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The GPI draws on both a rich pool of international thinkers, academics, and professionals from diverse backgrounds, including international affairs, banking and finance, industry, technology and science, media and international organisations. What we all have in common is a strong belief that new and fresh ideas are needed for a rapidly changing world, and a shared dedication to devising innovative yet practical policy solutions to that can make a real difference.

The Federal Reserve & the Eurodollar System: Stabilisation or Takeover?

Key Takeaways The Eurodollar system remains a predominantly private, offshore network of dollar credit, but it can no longer be understood as wholly beyond the reach of the Federal Reserve. Since 2008, dollar shortages in that system have repeatedly drawn...
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Monetary Policy and Inflation: Are Central Banks Failing?

This article concentrates on an analysis of the UK monetary policy operated by the Bank of England in attempting to control inflation, though some of the points made may have wider validity to other central banks. The essay develops its...
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EU-India Renewed Strategic Partnership and Its Significance in the Shifting Global Landscape

The EU-India renewed strategic partnership marks a pivotal shift amid US isolationism under President Trump and rising Indo-Pacific tensions. This new Fondation Robert Schuman report, written by GPI Associate Director and Head of the Europe Programme, Karine de Vergeron, analyses...
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Interview: India’s geopolitical pragmatism between Beijing, Moscow, and Washington.

Dr Karine Lisbonne Vergeron, Associate Director and Head of GPI Europe, was interviewed by Jean-Raphaël Peytregnet, a career diplomat who served as Consul General of France in Guangzhou (2007-2011) and Beijing (2014-2018) as well as in Mumbai/Bombay from 2011 to...
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Comparative perceptions of the EU in the Indo-Pacific: India, Japan and Indonesia

We highlight similarities and differences in Indian, Japanese and Indonesian perceptions of the European Union (EU) at times of crisis, taking into account the Covid crisis and Russia’s war against Ukraine and assess whether these perceptions of three of the...
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Dr Karine de Vergeron: “What future for EU-India strategic engagement”

Dr Karine de Vergeron, Associate director of the GPI gave a speech entitled “What future for EU-India strategic engagement” on a panel together with Dr Heribert Dieter, SWP Berlin, for the EUVIP workshop “Perspectives and Limits of the EU Value-Based Approach towards...
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Dresden provides impetus and lessons for Macron’s industrial policy push

The French president wants to unleash an “investment shock” in strategic industries in the EU, but subsidies alone are unlikely to make the bloc competitive. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has recently given a number of sobering speeches about Europe’s future....
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Franco-German cooperation will be crucial for the future of European security

After one year of war in Ukraine, it is evident that European countries must significantly increase their defence spending and rebuild their capabilities. Whilst it is true that Germany has taken some independent steps forward regarding defence, this is not...
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Is our Politics Prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

The new Book by GPI Senior Fellow Professor Stephen Barber argues not only is the answer an emphatic, ‘No’, but that our leadership is failing us at this crucial inflection point. We are at the inflection point of a digital...
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Brave (and Smart) New World: AI Opportunities for Education

I believe that the recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) offer immense opportunities for the field of education. The recent developments in artificial intelligence have created a wave of fear-based responses in the education sector. Many schools and policymakers have...
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EU Rules On Crypto-assets Elevate The Bloc As Sector’s Key Global Trading Hub

The European Union’s (EU) regulation on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) brings crypto-assets, crypto-assets issuers and crypto-asset service providers under a harmonized legal framework covering this sector for the first time.  Given the global nature of crypto-markets, it is anticipated that...
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Upcoming Z/Yen Webinar on CBDCs with Dr Michael Lloyd

GPI Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Dr Michael Lloyd, will speak at an upcoming Z/Yen webinar on “Global Financial Challenges – The Role Of Central Bank Digital Currencies“, which will be live streamed on the 15th of March 2023 from...
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Drone Collaborations: Harvesting the Civilian Benefits of UAVs

This article[i] outlines how collaborative initiatives in the emerging drone industry in Europe, supported by the institutions and executive agencies of the European Commission, may encourage new developments of various industrial use cases in order to strengthen the “green” markets...
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Head of GPI Europe participates in FES roundtable

Dr Karine de Vergeron, Associate Director and Head of GPI Europe at the Global Policy Institute, participated in the roundtable workshop “Mega-Regions and European Security”, organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, CEPS and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on...
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The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies

The article (link) examines the rationale behind the exploration by the vast majority of the world’s central banks of introducing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The phenomenon is discussed in the context of a number of key issues: a) the...
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