Past Event
Major economies are addressing the challenges brought by digital trade in different ways, resulting in diverging regulatory regimes. How should we view these divergences and best deal with them?
Blog Post
The European Union should take significant economic measures in response to the war in Ukraine, but a new Next Generation EU is not needed yet.
Podcast
A conversation on the global trading landscape.
Blog Post
A requirement for gas to be paid for in rubles is a way for Russia to side-step central bank sanctions.
Blog Post
Although Russia bears the brunt of Western high-tech sanctions, the European Union will face challenges in sectors where it relies on Russian and Ukrainian commodities and technologies.
Opinion
The international community will have to restart the long process of de-escalation in order to preserve peace. We have a long climb ahead.
Opinion
The spectre of a democratic Russia aligned with the West is probably a more serious concern for Beijing than what it risks losing by supporting Russia, which is exactly why China has arrived at its contorted position on the current military conflict in Ukraine.
Blog Post
Global food production will be sufficient to feed the global population this year. But export bans, high prices and increasing transport cost might prevent vulnerable countries from procuring sufficient food supplies. Measures to ensure global access to scarcer food supplies and to boost grain production are warranted.
Opinion
Beijing will support Moscow as long as it does not fall foul of Western sanctions.
Blog Post
China has too much to lose from aligning with Russia over Ukraine.
Blog Post
The European Union should grant candidate status to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, as part of a long-term stabilisation strategy.
Blog Post
European Union membership for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine is at present unrealistic, but they should be offered more than Association Agreements.