Europe at the ‘Hot Gates’!
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
2500 years ago, the myth goes, 300 Spartans faced a much larger military force from the East at Thermopylae, a small mountain...
Boosting Europe’s FDI after a Post-Pandemic Downturn
By Julie Linn Teigland
Following a year of slow economic growth, soaring inflation, surging energy costs and an ongoing precarious geopolitical landscape, Europe has just...
Challenges for the Next Stage of Globalisation: The Factor of Ukraine
By Vasyl Yurchyshyn
We argue that the fight of Ukraine for independence against Russian aggression is the principal event of the modern stage of globalisation.
Ukraine...
Renewable Energies in Germany
By Josephen Pomaah, Anton Burmester, Giuseppe Petaroscia, and Michael Palocz-Andresen
Europe is facing a global energy crisis. Many countries, Germany in particular, have become increasingly...
The European Economy Looks Stronger Than Expected in the New Era of ‘the Great...
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The World Financial Review
In a landscape of intertwining crises, Isabel Schnabel, a Member of the Executive Board...
Happiness Is A Place Between Too Little And Too Much
By Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen
School meals are never termed “free” in Finland; they are simply called “lunch”. Alongside Sweden; Finland is one of...
Foreign direct investment – trends and developments in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
By Kurt Ma, Christian Sauer and Tonio Sadoni at global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Introduction
2020 was a trying year for dealmakers and cross-border...
Offering of foreign funds in Switzerland 2020 and beyond: overview of the new Swiss...
By Patrick Pilastro, Representative Services Switzerland, Vice President, ACOLIN
The Financial Services Act (“FinSA”) and the Financial Institutions Act (“FinIA”), together with the implementing ordinances...
Exporting Western Rule of Law through the EU
By Boris N. Liedtke
It is undeniable that Western culture based on “rule of law” has established itself as the dominant system throughout the world.
The geopolitical...
The Global Coronavirus Contraction
By Dan Steinbock
Despite China’s success in containment, the novel coronavirus is exploding outside China, due to complacency and inadequate preparedness. The contraction...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
