Comment: Europe cannot defeat an adversary ready to endure a 20% drop in national income if it is not willing to risk a 2% decline in its ownThe EU’s economic conflict with Russia is entering a hazardous new phase
Analysis: Central banking’s brave new worldThe ambition of central bankers once was to ‘be boring’ but they now take on responsibility for policy objectives such as tackling inequality and climate change. Not all onlookers are pleased at this ‘self-defined mission creep’
Comment: Why the EU’s recovery gamble must succeed Should Europe’s ambitious plan fail to deliver on its goals, it could lead to a double-dip recession and play into the hands of populists
Comment: A victorious Biden could struggle to shake off Trump’s legacyA new US administration would likely not find it easy to restore ties with like-minded democracies due to the president’s actions of the past four years
EU cannot afford to shirk radical changes to its budgetTo break the deadlock, the European Council should propose to turn the table and start afresh with the setting of each country’s net balance
The conflict between Brazilian sovereignty and saving the planetThe only ways to force Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest involve money or sanctions - and neither is a good option