Congratulations @Keir_Starmer on your electoral victory.
I look forward to working with you in a constructive partnership to address common challenges and strengthen European security.
@SophiaBesch@CarnegieEndow Congratulations, Sophia! That’s great news! Sad I’m not in there anymore but glad you’re at the best Europe program in DC (spoken w/o bias, of course😉). @CarnegieEndow@Carnegie_Europe Let me know next time you’re London or Cambridge!
“A new geopolitical corporate responsibility does not need to become a doctrine but can instead be an agenda to support the international rules-based order under stress.” Important piece by B. Freeman on business’ stake (and self-interest, I may add) in a functioning int’l order.
The exit of more than 1,000 companies from Russia in four months has surpassed the number that pulled out of apartheid South Africa over an entire decade, writes Bennett Freeman (@CHIntLaw). https://t.co/eZaCHrFiYI
us fed needs to watch out for unintended consequences when trying to lower inflation
if it's caused mostly by supply issues, tightening monetary policy/hiking interest rates will create stagflation
@austan_goolsbee joins #gzeroworld@gzeromedia
https://t.co/bhg0GImWFC
Geopolitical tensions challenge 🇩🇪’s foreign trade policy strategy while forcing an overdue public debate. Latest report by @ifo_Institut for @vbw_bayern explores different scenarios of 🇩🇪 macroeconomic development & calls for adjustments and avoidance of one-sided dependencies.
Ein #Handelskrieg mit #China, der Vergeltungsmaßnahmen von der chinesischen Seite nach sich zöge, käme Deutschland knapp sechsmal so teuer wie der Brexit. #Szenarioanalyse des ifo Instituts im Auftrag der Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft. https://t.co/HYCQYli5eN
Time to bust some myths about #sanctions collateral damage! The sanctions debate is heating up in the West and a lot of criticism is focused on two things: High #energy prices and high #food prices. However, most get the causalities wrong: 1/
The government claims Brexit was not the cause of this weekend’s cross-Channel chaos: ‘Changes to border-control measures introduced after Brexit did not have a significant role in the disruption. French authorities did not provide an adequate number of border officials.’
Mal mehr, mal weniger Gas: Putin wird dieses Spiel die nächsten Monate spielen -- eine Zermürbungstaktik, mit der die deutsche Bereitschaft, auf Russlands Wünsche einzugehen, gefördert werde soll. Höchste Zeit für die Regierung, eine Antwort darauf zu finden.
In the battle of will between Putin and the West about Ukraine, Russia is making progress in the West, first on the fringes, increasingly at the center, feeding "war fatigue" with propaganda, disinformation, energy supply disruption. A ceasefire in autumn seems likely.
Has Germany done enough to prevent the return of spheres of influence in Europe? And what happened to Germany's historical responsibility with the war in Ukraine? Here are some thoughts for the new issue of @TWQgw - Thread 🧵👇And first 50 copies are free! https://t.co/XlQRkm9He5