ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Eurozone II: The case for muddling through
by Josef Joffe
As an early sceptic of the EU’s economic and monetary union, Josef Joffe traces the euro’s birth defects and examines its health prognoses. He favours neither a eurozone break-up nor a great leap forward to political union.
EW Journal – International

Treating China’s inferiority complex
by Kerry Brown
Prickly and often defensive, China needs to stop seeing itself as a weak, poor country that nobody should notice, says Kerry Brown. And fractious relations with other countries will serve no one any good.
 
 
EW JOURNAL - EUROPE

The issue: Is the EU en route for political union? My verdict: If we are, we’ll need a European demos
by John Bruton
Europe’s economic woes are creating fresh interest in political and/or fiscal union within the EU. Former Irish prime minister John Bruton traces the events and arguments that feature in the debate, and emphasises that only the direct election of EU leaders will be politically acceptable.
 
EW Journal - Sustainable Europe

The green economy: Re-thinking global governance
by Achim Steiner
As head of the UN’s environmental arm UNEP, Achim Steiner believes that multi-lateral governance structures are overdue for a radical overhaul.
 
EW Journal - Developing World

Business could use sustainable development to trigger a new Industrial Revolution
by Gunilla Carlsson - by Kris Gopalakrishnan
More and more companies are embracing sustainability without endangering profitability, but still not enough. Gunilla Carlsson and Kris Gopalakrishnan explain why it’s a win-win corporate strategy.
 
EW Journal - Arab World

The ‘Iraqisation’ of Libya
by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou Mohamedou
Awash in weapons and riven by militias and regional rivalry, Libya’s future looks grim. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou warns of the factors pushing the country down a similar route to post-Saddam Iraq.
 
EW Journal - China

Long-term ways China should underpin its aid to Africa
by René N’Guettia Kouassi
China needs to make sure that its economic co-operation brings lasting benefits to Africa’s people in the form of development and better governance. Otherwise the relationship is in danger of souring, warns René N’Guettia Kouassi.
 
 
Europe's World Journal - previous Issues

The main reasons for developing nuclear power are unchanged
by Javier Echarri

'Yes' to Cancún but 'No' to handicapping the world's poor
by Alain Juppé
Copenhagen wasn't the unmitigated disaster it's portrayed as, and Cancún may yet build on its foundations. But Alain Juppé warns that "green fundamentalists" who advocate limiting economic growth should think again if the world's poorest nations are not to suffer

A low carbon strategy for Europe
by Nick Mabey
Many of Europe’s outdated and inefficient power stations have to be replaced in the coming two decades, and Nick Mabey sets out the strategic steps that EU governments need to take together to create a low carbon economy at the least cost

Making the EU’s energy infrastructure ‘smart’ will cost €1 trillion
by Fergus O'Dowd
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