EU politics
Lily Lynch: Estonia’s hawks
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has become an icon of the new feminist Atlanticism, a rebranded form of aggressive militarism, writes Lily Lynch in ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Year: 2023
Environment
Adriana Mayor: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas
The slogan Renovables sí, pero no así has become increasingly prominent in Spain in recent years as the reality of corporate renewable macro-projects kicks in. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal RURAL Spain, with its […]
Energy
ETUC- EU: ‘Cosmetic’ energy reforms won’t help workers
The European Trade Union Confederation’s press release on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU’s internal electricity market design. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Mark Thompson, Anna Cooban: Credit Suisse shares crash as Saudi investor rules out more funds
Report in CNN on the chaos at Swiss bank Credit Suisse today. Is this the start of a new financial crisis? Read the article HERE.
Economics
William Hartung – US dominates global arms trade as exports to Europe surge
A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says the United States continues as the world’s biggest weapons supplier. Read HERE
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Macron, the social and economic mess
Let’s say it straight away: Macron is in the wrong era and is wasting our time. He is applying recipes that are completely unsuited to the world of the 2020s, as if he had remained […]
Corruption
Dean Baker – SVB Was Donald Trump’s Bailout
There is nothing that money cannot buy in Washington D.C. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from the CEPR Blog Photo: Gage Skidmore licensed under […]
Economics
Richard Werner – Why central banks are too powerful and have created our inflation crisis – by the banking expert who pioneered quantitative easing
Iurii Motov/Shutterstock Richard Werner, University of Winchester Fifty years ago, a war broke out in the Middle East which resulted in a global oil embargo and a dramatic spike in energy prices. The war, between […]
National Politics
Michael Gfoeller, David H. Rundell – China’s Role in Saudi-Iran Deal Shows U.S. Hegemony Is No More
This appears to be a further step in the isolation of Western “liberal democracies” David H. Rundell is a former chief of mission at the American Embassy in Saudi Arabia and the author of Vision or […]
EU politics
Gubad Ibadoghlu: What impact have EU sanctions had on the Russian economy?
EU sanctions failed to debilitate the Russian economy in 2022, but that might be changing. Gubad Ibadoghlu is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Cross-posted from LSE EUROPP’s […]