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Why the EU-Turkey deal makes sense

10.03.16 Publication:

There is something very disturbing about doing a deal, involving billions of euros and a lot of concessions, with a country whose government has become so...

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Oil Dictator Dominos

05.02.16 Publication:

LONDON – Price movements as large and rapid as those that have upended oil markets since June 2014 are sure to cause pain to some and benefit others—yet...

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Emerging Markets

25.01.16 Publication:

The year has begun with falling stockmarkets, falling oil prices and falling forecasts about growth in the world economy. What should international businesses...

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Suspend Schengen to save it

19.01.16 Publication:

The collapse of the “Schengen” passport-free travel zone would destroy the single market and the euro, according to Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the...

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Britain’s year of decision

30.12.15 Publication:

It will be a decision that shapes Britain, and its place in the world, for decades to come, perhaps for the whole of the 21st century. It will be a decision...

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Britain´s year of decision

30.12.15 Publication:

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Patriotism in the Age of Globalisation

22.12.15 Publication:

LONDON – The new fault line in politics, according to Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, is between globalists and patriots. It is...

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Six Questions for Europe in 2016

21.12.15 Publication:

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The Front National

08.12.15 Publication:

The only thing that is “shocking” about the vote in Sunday’s French regional elections for the far-right Front National is that anyone in politics or the...

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Terrorism

23.11.15 Publication:

Terrorist atrocities are always a shock, whenever and wherever they happen. That is their purpose. On Friday November 13th I was in London attending a dinner...

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Angela Merkel in danger

20.11.15 Publication:

Frau Merkel is, of course, completely different from Herr Schmidt. He was arrogant and plain-speaking, the opposite of diplomatic, while she is diffident and...

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Further thoughts, following the Paris atrocities

17.11.15

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Thoughts after Paris

14.11.15

The best thing India did after theco-ordinated bombing and shooting attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 that left 164 people dead was to take time to think and...

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2016 Special Issue

05.11.15 Publication:

From my perspective, one of the most important events of next year will be an event that we do not even yet know for sure whether it will take place in 2016,...

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China and its “two-child” policy

30.10.15 Publication:

It is an act typical of an old Communist regime where officials think that if they send out a decree, things will actually happen: 35 years after China...

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The case for a carbon tax

19.10.15 Publication:

There are many uncertainties in economic and political life. But here at least are two things I thought were certainties in Japan. One is that the government...

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How to Fix Europe

02.10.15 Publication:

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An Open Letter to European Media

02.10.15 Publication:

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Life after Schengen

01.10.15 Publication:

Throughout Europe’s refugee crisis, which has been building for well over two years, warnings about the threat to the European Union’s precious Schengen...

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The leader who triumphs with humility

26.09.15 Publication:

What makes for successful leadership, in these troubled times? America has for the past few days been witnessing two very different foreign leaders: one from...

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Now we need clarity from Eurosceptics

21.09.15 Publication:

The UK’s new opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn hasnow clarified, in the FT no less , his view of British membership of the EU. David Cameron is unlikely to do...

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With Corbyn, the UK moves away from Europe

13.09.15 Publication:

When the Partito Democratico suffered its surprise general election defeat in 2013, the party eventually indicated its desire for change by choosing a...

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David Cameron’s hot autumn

02.09.15 Publication:

How awkward it is to have ministers who speak freely to the media using words you cannot control. That is the eternal truth for prime ministers everywhere, but...

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David Cameron´s hot autumn

02.09.15 Publication:

How awkwardit is to have ministers who speak freely to the media using words you cannot control. That is the eternal truth for prime ministers everywhere,...

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