Economics
Better Regulation in the European Union Needs a Fresh Start
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Experts have over the years produced countless policy briefs, reports and documents in efforts to influence policy-makers’ decisions about EU economic policy and governance. In a special category are the expert reports officially commissioned by EU institutional actors.
How Much Do Experts’ Ideas Matter for the European Union’s Political Agenda?
The European Union Institute for Security Studies has published on its web site the article “Financial dependence on the US: Europe's underestimated weak spot” by Steven Everts describing current transformation of global finances.
Europe's Underestimated Weak Spot: Financial Dependence on the US
On 3 December 2025, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs published an article by Daniel S. Hamilton, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
Germany, China, and the End of the Post-Wall World