In 1917, in the aftermath of the sinking of U.S. merchant ships, President Woodrow Wilson told Congress in his request for a declaration of war on Germany that “the world must be safe for democracy...

My thesis in this essay is that we now live in an era of anti-economics. Just like antimatter is the opposite of ordinary matter, the Western public policy discourse now seems permeated by...

In a new book, Niklas Swanström, Fredrik Erixon and Mrittika Huha Sarkar take a deeper look at key geoeconomics issues and ask what the US and the EU can do to improve economic security in a world...

Mexico elected a new President in June and, on October 1st,, the country's first female president, Dr Claudia Sheinbaum, will take office. There are plenty of challenges in her inbox: Mexico's...

We reach for historical images to make sense of our current times. Now that there is increasing competition between firms in the aerospace industry, we think about a time when the US and the USSR...

Every season is a time for reading but a long summer holiday is a particularly good time for relaxing with a good book. Here is a selection of books – some older, mostly newer ones – that ECIPE...

This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...

On May 14, 2024, together with Europe Unlocked, we organised a conference titled "Trading Up: How EU Trade Policy Can Lead to Better Market Access and More Resilient Sourcing." The event, held in...

Director Fredrik Erixon talks with Senior Economist Oscar Guinea ahead of the 6th EU-US TTC on why this meeting taking place in Leuven between the 4th and 6th of April, 2024, is of particular...

*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Competitiveness concerns are back to the fore. The FT has...