Blog
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EU Services Part I
The issue of immigration is currently a hot debated topic and is often put in connection with globalization and the current political backlash. Both are actually two sides of the same coin. If goods w...
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The Privacy Shield in 3 Tweets
It took a great deal of negotiation efforts, but the European Commission implementing decision on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield is finally out. A step the Commis...
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Q&A with Fredrik Erixon and Björn Weigel, authors of The Innovation Illusion – How so Little is Created by so Many Working so Hard (Yale University Press)
Question: Why is there an innovation illusion? Answer: People are almost daily fed with horror stories about how robots, artificial intelligence, or smart machines are going to destroy jobs and make u...
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Science, the State and the City - An interview with Geoffrey Owen and Michael Hopkins about biotech sector in Europe
Sir Geoffrey Owen is a business historian, former Editor of the Financial Times, and Senior Fellow at the London School Economics, Michael Hopkins is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Research for ...
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Thoughts on the Brexit referendum
The United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU. It is a momentous decision. No one knows the scale of the consequences that will follow a UK departure from the EU – and the only thing we can say with ...
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A Tale of Two Continents
By Anupam Ray, Professor at Paterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky at Lexington, anupam.ray@uky.edu The interaction between Europe and Asia is the original d...
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Looking Beyond the Trade Deals: South Korea’s New Relations with Iran
It may have been a long time coming, but a South Korean president has finally made a state visit to Iran. On May 1, 2016, South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye visited Tehran and met with President ...
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Worrying Signs About Domestic Economic Institutions in Europe
Domestic institutions are an important factor explaining past economic performance (Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson, 2001) as well as comparative advantage (Levchenko, 2005; Nunn, 2007). Simply put, do...
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The “Winning Cards” in the Digital Era: Internet, Smart Devices, and Online Network Services
It was the “Walkman” which transformed Sony from a relatively unknown small company in the 1970s to the prominent global giant that we know today. Given its popular reputation, it is remarkable to...
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Can Europe Shape the Peaceful Rise of China? Working through the AIIB
The old adage was that the future of Asia would be Europe’s past, yet Europe’s role in the region’s future has often been given little consideration. The rise of China and its implications for E...