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The Moment of Truth for Trump’s Protectionist Policies Is Yet to Come
April’s US inflation data will offer the first glimpse of the real impact of the global trade war that the US administration launched on the “Liberation Day”. A commentary by Ignazio Angeloni
Beyond Breakups: Building Smarter Rules to Tackle Big Tech Power
The real challenge is not the size of successful tech firms per se, but how their scale is leveraged — whether to support vibrant ecosystems or to entrench monopolistic control. A commentary by Francesco Decarolis.
Tesauro Silvia
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Silvia Tesauro
Why Trump Cannot Win Against the Federal Reserve
Replacing the Chair is not enough to change monetary policy, as Trump would like — namely, to lower interest rates to boost economic growth. A commentary by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
Kirkegaard, Jacob Funk
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Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard is a Senior fellow at Bruegel and a Non-resident Senior fellow with the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE). From 2020 to August 2024, he was a senior fellow with the Brussels office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). From 2013 until 2020, he was a senior fellow at PIIE, based in Washington, DC. He has also worked with the Danish Ministry of Defence, the United Nations in Iraq, and in the private financial sector.
Policy Brief n.41 - Increasing European Productivity, Resiliency, and Defence Production (and How to Pay for It)
To restart growth, the EU needs to focus on productivity and innovation. This does not require hundreds of billions of euros in new expenditure, but rather a sharp focus on the efficiency of existing budgets coupled with innovation-friendly rulemakin...
The future of Defence Industry in the EU: How the UK Could be Associated with Capacity Building
To enable the United Kingdom to take part in programmes on procurement, standardisation, interoperability, and industrial cooperation, a new institutional framework is needed—potentially inspired by the EU–Switzerland committee model. A commenta...
UK–EU Defence and Security Partnership: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
The discussion focused on progress made so far and the challenges that still lie ahead in shaping a new framework for UK–EU collaboration in security and defence.
How to Structure an EU/UK Partnership on Foreign, Security and Defence Policy
It is time for an ambitious foreign policy, security and defence partnership (FSDP) between the EU and the UK, tailored to reflect the UK’s unique situation, which should be swiftly negotiated and concluded. A commentary by Alan Dashwood
Rauti, Walter
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Walter Rauti
Walter Rauti is a research Fellow at SDA Bocconi School of Management, a researcher at the University of Milan, and a visiting researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
His research explores the sustainability of public policies, with a focus on defense management, digital innovation, and the transformation of organizational models in public administration. He also works on issues related to cybercrime, organized crime, and public sector corruption.
He is particularly interested in demographic trends and their economic and policy implications, especially in the context of regional development.