# Teaching

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...

24th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 103 views

# Blog, Interviews

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...

16th September 2024 by Guntram B. Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 130 views

# Publications

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...

11th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 128 views

# Publications

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...

5th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 90 views

# Interviews, podcast

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...

17th July 2024 by Guntram Wolff 89 views

# Blog, Publications

What role do imports play in European defence?

The European Union wants to reduce reliance on imported defence equipment, but the reliance seems to be overstated. Our analysis for Bruegel The European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), published in March 2024, propo...

4th July 2024 by Juan Mejino Lopez, Guntram B. Wolff 99 views

# Blog, Publications

Debt financing European air defence

A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt. Our analysis on Bruegel. Introduction Ukraine is not the only part of Europe vulnerable to missiles and air attacks[1]. Cu...

28th June 2024 by Armin Steinbach, Guntram Wolff 113 views

# Blog, Interviews

European Union debt to boost European air defence

European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets. Oped published on Bruegel, Economista, and others. Ukraine is not the only part of Europe v...

5th June 2024 by Guntram Wolff 94 views

# Interviews

China-Strafzölle auch von der EU?

Mein Interview im Deutschlandfunk, Theo Geers stellte die Fragen: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/china-strafzoelle-auch-von-der-eu-interview-guntram-wolff-oekonom-bruegel-dlf-1b29067b-100.html...

15th May 2024 by Guntram Wolff 80 views

# Publications

Using the financial system to enforce export controls

Russian imports of battlefield goods that are subject to export controls, including from Western producers, have surged since mid-2022 and reached levels close to those prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. R...

6th May 2024 by Benjamin Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Guntram B. Wolff, Anna Vlasyuk 65 views