I coauthored this piece on Corruption as an Obstacle to Pandemic Response, in which we prove through economic modeling that corruption negatively impacted pandemic response and vaccination rates in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surprised? Read more: https://t.co/iOIHKEyykg
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How can the EU address gaps that expose it to Chinese influence?
@AllyCarragher, @grzestec, & @fbermingham are kicking off their discussion on the basis of Carnegie's recent report: https://t.co/ad2bzW9wXu
Stay tuned for live updates🧵
https://t.co/fZI3td8Awp
The EU-funded, Chinese-constructed Pelješac Bridge project has exposed the economic & strategic shortcomings of 🇪🇺 public procurement policy.
Today at 5pm CET, @AllyCarragher, @grzestec, and @fbermingham will discuss how these can be addressed.
Join ⤵️ https://t.co/H9LdfGgywy
Brussels-based colleagues: please join me, @fbermingham, and @grzestec to discuss how EU policies are may actually be supporting - and funding - Beijing’s strategic and economic ambitions. Monday 12/12 at 1700 @Carnegie_Europe https://t.co/vBbnfYGO6e
Despite the EU's declared objective to reduce dependencies on #China, member states seem to be moving in different directions.
On Monday, join @AllyCarragher, @grzestec, & @fbermingham to discuss how the EU can minimize its vulnerabilities.
Register 👉 https://t.co/fZI3td98lX
EU faces scrap over control of tool to counter China’s economic coercion
My report ahead of negotiations for the much-vaunted anti-coercion instrument on Monday
https://t.co/MY6I9Njhik
EU tendering policies have improved public perception of its rival, China.
How can the EU better protect its economic and political interests moving forward?
@AllyCarragher explains in a new paper:
https://t.co/E0ufdjm1jK
My final piece for @Carnegie_Europe hones in on issues in EU tendering policy, branding, and data collection — and how these vulnerabilities are being exploited by the PRC 🇨🇳
🇭🇷 | The EU-financed Pelješac Bridge in Croatia has been a resounding success for Chinese soft power.
The project highlights the gaps between public opinion & EU policy as well as the flaws in 🇪🇺 public procurement policy.
Read @AllyCarragher's latest ⤵️
https://t.co/FFAKwIyqBD
#Demography is everything. To understand any policy, one has to consider various demographic trends. In this issue we bring incredibly valuable insights from colleagues I work with and learn from. Many thanks to Tim Judah, @ivankrastev, Gabriela Alvarez Minte Marie Toulemonde
Let my friend and colleague @OliviaLazard explain why everything you think you know about the #GreenEnergy transition is wrong https://t.co/o2yWd4qvM1 via @TEDTalks
Western Balkan leaders have long been told that the EU lacks political will for #enlargement.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has revived that political will—just not when it comes to the Western #Balkans, says @AllyCarragher.
More experts' opinions 👇
https://t.co/x4Ht3kyyjE
“Balkan leaders have been told for years that political will on enlargement is lacking. Like parting lovers, the EU would attest,“It’s not you, it’s me.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine revived political will in the EU for enlargement—just not for the WB6”
https://t.co/6HOseoM4qU
Chilling analysis by @SWPBerlin scholar Wunsch Gaarmann on Russia in the #WesternBalkans on how “the region could potentially be brought into a state of chaos without the Kremlin deploying a single Russian tank” https://t.co/UUkApM8aTc