European gourmet food, geographical indications and transatlantic trade.
Car Crash Test Dummies: Another Transatlantic Divide?

Examining the real-life dimensions of the TTIP trade deal.
A Closer Look at Germany’s Trade Deficits(!)

Germany may run a trade surplus overall, but with some countries it has a deficit.
Europe: Technocrats Vs. Democrats

Europe’s democrats must end the almost religious hold of the EU technocrats.
Europe’s Next Leadership: Unknown, Unelected, Unloved

Europe’s system of horse-trading to choose leaders has produced non-leadership.
Spain: Decreeing Structural Reform

How is the Spanish Prime Minister using an old political tactic to modernize Spain’s economy?
Spain Urgently Needs Consolidation

Without significant reforms to the Spanish autonomy system, the nation’s fiscal house cannot be rebuilt.
A History of Spanish Autonomy

How unresolved historic conflicts inside a nation undermine its future.
Thessaloniki: Heart of Macedonia

Why a silly naming dispute in the Balkans should not be allowed to fester.