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Report Date 6 Nov 2014 Embracing isolation: Russia’s new protectionism Russia is now more isolated than at any time since Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985. This is a consequence of... Read more
Report Date 4 Nov 2014 The UKIP factor: the insurgency shaking up British politics The rise of the UK Independence Party over the last two years, driven by support from older, lower income voters, signals the beginning of truly multi-party politics in Britain. UKIP... Read more
Report Date 1 Nov 2014 India Outlook - November 2014 This in-depth report examines the Indian Government's political and economic prospects six months on from Prime Minister Modi's May 2014 election victory. Read more
Report Date 29 Oct 2014 Nature vs Nurture: ‘The first EU Commission born in the EU Parliament’? The new European Commission takes office on November 1 after its requisite run of confirmation hearings with the European Parliament. First Vice President-designate Frans Timmermans observed in his own hearing... Read more
Report Date 8 Oct 2014 Corporate tax troubles in Europe Tax revenue leakage has become a hot button issue in Europe, the US and the G20. The European Commission is seeking to strike down advance tax agreements concluded years ago... Read more
Report Date 17 Sep 2014 Limping Lions: testing the Africa growth story This week sees the first visit of the IMF country team to Ghana to provide policy and financial assistance to address the country’s fiscal and currency problems. Coming only months... Read more
Report Date 12 Aug 2014 Erdogan and the reinvention of the Turkish presidency Sunday saw Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan win election to the Turkish presidency. The outcome was expected, the only real question had been whether Erdogan would require a second... Read more
Report Date 7 Aug 2014 Novo Banco: Made in Brussels At the start of this week the Portuguese authorities announced plans to resolve the failing Banco Espírito Santo. The approach taken – bailing in shareholders and junior bondholders, splitting off... Read more
Report Date 25 Jul 2014 Fragile Victory: Prospects for the Jokowi Presidency This week saw Joko Widodo officially confirmed as Indonesia’s next president. With his humble background and demeanour, popular appeal and reputation for probity, the coming to power of this political... Read more
Report Date 25 Jul 2014 Britons and the Europe Question A Global Counsel/TNS Poll conducted between 15 and 17 July asked British adults a series of questions about the desirability and timing of a vote on Britain’s membership of the... Read more
Report Date 24 Jul 2014 Iran: After Vienna, What are the Prospects for a Comprehensive Agreement? Iran and the P5+1 were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement in Vienna this month on Iran’s nuclear programme and have instead extended the Geneva interim agreement by four months... Read more
Report Date 15 Jul 2014 The European Court of Justice and renewables nationalism Last week’s surprise ECJ judgement on Finnish wind producer Alands Windkraft, went against the opinion of its own advocate general in ruling that member states’ can legally exclude imported energy... Read more
Report Date 1 Jul 2014 Alstom, AstraZeneca and Anglo-French political risk Last week brought to a close the two-month public courtship of GE and Alstom, with a government-brokered deal that will see the French state acquire a minority voting right and... Read more
Report Date 5 Jun 2014 Does strong Russian leadership mean a weak economy? The Russian economy, fuelled by high energy prices, boomed during the first decade of this century. But in recent years the limits of the current economic model have become clear... Read more
Report Date 2 Jun 2014 Imperfect mirror: the new European Parliament and ‘European’ politics After last weekend’s European Parliamentary elections, the new European legislature has begun to compose itself for the next five year term. As usual, the multiple political markets of the EU... Read more
Report Date 2 May 2014 Britain and Europe: not black and white but grey A Global Counsel/TNS poll of British public opinion three weeks ahead of the European Parliamentary elections suggests a fine balance between supporters and opponents of UK membership of the EU... Read more
Report Date 30 Apr 2014 Ukraine: the election and after The election to choose a new Ukrainian president is scheduled for 25 May. Instability in the country’s east means it is not yet certain that the vote will take place... Read more
Report Date 11 Apr 2014 Europe's 28 Russian energy questions Vladimir Putin’s letter to European leaders has raised the threat of gas supply disruption in Europe and once again posed the question - how reliant should the EU be on... Read more