Public goods reflect a complex construct between the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiarity in European Union law. This policy brief concisely contextualises public goods in European law and shows that they can...

When restarting work on reforming the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Eurogroup should heed the lessons of the pandemic: The ESM has become politically unviable while there is apparently a lot more flexibility within the...

The European Commission’s AI strategy was released just a few short weeks before the global pandemic hit Europe. In her policy brief, Maarja Kask argues that AI can only be expected to help us through this pandemic and on a path...

The corona crisis and its economic fallout are promoting a “reshoring” of supply chains by Europe’s businesses. Could the EU’s more immediate neighbours, from Ukraine to Morocco, become alternative production sites for at least...

Die Zahl der Selbständigen sinkt beständig. Auch der Unternehmensbestand in Deutschland wurde schon vor Corona immer kleiner. Das ist eine Hypothek für Beschäftigung, Innovationskraft und für die Erneuerung des Wirtschaftslebens...

The funds of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility should be spent on two objectives – kickstart the European economy and make it more resilient to future crises. However, there can be a trade-off between rapid recovery from...

Die Corona-Pandemie hat internationale Lieferketten schwer getroffen. Wie können Wertschöpfungsketten krisenfester gemacht werden? Braucht Deutschland eine ver-stärkt heimische Produktion von bestimmten Gütern?

A large majority of Germans are calling for less national egoism and more international cooperation in solving global problems. The UN plays an indispensable role in this, but it is too intangible for many.

Our 2020 Globalization Report measures the gains from increasing international integration in 45 industrialized and emerging countries.

Die Globalisierung hat das Bruttoinlandsprodukt pro Kopf in 45 Ländern zwischen 1990 und 2018 steigen lassen. Unsere Schätzungen zeigen, dass die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie die Zugewinne der Globalisierung in Deutschland...