Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the European Union. Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones claim that the result prevents Iceland from seeking a formal decision-making role for no...

European Union enlargement has always been more flexible than the story about a strictly ‘merit-based’ approach would suggest. Here’s why.

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Erik Jones explores how effective the new E6 configuration made up of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands could be.

Erik Jones explores how effective the new E6 configuration made up of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands could be.

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The problem is that politicians aren’t any better at managing monetary policy now than they were during the time of the ‘Great Moderation’. Donald Trump may want to assert control over the Fed – and politicians elsewhere may try to follow his example – but this is unlikely to result in better monetary policymaking. If anything, the policy environment is more complicated.

Europe is designing a new model of collective security that no longer relies on the United States. For this effort to succeed, solidarity between member states that have different threat perceptions i...

There is nothing particularly new about what the Trump team is doing. What is surprising is the energy they have put into breaking institutions, the self-confidence they express in their potential to build something new and different on those broken foundations, and the risks they are willing to accept.

Global Risks to the EU is a large-scale survey designed to quantify expert perceptions of conflict-related threats to European Union security. To explore what to watch for and what threatens the EU, I...

Podcast Episode · The Global Agora · 12/22/2025 · 24m

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Podcast Episode · The Global Agora · 12/22/2025 · 24m

What is most striking while reading the book is how much we take this new world of plastic for granted. Anyone hoping to imagine the impact of digital currencies or distributed ledger technologies should read this book as an illustration of just how transformative financial innovation can be.

We may speak about Europe as a kind of club that is nice to have in secure, stable, prosperous times.  But Europe means something altogether different when power replaces rules to make a more anarchical international system and when the United States cannot be trusted.

We may speak about Europe as a kind of club that is nice to have in secure, stable, prosperous times.  But Europe means something altogether different when power replaces rules to make a more anarchical international system and when the United States cannot be trusted.

Europeans need shared regulation if they are to achieve objectives related to prosperity, innovation, and competitiveness. And they need to achieve those objectives if they are to promote sustainability, equity, and justice in an increasingly hostile global environment.

Europeans need shared regulation if they are to achieve objectives related to prosperity, innovation, and competitiveness. And they need to achieve those objectives if they are to promote sustainability, equity, and justice in an increasingly hostile global environment.

Die EU muss der Ukraine, den USA, Russland und dem Rest der Welt zeigen, dass sie den Ernst der Lage erkannt hat – und auch endlich die nötigen Schlüsse daraus ziehen

Afgelopen week klonk er luid gejammer dat Europa was gepasseerd bij het Russisch-Amerikaanse ‘vredesplan’ voor Oekraïne. Europa was zijn stem op het wereldtoneel kwijt, schreef The New York Times. Eur...

People need to believe in society if they are going to believe in social institutions or institutionalism. Otherwise, they will embrace disintegration until they find a group they are willing to li…

The dollar may remain pre-eminent, but it could still lose its attractiveness as an infrastructure, and so also the ability to shape global finance.

The dollar may remain pre-eminent, but it could still lose its attractiveness as an infrastructure, and so also the ability to shape global finance.

Can the EU work better? Yes, but it will do so by working alongside and through member states to make their political and economic institutions more flexible, inclusive, and responsive.

The transatlantic relationship was never easy, but it was resilient. This time feels different. Two decades of analysis show why.

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Europe exists at the boundaries between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. The challenge is keeping the balance from tipping too far in either direction.

People need to believe in society if they are going to believe in social institutions or institutionalism. Otherwise, they will embrace disintegration until they find a group they are willing to live with even if that group is not large enough to deal with the challenges they have to face.

What is most striking while reading the book is how much we take this new world of plastic for granted. Anyone hoping to imagine the impact of digital currencies or distributed ledger technologies should read this book as an illustration of just how transformative financial innovation can be.

If Europe really is mortal, Europeans need to understand why.

The transatlantic relationship was never easy, but it was resilient. This time feels different. Two decades of analysis show why.