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However, according to the IEA improvement is in sight. India could expand its entire production chain by 2031.

IEA: “India breaks Chinese dominance in solar panels”. Good for Europe?

In his weekly column N. Peter Kramer writes, by 2031 India will be a full-fledge competitor for China in production of solar panels, predicts the International Energy Agency (IEA). Can it help to reduce Europe’s high independence on its single supplier?

As for the protection of European companies on Greek soil, these screening authorities should introduce complementary security clauses such as integrity audits (verifying the identity and UBO of the investor), screening suspensive clauses (conditioning the final conclusion of the transaction on prior FDI clearance) and exit clauses in the event of an indirect hostile takeover.

China’s Strategic Investments in Europe: Why Greece Matters

Greece is the epicentre of Chinese investment in Southern Europe. Screening these investments is vital to relieving Europe of its external dependencies

Much post-election commentary has focused on the growing influence of the party’s progressive wing. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory as the first Muslim senator in Michigan, alongside the continued prominence of figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, will reinforce the left’s influence. Yet some of the most significant Democratic breakthroughs came from candidates who appealed well beyond the party’s traditional base.

Democrats may have won the US midterms, but America hasn’t turned left

Democrats’ victory in November was driven less by progressive politics than by voters’ frustration over the economy and cost of living.

The last Democratic administration’s own record under president Joe Biden—the Inflation Reduction Act, the AUKUS security partnership with Australia and the UK, and taking an increasingly conservative approach to military aid to Ukraine—should have inoculated the Europeans against this wishful thinking. And yet, some can’t help but put on their star-spangled-banner goggles and dream of a return to when they were warmly ensconced in the American cocoon, not recognizing that it was an aberration of history.

No, a Democratic Congress won’t save Europe

A blue wave has swept over the U.S. midterms, with Democrats regaining control of both houses of Congress. But Europeans hoping for a return to business as usual should think again

Germany’s Russia policy over the last decades has been critically examined by a number of studies and several political actors have called for an official investigation. However, government policy is not formulated in a vacuum but in close interaction with society. Therefore, a bottom-up view focusing on perceptions of Russia deserves more attention. An explicitly positive image of the country’s President Vladmir Putin has been drowned out by his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and an ambivalent image of his country has taken its place.

Is Russia Winning the Perception War in Germany?

In Germany, competing perceptions of Russia are highlighting a tension between public opinion and government policy. In the country’s east, where division is widespread, populist parties are taking advantage

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The fund offers loan credit guarantees and interest subsidies so as to optimize operations. Meanwhile, the Regulations Governing Subsidies for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Technologies and Climate Change Adaptation were promulgated to support reduction technologies and adaptation measures. Through such diverse instruments as subsidies, financing, and risk sharing, Taiwan’s framework will introduce more private capital in support of the net-zero transition.

World

From commitments to action: Taiwan and the world creating climate solutions together

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Mobilizing action globally to accelerate implementation of climate commitment

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These measures would help governments anticipate concerns, make durable commitments, and involve citizens before political choices become faits accomplis. They would not replace accession conditions or safeguards that protect the union’s functioning. In countries like France, that require parliamentary backing or a referendum for ratification, preparedness would be especially consequential.

World

Member States Must Make Enlargement Their Own

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

The European Commission is preparing the EU for its next enlargement. But member states need to make it a project that European citizens can understand, shape, and support

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This is ultimately the broader ambition behind LEAD21: Soul, Spirit and Singularity. Soul keeps progress tied to the people it affects. Spirit is the courage to aim for something better when the outcome is uncertain. Singularity protects the place of the individual who has something of their own to contribute, even when a machine could do it faster.

Analyses

The New Smart Protectionism: Made by Humanity

Saturday, October 31, 2026

The AI revolution needs more than technological ambition. It needs human creativity, political imagination and a new social contract.

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People lived for years in a captured state where they witnessed corruption, nepotism, and clientelism every day. At one extreme, parents could not enroll their child in a kindergarten because they were not members of the ruling party, while at the other, a construction mafia was laundering enormous amounts of money.

Europe

A New Dawn for Democracy in Serbia

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Excitement is in the air following Aleksandar Vučić’s defeat in Serbia. To build a truly democratic state, the movement that unseated the former president must learn from the mistakes of the past.

Germany, diplomats said, believes von der Leyen’s proposal confuses the debate about enlarging the EU to the east by using the term ‘member’ for a looser relationship at a time when the EU is negotiating full accession with countries such as Ukraine.

Europe

Berlin nails new wording to unblock EU-Canada stalemate

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Germany has resisted offering ’associate member’ status to Canada as EU talks went to the wire

On Monday, Mr Burnham declared that he wanted to see Britain rejoin the EU during his lifetime, and Downing Street has kept the door open to rejoining without a second referendum.

Analyses

Burnham ‘reopening old wounds’ on Brexit

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Andy Burnham is facing growing Labour anger over Brexit, with a minister warning him against “reopening old wounds” on Europe.

The Arab parties were the story of election night. They look to have defied expectations and could gain a record 19 seats - helped by an unprecedented turnout from Israel’s Arab population, who account for about one-fifth of the country and often describe themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel.

World

How could Israel break election deadlock? Here are four scenarios

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Israel looks to be in political deadlock.

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Lula’s return was remarkable because it was not a conventional victory for the left. After years of economic turbulence, corruption scandals and deep political polarisation, Brazil appeared trapped in a bitter culture war. Rather than appealing exclusively to his traditional union base, Lula reached out to centrists, moderates and even former political rivals.

Analyses

What Europe’s Centrists Can Learn From Brazil’s Lula and Serbia’s Student Rebels

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

As progressives in France, Germany and the United States struggle to reconnect with voters in the face of challenges from right wing populists, the victories of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil and Serbia’s anti-establishment student movement offer a lesson: broad coalitions and democratic renewal matter more than ideological purity.

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We should be honest about where things stand. There is no evidence yet of a sustained wave of global family office money flowing into CEE. What the evidence does show is a set of increasingly sophisticated local family investors, solid underlying economies and a global investor community actively rethinking how and where it diversifies. That combination does not stay open forever.

Europe

Go East: CEE and the rise of family office investment

Monday, October 26, 2026

Why Poland and Romania deserve a place on the map of global family capital

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Playing whack-a-mole with sanctions avoiders is better than the fatalistic assumption that sanctions are leaky by definition. It’s similar to a water leak at home: If a complete replacement of the pipes is not possible in the immediate term, trying to limit the damage with towels, buckets, and silicone fillers is better than doing nothing.

Europe

Europe needs its own Sanctions-Enforcement muscle

Thursday, October 22, 2026

The EU can impose sanctions but struggles to enforce them without the United States. With Washington increasingly disinterested in backing European interests, the bloc must now fend for itself

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Conveniently, it would also be for the 70th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome – establishing the European Economic Community, the foundation for what has since become the EU.

Europe

All roads lead to Rome

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Giorgia Meloni could bring an EU summit to Rome in March, potentially just weeks before Italians head to the polls in an early spring election

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With Ukraine’s severely diminished access to early warning intelligence following U.S. restrictions, its interceptor stocks running low, and its Starlink satellite access reportedly being throttled at the behest of the Trump administration, Russia is trying to press its advantage as winter arrives.

Analyses

Containing Escalation in the Black Sea

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Russia is testing the waters of NATO’s mutual defense clause. What do strikes in Romanian territorial waters mean for the alliance’s posture toward Moscow?

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IEA: “India breaks Chinese dominance in solar panels”. Good for Europe?

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

In his weekly column N. Peter Kramer writes, by 2031 India will be a full-fledge competitor for China in production of solar panels, predicts the International Energy Agency (IEA). Can it help to reduce Europe’s high independence on its single supplier?

Europe

No, a Democratic Congress won’t save Europe

No, a Democratic Congress won’t save Europe

A blue wave has swept over the U.S. midterms, with Democrats regaining control of both houses of Congress. But Europeans hoping for a return to business as usual should think again

Business

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

For almost thirty years after the end of the Cold War, geopolitics stayed away from the corporate boardroom. Geopolitical considerations belonged to the foreign ministry or to a dedicated risk committee back at headquarters, and rarely crossed a CEO’s desk.

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