Qatar is animated by the desire to present itself to the world as a trustworthy actor, a bridge between the West and those realities it does not want to deal with directly
Cinzia Bianco analyzes the economic and soft power development of Doha and its new role within the MENA region
A digital currency can immensely reduce the transparency of transactions for outsiders. That makes it harder to impose targeted economic fines.
Jonathan Hackenbroich explains why the EU needs to think about a digital euro for its sovereignty
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
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.
It will be a fairly firm demand that the Ukrainian pipeline is kept in operation. And it is likely to be Gazprom’s plan as well, as demand for gas in Europe will go up before it goes down
