ECFR Alumni · Programme Coordinator, European Power programme
Geo-economics, sanctions policy, German and European foreign and security policy
German, English, Spanish, Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian, some French
Filip Medunic was the European Power programme coordinator.
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He holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin as well as BA in Management, Philosophy & Economics from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Prior to joining ECFR, Medunic was a trainee with the Council of the European Union and working student at the Centre for International Peace Operations in Berlin.
The EU has started to join the dots between its economic and security policies. But as other powers reshape the geoeconomic landscape, it needs to upgrade its strategy beyond risk mitigation and competitiveness
The electric vehicle industry demonstrates the challenges of de-risking in practice. The EU needs more than tariffs if it wants to prevent a looming over-dependence on Chinese electric vehicles without strangling its own green ambitions
With its 11th sanctions package, the EU will enter the realm of secondary sanctions. It needs to set some ground rules for their use
The EU and its member states are applying tools of economic statecraft. Now is the time for a full assessment of how well they have worked
If the ECB is disciplined in its use of the recently announced Transmission Protection Instrument, this could turn out to be exactly what Europe needs
The EU needs a sanctions doctrine – a framework to set out the goals, means, and risks for the use of economic measures
In the wake of the EU’s latest set of sanctions, European leaders should work quickly to take control of the narrative around sanctions
Putin is entertaining the idea of total economic war to force the EU weaken its sixth package of sanctions on Russia. Europeans should stay united and call what is likely to be a bluff
The EU should adopt a phased approach to energy sanctions on Russia. This would be more effective than a rushed embargo and would help preserve European unity
The EU needs to develop an Anti-Coercion Instrument that acts as a powerful economic deterrent, but this alone will not sufficiently protect Europe against economic coercion
The EU has started to join the dots between its economic and security policies. But as other powers reshape the geoeconomic landscape, it needs to upgrade its strategy beyond risk mitigation and competitiveness
The EU needs to develop an Anti-Coercion Instrument that acts as a powerful economic deterrent, but this alone will not sufficiently protect Europe against economic coercion
The electric vehicle industry demonstrates the challenges of de-risking in practice. The EU needs more than tariffs if it wants to prevent a looming over-dependence on Chinese electric vehicles without strangling its own green ambitions
With its 11th sanctions package, the EU will enter the realm of secondary sanctions. It needs to set some ground rules for their use
The EU and its member states are applying tools of economic statecraft. Now is the time for a full assessment of how well they have worked
If the ECB is disciplined in its use of the recently announced Transmission Protection Instrument, this could turn out to be exactly what Europe needs
The EU needs a sanctions doctrine – a framework to set out the goals, means, and risks for the use of economic measures
In the wake of the EU’s latest set of sanctions, European leaders should work quickly to take control of the narrative around sanctions
Putin is entertaining the idea of total economic war to force the EU weaken its sixth package of sanctions on Russia. Europeans should stay united and call what is likely to be a bluff
The EU should adopt a phased approach to energy sanctions on Russia. This would be more effective than a rushed embargo and would help preserve European unity
Europeans need to pay closer attention to Russia’s growing opportunities to sell gas to China and other countries in Asia – otherwise they could be left even more at Moscow’s mercy
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
“Fortune favours the bold” cited in POLITICO China Watcher
There has been a desire to destroy the Russian economy and make Russia unable to continue the war … but it has been rather unrealistic in terms of what sanctions can actually achieve
Filip Medunic comments on the effect of Western sanctions on the Russian economy
As winter is approaching, Filip Medunic comments on gas prices in Germany
Both companies [Carlsberg and Danone] were in the process of selling their Russian assets. This process, the potential revenue thereof, and a possible reduction in the workforce have now been stopped
Filip Medunic comments on Russia’s decision to grab the shares of Danone and Carlsberg
It is not realistic to close all the loopholes. Nor is it realistic to have sanctions as a kind of miracle solution in your foreign policy. It’s not going to eliminate all difficult decisions, it can
Filip Medunic comments on the use of sanctions against Russia