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Hu Weinian

Weinian Hu

Weinian Hu is Research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Weinian Hu’s career has bridged Asia and Europe at the intersection of academia, diplomacy and industry. In addition to her academic pursuits in international trade law, she acquired extensive international experience by working with a global bank in China, an inter-governmental organization in Singapore, a non-governmental organization in Malaysia and a global-leading public affairs agency in Belgium. She also served as consultant and team leader for the European Union for the coordination of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the multilateral political dialogue process between the Asian and the European regions. Dr Hu holds degrees from Chinese, British and Belgian universities.

Policy Brief n.16 - Understanding the Italian Economy’s Growth Crisis

The 1960s and 1970s acute industrial conflicts were at the root of the demise of large companies in the Italian economy, setting in motion a trend of reduction in company size that continued over the ensuing decades

Puls Thomas

Thomas Puls

Senior Economist for Transport and Infrastructure at the German Economic Institute (IW)

Policy Brief n.15 - New challengers: China's Car Manufacturers and Their Routes to the European Market

The European manufacturers have different views on the new challenge from China and the potential outcome of the EU anti-subsidy investigation although it can be expected that the Chinese advance will go to the detriment of all European manufacturers...

Geopolitics and Globalisation, the New Paradigm: More trade, less welfare?

With many new restrictive measures in place one would have expected trade to fall. However, the most one can say is that globalisation has turned into slowbalisation.

How the EU Automotive Industry Survived the First Wave of Asian Competition

European automakers currently face increasing pressures. While the region’s manufacturers long dominated global sales revenues, several competitors from Asia have recently moved into the top ten. But European companies have faced similar diffic...

Goodbye Globalization, How the EU can Thrive in a Fragmented World

Elisabeth Braw, a widely respected expert in international relations and security, is currently a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. Before transitioning to research, she was a journalist, a background ...

Morini Mara

Mara Morini

Mara Morini is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Genova, specializing in Russian politics and history. She authored the book La Russia di Putin published by Il Mulino. Additionally, she is a frequent commentator on Russian affairs for Italian television and newspapers.

The von der Leyen Effect: Does Visibility Lead to Accountability?

In an eupinions poll (supported by the Bertelsmann Foundation and IEP@BU) ahead of June’s European election, most voters – three in four – were able to identify Ursula von der Leyen as head of the EU executive, showing decisively how the Commiss...

The War and The Vote: How Italian Residents Are Approaching the EP Elections

How has European voters’ attitude, and more specifically Italian voters’, evolved in the last few months? What impact will the war have in Ukraine on the June 2024 European Parliament elections?With Catherine De Vries, Isabell Hoffmann, and Stefano F...