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The purpose of Eurobonds

Eurobonds can be issued to provide new resources or to become the safe asset for the European financial market, not both. A commentary by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

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...

IEP@BU Annual Event - Reflecting on Dynamics of European Integration

Save the Date for the Academic Session of the 2025 IEP@BU Annual Event

‘Project Einstein’: Research Excellence for Europe and the World

The European Union has the money to attract researchers under threat in the US and should coordinate a scheme to deploy it. A commentary by Heather Grabbe, and Daniel Gros.

Grabbe, Heather

Heather Grabbe

Heather Grabbe is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel and a Visiting Professor at University College London and KU Leuven. Her research focuses on the political economy of the European Green Deal and how the climate transition will change the EU’s international relationships and external policies. She was previously Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute in Brussels, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform and senior advisor on the Balkans and Turkey to then European Commissioner Olli Rehn.

Policy Brief n.40 - The Cost of Trump's "Reciprocal" Tariffs

Lessons from first principles of classic trade policy welfare analysis. A Policy Brief by Daniel Gros

How the Euro Could Capitalise on the Dollar’s Waning Dominance

To truly compete on the global stage, the eurozone must mutualise part of its public debt—and build a deeper, more efficient capital market. A commentary by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

Rauti, Walter

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.

Lochocki Timo

Timo Lochocki

Timo Lochocki is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

He studied interdisciplinary social sciences in Germany, the U.S., and Norway, earning recognition for his 2014 doctorate on the rise and fall of right-wing populist parties in Europe. He later served as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Berlin, Washington, and Paris until 2018.

In 2019, he joined the German government as head of strategic planning at the Federal Ministry of Health, playing a key advisory role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Named one of Germany’s “Top 40 under 40” by Capital magazine in 2021, he is also a Young Transatlantic Leader with the American Council on Germany. Since 2022, he has advised German policymakers and international foundations on countering anti-democratic forces and reforming foreign and security policy. He is also a visiting professor at Bard College Berlin. His upcoming book, German Interests: How We Can Become the World’s Most Powerful Democracy and Save the Liberal West, will be published in February 2025.

La Nuova Germania di Merz nella Post-Globalizzazione

Even before taking office as the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz has already reshaped Germany—and the entire European Union. The return of a Germany ready to take center stage, willing to incur debt like never before to support its economy, is ...