Why the Europeans Don’t Have a Russia Policy
By: EBR | Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The leaders of the EU’s institutions and member governments need Germany to shape a strategic policy toward Russia. But Chancellor Angela Merkel is not prepared to take on this task
China’s Superclans: The Third Generation
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Wealth never survives three generations, unless you’re in China. The Chinese Economic Miracle over the past 70 years has in effect been the world’s largest continuous endogenous wealth creation event in history
Here’s what you need to know about the new AI ’arms race’
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
In the current geopolitical theater, a global race towards leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) should come as no surprise
US sees progress against Nord Stream 2 amid calls for more action
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The United States said Monday (22 February) it had seen progress from European companies moving out of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, but critics urged stronger action
Mr. Steinmeier’s Major Faux Pas
By: EBR | Monday, February 22, 2021
North Stream 2: Is the gas pipeline’s completion really mandated by history, as the German President has claimed?
Is Biden strengthening Trump’s (anti-) China policy? But this time with allies?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Last Sunday US President Joe Biden had a call with China’s President for the first time since taking office
Collective action to enable sustainable growth will be critical to end tropical deforestation
By: EBR | Friday, February 5, 2021
It is now universally accepted that there is no solution to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss without ending tropical deforestation
A vaccination race between nations can have no winners
By: EBR | Thursday, February 4, 2021
In 2020, one of the world’s most pressing challenges was to develop a vaccine against COVID-19
How leaders can harness the power of finance and technology for social good
By: EBR | Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has undone progress made on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
From an Age of Disagreement to an Age of Collaboration
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Polarization has created the Age of Disagreement, which threatens to derail progress to the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2021 Aid for Development Dilemmas and Stratcom Solutions for Donors
By: EBR | Monday, February 1, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic scaled up the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis, and donors around the world must face the existing challenges and deliver
China warns Taiwan: Independence means war!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, February 1, 2021
Chinese warplanes flew more than two dozen sorties near Taiwan, as Beijing staged its largest show of aerial force toward the island democracy since mid-September
If you want to make progress on all the major global challenges, start with water
By: EBR | Friday, January 29, 2021
As we move into 2021, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges that our planet faces
Joe Biden called Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 27, 2021
After the traditional first calls of a new US President to the leaders of the neighbour countries Mexico and Canada, UK Prime Minister Johnson was the first European leader to speak with Joe Biden last Saturday evening
The Baltic States Rally for Change in Belarus and Russia
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Smaller EU countries are punching above their weight in defending values and supporting pro-democracy forces in the EU’s neighborhood. They are preparing for the day after in Minsk and Moscow
China’s Xi warns against ‘new Cold War’ in Davos speech
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (25 January) in Davos called for a return to multilateralism, warning against a “new Cold War”, and urged global unity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
North Stream 2: What the Germans Must Do for Transatlantic Solidarity
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 26, 2021
As much as the current German government would wish otherwise, the North Stream 2 pipeline controversy continues to threaten European unity as well as transatlantic solidarity
US leading race in artificial intelligence, China rising, EU lagging: survey
By: EBR | Monday, January 25, 2021
The United States is leading rivals in development and use of artificial intelligence while China is rising quickly and European Union is lagging
Is the EU Too Soft on Putin?
By: EBR | Friday, January 22, 2021
The poisoning of Alexei Navalny and his detention in Moscow should spur the EU into finally adopting a tough and united strategy toward the Russia of President Vladimir Putin
2020 was a breakthrough year for electric vehicles
By: EBR | Thursday, January 21, 2021
After years of hopeful signs, 2020 may well have been the year we reached a tipping point in the adoption of electric vehicles, according to new research