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Policy Brief n.27 - The Elusive Cost of Trade Disruption
Robust port infrastructure can significantly mitigate the risk of supply chain disruption, suggesting that government efforts are better targeted at improving the performance of ports and critical infrastructure more broadly, rather than implementing...
Luxembourg’s Finance Minister: “I do not Believe that Fortress Europe is a Viable Option”
On September 19, mister Roth gave a lecture to Bocconi students titled “Europe at the Crossroads: Turning Today’s Poly-Crisis Into Tomorrow’s Poly-Opportunity”. Eleanor Spaventa, a professor of European Law at Bocconi and a member of the IEP@BU manag...
The Agenda-Setting Nature of Draghi’s Report for the New European Commission
While the focus of the new Commission will be crystallizing over the months and years to come, this short analysis of the mission letters for the future Commissioners suggests that the recent intervention of Mario Draghi on Europe’s competitiveness h...
Project Beethoven - The Dutch Strategy to Support the Chip Technology Leader ASML
Project Beethoven allocates €2.51 billion to “…strengthen the Dutch chip industry and support the future growth of activities in the Brainport Eindhoven hub.”, “…investment in vocational and professional talent, and in sufficient space, goo...
Bruno Houtzager
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Bruno Houtzager
Bruno Houtzager is a geopolitical analyst with a focus on global trade. With experience in the semiconductor industry and an academic background in international relations and political economy, he aims to enable further collaboration between academia, the private sector, and government. Bruno also has additional experience in international governmental institutions, working on facilitating the development of Open-Source technologies through the United Nations. His recent research includes an analysis of the impact of export controls, investment screening, and subsidies on business-government relations within the Dutch semiconductor industry.
Roth Gilles
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Gilles Roth
Minister of Finance, Luxembourg
European Defense Expenditure: Does the EU and its Member States try Harder than We Think?
While defense procurement and production remain fragmented across Europe and the EU and its member states invest less in their security and defense than the US, new EU and EU-sponsored initiatives demonstrate that Europeans are aware of this and atte...
