Episode 28: From Frugality to Stimulus: Responses to the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging all aspects of modern society. Public health systems are grappling with a disease that has spread faster than anything in a century. Workplaces have lain …
Episode 27: EU-U.S. Relations: Messy but Valuable
The European Union is one of the world’s most important but least understood international bodies. It is simultaneously many things: a collection of institutions, including an executive administration (the European …
COVID-19: Challenge and Chance for Germany. How to Overcome Renationalization and Distrust
The Pandemic Hits the World In a Time of Renationalization and Distrust The global corona pandemic has hit the world economy severely; lockdowns in almost all countries have interrupted and …
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The Franco-German Motor Revs Up
At a joint videoconference on May 18, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron proposed a €500 billion Recovery Fund to help EU member states rebound from the …
Weighing European Integration against Democracy? The German Constitutional Court’s Decision on ECB Operations
The German Constitutional Court may have dealt a major blow to European integration when it recently ruled that the federal government and the German parliament had violated the rights of …
O-RAN, 3GPP, and R&D Fund: The U.S. May Finally Have a Winning Strategy for the 5G Competition
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the United States’ confrontation with China and has driven administration officials and members of Congress to find more effective ways to strengthen American advantage in …
COVID-19 and Trade: Not the End of Globalization but Changes in Value Chains to be Expected
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is massive. In Germany and Europe, but also worldwide, a large number of companies had to shut down production. Most shops and cultural …
Learning Lessons from German Healthcare: How Universal Coverage Can Save Lives in a Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages countries around the world, its effects are proving somewhat indiscriminate: both long-time workers and new hires have lost jobs across a wide variety of industries. …
After the Coronavirus: A More Digital and Greener Transatlantic Economy?
As Austria, where the coronavirus curve appears to be flattening, and other parts of the European Union cautiously reopen for business, it may not be premature to draw some initial …
Peter Rashish on U.S.-EU relations with China after COVID-19
AGI Senior Fellow Peter Rashish discusses U.S.-EU relations with China after COVID-19 with ScienceBusiness. He says the pandemic will likely prompt a “rethink” about how the world does business with …
