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In pushing back against Moscow’s use of the energy weapon, Brussels has unleashed its secret weapen – a blizzard of bureaucrats who lob directives, rather than shells. Competition law is the new weapon of choice against the likes of Gazprom. Foreign Policy Magazine spoke about the implications with Andreas Goldthau (Harvard Belfer Center) and Sijbren […]
On 5 December 2014 oil prices hit a new five-year low. Since then, prices slumped further, dipping below the $50 mark, before bouncing back to a low $60 in late February after oil majors began announcing cuts in their capital expenditure. Low oil prices for developed countries is positive news as it can lower consumer […]
The defence industries of South Korea, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are forcefully entering global defence markets. What are their strategies, and what are the implications for European competitors? This article by Subject Matter Expert Heiko Borchert can be downloaded here.
Een commissie van het Britse Hogerhuis concludeerde dat de EU al slaapwandelend de Oekraïnecrisis in is gelopen. Volgens commissievoorzitter Lord Tugendhat zou ook een gebrek aan ‘robuuste analytische capaciteit’ tot ‘catastrofale inschatting van de aanloop naar de crisis’ hebben geleid. Wie mij de afgelopen jaren een beetje heeft gevolgd, snapt dat ik het met hem […]
On February 26, Stephan de Spiegeleire moderated a colloquium organized by the Belgian Ministry of Defense on the Future of the Belgian Armed Forces. For this colloquium, a panel of ‘wise pens’ had been asked to write a paper with their views and suggestions on how to re-energize the Belgian defense effort. These ideas were […]
BNR Nieuwsradio sprak met onder andere Maarten Gehem over de hack bij digitaal beveiliger Gemalto. Het item is hier terug te luisteren.
While much of the world watches the peace deal between Kiev and pro Russian separatists, the fighting between Ukraine and Russia over gas exports continues, with Russia’s Gazprom threatening to stop sending supplies again, unless they receive payment in advance. Gazprom has warned supplies will be cut off by the end of the week unless […]
Europa’s vijand Vladimir Poetin heeft ook opvallend veel vrienden in Europa. Opnieuw namelijk flirt een Europese leider met het Kremlin: de President van Cyprus is vandaag te gast in Moskou voor een ontmoeting met Poetin. Want sancties of geen sancties, Poetin blijft een dankbare bron van gas, geld en drukmiddelen. Hoe komt dit? Het Algemeen Dagblad […]
Gazprom again threatened to cut supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Putin’s latest threat comes amid heightened tension over the Ukraine conflict and a collapsing ceasefire agreement. Polish news website BiznesAlert.pl spoke with Sijbren de Jong. The full interview (in Polish) can be read here.
Russia is unsheathing its energy weapon once again, threatening to cut off its natural gas shipments to Ukraine and warning of potentially dire impacts on Europeans reliant on energy deliveries that come through the war-torn state. What is behind the latest threat by the Kremlin? What is the likely impact on Europe? And how should […]
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