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In the movie “Gold”, a small, struggling mining entrepreneur looking for gold goes from bankruptcy to a 6 billion dollar mining empire, and then bankruptcy again. Bear with me, there is a link...

If there were to be another pandemic, what would you have done differently? This question should be at the front of any policy-maker. Covid-19 has been costly but some countries have coped better...

A leaked draft “Joint Declaration” reveals plans for an EU industrial policy in the cloud and data sector. The proposal is floated ahead of this week’s European leaders’ summit,...

The EU and the UK continue to negotiate a free trade agreement. Nonetheless, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit is being seriously considered in London and Brussels. In the case of a no-deal Brexit,...

By Jerker Hellström, Director of the Swedish Center for China Studies.* With two months left until election day in the U.S., the two presidential candidates’ statements on China have come...

The Brexit saga keeps going, now reaching the point where the UK government has stated that the Withdrawal Agreement reached in October, which became an ‘oven ready deal’ helping the...

We asked ECIPE experts to help compile a list of books to read over the summer. The goal was to recommend literature that helps readers make sense of the troubled times we are living in right now,...

A US Presidential election always exerts quite a hold on the political world’s attention, but not often with personal stakes as high as they seem to be in 2020. Quite simply the entire rules-based...

Palaeontologists have long recognised that unexpected but hugely devastating events can change life on Earth forever. A common theory suggests that a huge asteroid that hit the Earth around 65...

The 22nd EU-China Summit held virtually this week, was the first for the new EU Commission. The meeting takes place against ever-heightening tensions between Europe and China, with...