ATHENS, July 7, 2024 Greece: Energy and Environment Minister Theodoros Skylakakis is on the right track with his approach to Greece’s energy transition plans, a noted regional expert says. “He’s got the…
Category: Economy
The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human
Daniel Kahneman, who passed away in March at the age of 90, received the Nobel Prize in Economics despite having never taken an economics course. Nevertheless, his scholarship reshaped and upended the discipline’s…
The Case for a European Public-Goods Fund
Mar 4, 2024AGE BAKKER, ROEL BEETSMA, and MARCO BUTI With the European Union’s pandemic recovery fund set to end in 2026, there is an urgent need for more durable financial mechanisms to support its long-term…
Regional Energy Expert Roudi Baroudi Earns Award from Washington Think Tank
Transatlantic Leadership Network Recognizes Author for Contributions to Peaceful Development in Eastern Mediterranean WASHINGTON, DC November 9, 2023: Doha-based Lebanese author Roudi Baroudi was one of two people presented with the 2023…
Transport minister leads team to Tbilisi Belt and Road Forum
Qatar is participating with a delegation headed by HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti in the Tbilisi Belt and Road Forum, which was inaugurated on Tuesday in…
Will Europe Be the World’s Biggest Loser?
Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Sino-American rivalry, and the rise of new middle powers is spurring a profound reorganization of the international order that will leave Europe at a distinct disadvantage. To…
European goodbye to negative rates — or is it just ‘au revoir’?
By Mark John And Dhara Ranasinghe/ London Europe’s decade-long experiment with negative interest rates, which ended on Thursday with the Swiss National Bank’s return to positive territory, showed one thing: they can…
Russian gas cuts will not kill German economy
By Daniel Gros/Brussels Much of the conventional wisdom about Europe’s current natural-gas crisis – triggered by reduced deliveries from Russia – rests on two assumptions: that the German economy depends on cheap…
No net zero without nature
By Nigel Topping And Mahmoud Mohieldin/ London Businesses, investors, and governments that are serious about fulfilling net-zero emissions pledges before 2050 should be rushing to protect, conserve, and regenerate the natural resources…
Absorbing energy transition shock
By Owen Gaffney/ Stockholm The challenge for politicians is to devise fair policies that protect people from the inevitable shocks Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves around the world. Oil prices…