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Von Der Leyen Bets Big On Central Asia - Will it Work Out?
The traffic in Samarkand last Thursday was terrible. Registan street, overlooking the breathtaking Registan square was closed for a visit...
Viktor Schlatte
Apr 9, 20253 min read


Will Trump’s Tariffs Work?
Why is the Labour Government relieved to see Trump impose a 10% tariff on UK exports to the US? One Downing Street adviser chirped that...
Dan Sillett
Apr 4, 20254 min read


What Labour's Growth Obsession means for the Climate
On the 16th of December 2003, the then transport secretary Alistair Darling published a white paper that made headlines. After years of...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Mar 26, 20254 min read


The Minerals Deal with the US: A Boon or a Bane For Ukraine?
On February 28th, 2025, US President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky met at the Oval Office, scheduled to sign the...
Ming Wa (Chris) Guan
Mar 24, 20254 min read


Starmer: A Secret Blue? Labour’s Gutsy Crackdown on Welfare Benefits
Britain isn’t working. And Keir Starmer has launched his masterplan to fix it. So let’s give it a fair grilling. Billions in welfare cuts...
Dan Sillett
Mar 14, 20254 min read


Labour’s Growth Dilemma: Policies for Progress or Barriers to Business?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In the Labour Party’s manifesto entitled ‘Change’, Keir Starmer declared that kickstarting economic...
George Wallace
Mar 12, 20254 min read


Bullish Texan Republicans Set Their Sights on the Stock Market
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Lately, business in Texas has been riding high. Seismic shifts are underway in corporate America...
Xavier Fletcher
Mar 11, 20253 min read


Is Starmer Doing A Good Job?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Hold onto your hats. This week, I’m going to praise Keir Starmer. Sort of. Before plunging back...
Dan Sillett
Mar 7, 20254 min read


Fiscal Rules and the Government’s Ministry of Truth
In today’s political discourse, it seems the only question worth asking the British government is, ‘how will you pay for that? ’ Several...
Andres De Miguel
Feb 13, 20255 min read


The Unstoppable Momentum Of China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
Corruption has long plagued governance systems, but few have waged a campaign against it as sweeping and relentless as Xi Jinping's...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Why Labour’s Devolution Plan Could Mean Less Power to the People
Last December, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced the English Devolution White Paper . It encapsulated Labour’s approach to...
Luke Goddard
Feb 3, 20254 min read


How to Mobilise European Capital
Digitalisation, decarbonisation and deglobalisation are the three key pillars to the next investment surge. McKinsey & Company estimated...
Louis Gilmore
Feb 1, 20253 min read


Artificial Intelligence - Britain’s First Concrete Brexit Benefit
Growth elusive, markets skittish, and polling dire - it has not been the best of starts to the new year for UK Prime Minister Keir...
Jack Rowlett
Jan 27, 20254 min read


50 Years Later, Hayek’s Ideas Are Still Relevant
50 years ago, Friedrich Hayek won the Nobel Prize for his work on the nature of knowledge and why fully controlling societal and economic...
Ogechukwu Egwuatu
Jan 19, 20253 min read


Skeletons in Labour’s Cupboard: Austerity Looms Over Britain
A government has never been more hypocritical and enraging than Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Promise after promise has been broken....
Dan Sillett
Jan 15, 20253 min read


Azerbaijan Proves COP Is Not Fit For Purpose
When, a few days into the most recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP), respected figures in the field of climate policy published an...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Jan 13, 20256 min read


Argentina's First Year Under Milei: Chainsaws and Poverty
In 2023, Argentinians voted for the nuclear option that had emerged in the face of dissatisfaction with traditional political forces....
Victor Elizondo
Jan 1, 20253 min read


Addressing the Housing Crisis in Spain: Will the New Public Housing Company be the Solution?
Housing prices in Europe have increased exponentially in recent years. According to Eurostat data , prices and rents have respectively...
Steffany González
Dec 27, 20244 min read


Trump’s Anti-China Trade Gambit - Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty
Donald Trump’s plan to reimpose tariffs on Chinese good s as a central element of his 2024 campaign has reignited debates around his...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Dec 24, 20243 min read


Germany’s car industry is collapsing - and we should all be worried
Wolfsburg is not a beauty, that is for sure. The city in North Germany is one of the country’s many “factory towns”, its skyline...
Julius Buhl
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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