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Martin Sandbu

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Don’t let Europe’s deregulatory temptations weaken its democracies

A good tech strategy would aim not just to catch up but to cultivate better alternatives

03.11.2025 4

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On Russian assets, Europe fights with one hand tied behind its back

The proposed reparation loan is a step forward but remains full of contradictions

20.10.2025 10

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Europeans need to learn to love risk

A culture of financial caution stymies innovation and prevents the continent from competing with the US and China

05.10.2025 6

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The EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity

Leaders must stop pretending that things are better than they are

21.09.2025 10

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The EU should leave its culture of consensus behind

Getting comfortable with division at home can strengthen Europe’s hand abroad

08.09.2025 9

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Europe is selling its soul to Trump

What masquerades as pragmatism is self-harming opportunism

26.08.2025 3

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The EU’s budget is setting it up for geopolitical marginalisation

The good, the bad and the ugly of the bloc’s multiyear spending proposal

28.07.2025 10

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Why a clean sweep on tax reform is the easiest option

There are three big wins for the UK government if it ditches the hotchpotch of incentives and loopholes

16.07.2025 4

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Get ready to embark on a new era of financial repression

Tariffs are not the only flashpoint; another economic policy war is shaping up

30.06.2025 10

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Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?

Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings

28.06.2025 2

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It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel

Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US

02.06.2025 30

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Trump has created a chance for the euro to rival the dollar

European leaders need to shed their political timidity to take the necessary steps

05.05.2025 10

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The weakening Arctic consensus is worrying

In spite of rising diplomatic tensions, the most immediate geopolitical risk is not military conflict

20.04.2025 10

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The battle for the global payments system is under way

Some Europeans are looking to the next geoeconomic contest

06.04.2025 20

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How to create a true common market for defence

Even Eurosceptics and Britain-bashers should acknowledge the advantage of smooth weaponry supply chains

23.03.2025 10

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Berlin’s about-turn can get Europe more bang for the buck

Even Germany’s frugal friends are undergoing policy and sentiment shifts

09.03.2025 40

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Europe should be flattered by Maga’s attacks

A central goal of Trump’s henchmen is to defang the EU’s regulatory power for the benefit of American Big Tech

23.02.2025 10

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The EU needs the courage to imagine a different digital economy

Trump’s tech oligarchs are afraid of Europe’s regulatory power — as they should be

09.02.2025 10

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Europe should stop panicking and seize the opportunities Trump offers

It is time for the EU to get down to business

26.01.2025 3

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Russia’s war economy is a house of cards

The financial underpinnings look increasingly fragile

13.01.2025 80

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The ECB cannot pretend any technocratic purity

Central banks must rise to the geopolitical challenges of the day

15.12.2024 5

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The EU’s commitment phobia holds it back

Leaders must take long-term action on industrial, fiscal and monetary policy as well as support for Ukraine

01.12.2024 3

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Finding the money to make Europe great again

Frozen assets and large capital exports should be go-to sources for funding a geopolitical transformation

17.11.2024 10

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The west must outdo rival efforts to build an alternative financial system

Technological and geopolitical competition between democracies and autocracies are two sides of the same coin

03.11.2024 10

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Europe should take a digital leap across its innovation gap

The US is enjoying a virtuous cycle, while the EU is caught in a mid-tech trap

20.10.2024 7

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To really change the EU, the northern flank must take the lead

Nine like-minded member states would be enough to break the logjams on reform

06.10.2024 4

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Why Europe needs a foreign economic policy

Current EU structures discourage joined-up thinking in pursuing geostrategic goals

22.09.2024 9

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G7 leaders are tying themselves in knots over Ukraine loan

Engineering a $50bn advance from the profits of frozen Russian assets is presenting a challenge

01.09.2024 10

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