Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | Episode 3 – Economic Coercion
How can the next German government build up Europe’s strength against economic coercion?
Geoeconomics
Four ways the new German government can strengthen European trade against economic coercion
Threats to Germany’s and Europe’s economic sovereignty have won too little attention in the German election campaign. But, soon, policymakers in Berlin will have to take decisive steps to build up Europe’s strength against economic coercion.
6 Sep
Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Boosting Engagement with the Key Global Growth Region
While the European Union is set to present its new strategy for the Indo-Pacific, APA and ECFR have teamed up to provide a timely input to the debate
Geo-tech politics: Why technology shapes European power
New technologies are a significant force shaping international relations. If the EU wants to be more than a mediator between the US and China, it will need to change its mindset.
The strike back against economic blackmail
In what circumstances should an Anti-Coercion Tool be triggered? What kind of countermeasures could protect Europe, keep markets open and support a functional global trade order?
17 Jun
Trapped in an age of economic coercion – How can the EU effectively navigate it?
This event is the first webinar in a two-part series on current developments in the global use of economic coercion
A glimpse of the future: The Ever Given and the weaponisation of choke-points
In a future, states will likely become more transactional and try to force changes in behaviour from others in exchange for the use of a platform or supply chain
28 Apr
How the EU should approach China: The Visegrad perspective(s)
In this debate, Ivana Karásková, Jakub Jakóbowski, Tamás Matura and Janka Oertel will discuss the national perspectives of the CEE countries on China and their role in developing a coherent EU approach
15 Apr
Home advantage: China’s challenge to European industry
This is event will launch the new paper on the dynamic China’s market can have on European competitiveness
Chinese sanctions: How to confront coercion and avoid a squeeze on Europe II
China’s recent personal and economic sanctions have sent a strong message to Europeans, but there are concrete ways for the EU to build up its resilience against economic coercion
Publications
Geo-tech politics: Why technology shapes European power
New technologies are a significant force shaping international relations. If the EU wants to be more than a mediator between the US and China, it will need to change its mindset.
Defending Europe’s Economic Sovereignty: new ways to resist economic coercion
The EU should move quickly to consider and adopt a suite of tools to protect and enhance European sovereignty in the geo-economic sphere
The Trump opportunity: Chinese perceptions of the US administration
Four views from our authors on Chinese and Taiwanese views of the roots of Trump’s strategy and trade policy, and Chinese blind spots
Connectivity Wars
Why migration, finance and trade are the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future
A Fresh Start for TTIP
Given public opposition, the EU should make a fresh start in winning support for TTIP
Articles
Four ways the new German government can strengthen European trade against economic coercion
Threats to Germany’s and Europe’s economic sovereignty have won too little attention in the German election campaign. But, soon, policymakers in Berlin will have to take decisive steps to build up Europe’s strength against economic coercion.
A glimpse of the future: The Ever Given and the weaponisation of choke-points
In a future, states will likely become more transactional and try to force changes in behaviour from others in exchange for the use of a platform or supply chain
Chinese sanctions: How to confront coercion and avoid a squeeze on Europe II
China’s recent personal and economic sanctions have sent a strong message to Europeans, but there are concrete ways for the EU to build up its resilience against economic coercion
The long year: Top foreign policy trends for 2021
Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro predict ten bright and bold policy projections for the year to come
Protecting Europe from economic coercion: Strategy after the 2020 US election
Europe needs to enhance its toolbox for protection against economic coercion, carefully balancing its strategy in five areas
Promoting the international role of the euro: Ideas for substantive progress and greater sovereignty
Strengthening the euro would reduce the power imbalance between Europe and its international partners and competitors
Second acts: How Europe can renew the transatlantic partnership
This could be the moment to build a more balanced transatlantic relationship, with Europeans showing the US where we need it to engage, and how – rather than simply waiting for cues from Washington
A balance of values and interests: Germany, realpolitik, and Russia policy
Recent events show that Moscow does not take Berlin seriously when it acts alone. Germany must coordinate its actions at the European level and find common responses to Russia’s behaviour.
How Europe can defend itself against US economic sanctions
Germany and Europe must defend themselves against US sanctions. They can strengthen their armoury in two ways.
CureVac, covid-19, and economic statecraft: Lessons for Europe
Trump’s bid for CureVac should spur Europeans to strengthen their investment screening rules – and signal to China and the US that unwanted takeovers will cost them
Podcasts
Lead time: How Germany should move on from Merkel | Episode 3 – Economic Coercion
How can the next German government build up Europe’s strength against economic coercion?
The strike back against economic blackmail
In what circumstances should an Anti-Coercion Tool be triggered? What kind of countermeasures could protect Europe, keep markets open and support a functional global trade order?
How can the EU strike back? The way towards higher economic resilience
European countries are increasingly coming under threat of economic coercion from great powers, as outlined in the latest ECFR’s policy brief. But what do we…
In the media
It is only a matter of time before the German energy regulators give their seal of approval
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
I think Merkel’s politics, given Germany’s role as a super-exporter, went in the direction of separating politics from trade
This compromise shows Joe Biden’s desire to leave this file behind to focus on other primtary matters in his relationship with Germany
Rafael Loss comments in Le Figaro Joe Biden’s decision to launch with Germany the Nord Stream 2 project.