From CARE Packages to Coronabonds: Will the EU Step Up?
The third coronavirus rescue package agreed last week by the U.S. Congress has a name that echoes: the CARES Act. Short for “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security,” it recalls …
Reviving China’s Health Silk Road Initiative? Battle of Narratives and Challenges for Transatlantic Leadership
Many European nations’ healthcare systems are pushed beyond their limits by the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the race to secure medical supplies, it’s every country for itself. China, which bore …
Episode 21: The Fate of the Economy Post-Corona
As governments shape their responses to the coronavirus pandemic, the economic impact of the crisis is growing. In the U.S., the surge in unemployment claims is four times greater than …
Corona Crisis: What Can Economic Policy Do?
In his article on what economic policies can be pursued to mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus crisis, AICGS Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jörn Quitzau first establishes the “exceptional character” of …
Macroeconomic and Health Care Aspects of the Coronavirus Epidemic: EU, US and Global Perspectives
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic represents a major challenge for the world economy. While a detailed longer-term diffusion path of the new virus cannot be anticipated for individual countries, one …
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A German import to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus has become a global pandemic, Germany attracted attention earlier this month for President Trump’s alleged interest in bringing Tuebingen-based CureVac’s vaccine research to the United States. While such zero-sum …
Traveling in the Wrong Direction with the EU
The French have an expression that comes to mind when considering President Trump’s decision yesterday to combat the coronavirus by suspending entry into the United States for citizens of the …
Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic with Big Data: Why Germany Should Learn from China’s Digital Experiments
Germany is battling a growing corona virus epidemic that originated in China last year and has since spread rapidly around the world. Although Italy remains the epicenter of the outbreak …
Will the EU’s Climate Law Turn Europe Green?
In a few weeks, the European Union will unveil the long awaited European Climate Law, designed to “set the direction of travel for EU climate action, give predictability for investors …
Corona Virus: Whatever Happens, the Crisis Has an Impact on Data Protection Rights
How will data protection rights fare in times of a crisis? What happens with the gathered information once the crisis is over? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains …
The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown of EU “Technological Sovereignty”
Shortly before taking the helm of the European Commission in November 2019, Ursula von der Leyen announced that under her presidency the institution would carry a “geopolitical” brand. By integrating …
A Transatlantic China Policy Can Succeed Where the U.S. and Europe Would Fail Separately
China dominates American foreign policy discourse, driven by a broad bipartisan consensus that the United States has for too long turned a blind eye to China’s growing influence and global …
AICGS is now accepting applications for the DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program in 2020.
Apply by 15 March 2020 for the DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program. The fellowship, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring both senior and junior scholars and specialists working …
Transatlantic Trade Is Stuck: Time to Integrate Trade, Technology, and Security
Transatlantic trade is in dire straits. The new year is set to once again unearth old and new trade quarrels, from the Airbus-Boeing litigation saga, the still looming tariff threat …
