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Three Seas Initiative: Instrument for Decreasing Dependency on Russian Energy
Lilianna Ziedins, a student of Economics and International Studies at the American University, and an intern at ECIPE between January and April 2022. The conflict in Ukraine has accelerated the...
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Protect Ukraine – Protect Europe!
The war in Europe has now been raging for more than a month. Day by day, it is becoming more violent. Lives of innocent people are sacrificed because of Vladimir Putin’s malicious desire to restore...
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EU’s Dependency Problem on Russian Oil and Gas
Russia’s war on Ukraine has started a new discussion about Europe’s energy dependency on Russia. In an upcoming ECIPE policy brief, we develop a conceptual framework and indicators to measure...
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Thoughts on EU Trade Policy after Ukraine
With the rapidity of events in the last month full analysis of the long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for global politics or economics feels premature, especially given the...
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Can China Make up for the West?
The Russian economy is in disarray. The Russian ruble is in free fall; sales of foreign exchange are banned; and foreign companies are fleeing Russia day by day. In a previous blog we showed the high...
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On Ukraine: Why the crisis may actually intensify new globalisation rather than scale it back
In response to sanctions levied by the US after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia has effectively halted the supply of key rocket engines to the US. Since the 1990s, Russia has supplied 122...
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Russia Import Dependency Problem
There’s a lot of talk about Europe’s dependency on the Russian economy – especially the flow into Europe of oil, gas, grains, and some gases like neon. While it is important for Europe to break...
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The Day When History Changed: Choices and Consequences for Europe’s Future Relation to Russia
There are days when history accelerates. February 24th, 2022, is one of those days. If the post-Cold War order had not ended before, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly the final nail in the...
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China’s Participation in O-RAN
In recent months, it has become evident how the US sanctions against Chinese technology suppliers seem inconsistent, especially when it comes to the critical 5G infrastructure and participation in...
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The Peculiar Case of DiDi: What Brussels Learns from China’s Crackdown on Ride-hailing Apps
Introduction On December 3rd, DiDi, the world’s largest ride-hailing app, announced it would delist from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong, heeding the calls from the...