Berlin expands Bundeswehr activities in Southeast Asia and participates in joint exercises with Indonesia. Jakarta is resolutely unwilling to be pitted against China.
EU politics
Ulrike Guérot, Thomas Piketty, et al.: Democratising Europe begins with ECB nominations
Who runs Europe? The people? Not on your life. As a raft of renowned experts write, the new members of the European Central Bank, in the meantime a powerful institution, will be selected in secret […]
Economics
VoxEU: How Russian firms use international risk-sharing to mitigate the effects of sanctions
To reduce the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia, the Kremlin is known to have compensated targeted sanctioned firms through various channels. Read HERE “The political warrior mowing down the Russian trade” 1791
Climate Crisis
Eurostat: Germany burning 45% of Lignite in EU
Germany is mistakenly regarded as a leader in fighting CO2 in the EU. In reality it uses almost half the lignite employed in the EU for energy production. Read here
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