposure and examine different political scenarios
Jonathan Hackenbroich and the Agora Strategy Group analyse which further escalation steps in Belarus could still threaten the energy sector
The Global Translations newsletter by Politico featured Chris Raggett’s latest policy brief as long-read
Jonathan Hackenbroich summarises the economic policy recommendations of the Bürgerrat “Germany’s role in the world”
In the new geo-economic era, trade policy does not just follow trade logics, but also the logic of security policy and geopolitics. The EU needs an effective and credible anti-coercion instrument
Jonathan Hackenbroich, Pawel Zerka and Clara Sophie Cramer write about the proposed an EU anti-coercion instrument
The business online newspaper refers to ECFR’s policy paper on the Anti-Coercion Tool
