German snap election could be a blessing for the EU
a short interview on CNBC on Trump, Germany and the EU https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/11/11/german-snap-election-would-be-a-blessing-for-the-eu-says-senior-fellow.html...
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Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act
Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...
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Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper
Oped published in Handelsblatt, Corriere della Serra, Helsingin, Bruegel and others. Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of armaments and the speed of military procurement a...
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Докато Европа не признае, че Русия е заплаха, няма как да реши отбранителния си проблем
Interview in Capital.bg...
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Seminar: The economics of climate change
In the summer semester of 2025, I will teach a Masters’ level seminar at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Business at the Université libre de Bruxelles. The seminar will be based on our recent book “Th...
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Bachelor course: Topics in economics
This course will be taught in the new Bachelor of economics at Solvay Brussels School of Université libre de Bruxelles, course-link. What Is the Most Pressing Problem Economists Should be Addressing? This will be the sta...
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Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production
This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...
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Fit for war in decades: Europe’s and Germany’s slow rearmament vis-a-vis Russia
War is back in Europe and as it becomes long-lasting, the question of armament gains central im-portance. This report finds that Russian military industrial capacities have been rising strongly in the last two years, wel...
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Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence
You face the major challenges of Russian imperialism in the context of a potential United States retreat from Europe and a complex EU defence situation in which defence governance is spread across EU countries and variou...
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Gemeinsame Schulden als Ausweg?
Mein Interview im Deutschlandfunk zur Frage, wie Verteidigungsausgaben in Europa finanziert werden können und warum die französische politische Lage ein Problem für Europa ist – und warum die Probleme in der deutsc...
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