Getting the Insight Out
On March 23, Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with China, supporting Beijing’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Italy is already Europe’s second most indebted country and has clashed with More
Italy has become one of the first major European economies to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On March 23, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s week-long Europe tour, Rome More
“We will be leaving the European Union on March the 29th, 2019.” This is the promise Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly made to the United Kingdom, the EU, and More
The most recent European Council regarding Brexit was held on March 21st and 22nd. Delaying their dinner of roast duckling à l’orange with parsnip mousseline, EU27 (EU members minus the More
European Council meetings are usually quite the grand affair; Think police helicopters flying over Brussels rooftops and officers armed with automatic rifles at roadblocks around the Schumanplein. But few of More
On February 6, Macedonia was formally invited to join NATO after resolving a decades-long dispute with Greece over the use of the name Macedonia. The disagreements between the two countries More
China and the United States are engaged in a trade war over technological superiority. China’s “Made in China 2025” industrial plan seeks to transform its economy from a low-cost manufacturer into More
On January 31st, the E3+1 (UK, France, and Germany, and the European Union) announced that they will be setting up a special trade channel with Iran in order to counter More
On January 22nd, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the Treaty of Aachen. The 16-page document could give new momentum to European integration as it is More
Yanis Varoufakis is not yet a household name. Once a member of an obscure academic niche in economics, over the past five years the Greek intellectual has risen to the More