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This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto.  “Never send a human to do a machine's job” said Agent Smith in The Matrix as he fought to defend their technological dominance...

The war in Europe has now been raging for more than a month. Day by day, it is becoming more violent. Lives of innocent people are sacrificed because of Vladimir Putin’s malicious desire to restore...

There’s a lot of talk about Europe’s dependency on the Russian economy – especially the flow into Europe of oil, gas, grains, and some gases like neon. While it is important for Europe to break...

There are days when history accelerates. February 24th, 2022, is one of those days. If the post-Cold War order had not ended before, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly the final nail in the...

This piece was co-authored with Isabel Pérez del Puerto, a journalist and communicator in financing for development.  In the last quarter of 2021, fear of Covid-19 was temporarily overtaken by...

When Eastern Partnership countries meets in Brussels for a summit on December 15, they do so while the Eastern flank of the Black Sea region is increasingly a hotspot for European security. This...

Europe in Emerging Asia, Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic Encounters, edited by Fredrik Erixon and Krishnan Srinivasan This collection of ‘essays’, written largely from...

There is a long-standing concern about Europe’s productivity performance, a long-term indicator for sustained economic growth. It is a measure that summarizes how effective we use our economic...

By Anupam Ray, Professor at Paterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky at Lexington, anupam.ray@uky.edu The interaction between Europe and Asia is the...

Domestic institutions are an important factor explaining past economic performance (Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson, 2001) as well as comparative advantage (Levchenko, 2005; Nunn, 2007). Simply put,...