“In chaos, they thrive: The resurgence of extremist and terrorist groups during the COVID-19 pandemic” By Ivano di Carlo, courtesy of EPC Since the outbreak of COVID-19, governments across the globe have been largely focused on fighting the pandemic. The virus, however, is not only affecting the health and socioeconomic security of citizens but […]
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Europe needs a money laundering czar to lead crackdown
“A European anti–money laundering supervisor: From vision to legislation” By Nicolas Véron and Joshua Kirschenbaum, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The European Union is moving toward implementing a policy to strengthen anti–money laundering (AML) supervision across its Single Market, namely enforcing requirements on banks and other firms to ensure they do not facilitate […]
Does Austrian Black-Green coalition point the way for Europe?
By Dr. Barbara Kolm, Director, Austrian Economics Center The new Austrian coalition treaty between Sebastian Kurz´s OVP and Werner Kogler´s Green Party clearly has two different scripts. The presented pact however shows the strength of the OVP. Out of 15 Ministers the OVP will have 11, whereas the Greens only […]
Trump is Not Pulling Us Out of Syria, But He Should
By Dominick Mellusi, George Mason University On October 7th President Donald Trump announced via tweet “The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so…it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home.” […]
U.S. needs military threat to negotiate credibly with Iran
Iran’s escalation of the not-so-secret proxy war in the Persian Gulf with two drone attacks crippling Saudi Arabian oil production, raises the obvious question of how the U.S. and it allies should respond. But America’s options are constrained in large part because of the […]