Kiel Focus

The economic costs of populism have been little researched. Does it make a difference for a country if a populist is in power? How does the economy develop when populists take office? Initial answers can be found in a comprehensive new study we recently published in the prestigious journal American Economic Review.

Germany is currently unable to defend itself and the economy is sluggish. The state should make a virtue of this necessity and stimulate growth by spending on armaments.

Europe and Germany have to shift perspective: not the strength but the weakness of the Chinese economy will be a central challenge going forward.

The mounting economic and technological conflict with the United States is hitting China’s economy at a difficult time. Harsh retaliation by China aga

The EU Commission and the British government have negotiated a bold and imaginative new framework for navigating Northern Ireland's special status.

To date, the German government’s attempts to devise a China strategy have been misconceived. There is much to suggest that a foreign trade strategy geared toward autocracies in general is preferable. There is also a need for a European perspective. A sensible strategic approach must satisfy five conditions.

In Germany, it is de facto forbidden to store captured carbon dioxide underground, and there is considerable skepticism about this technical possibility.

China is very likely to increase its engagement and investments in Russia’s energy sector. The foundations for this have been laid in recent years, analyzes Wan-Hsin Liu, Senior Researcher at the Kiel Institute.

Hard-to-abate CO2 emissions are often compensated by companies with voluntary CO2 certificates from so-called offset markets. Transforming these offset

In a Kiel Focus article Michael Stolpe suggests to use patent buy-outs to vaccinate the world.