In the fight against illicit trade, sunlight is the best disinfectant
The most recent edition of the international trade barrier index, an annual publication by the Tholos Foundation, featured Singapore coming out as the country with...
A closer look at Europe’s “derisking” strategy
By Susanna Lukacs
The European Union has approved €8 billion in subsidies for chip research projects aimed at establishing Europe’s ambitions in semiconductor technology. Thereby...
Chinese state support for citric acid is damaging European industry
By Jonathan Holslag, a Belgian professor, author, and policy advisor. Jonathan Holslag is a professor of international politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where...
A Free Market Clean Sweep for the Climate Policy Mess
By Pieter Cleppe, Editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, and Rod Richardson, President of the Grace Richardson Fund
Across Europe, opposition to the EU’s climate policies is...
Israel’s Pearl Harbor
By Professor David Criekemans, who teaches international politics at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium, international security at University College Roosevelt in...
Are we witnessing the first cracks in the EU’s “better safe...
A new amendment to EU essential oils regulations spells victory for European consumers and industry
By Emil Panzaru, Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
Good...
Assessing the response to Covid 19: Sweden vindicated
Now that all of the statistics regarding Covid are available, it has become possible to finally take stock of the policies implemented to deal...
Newly founded European Confederalist Society aims to offer a third way...
A new initiative has been started, called the "“European Confederalist Society”. It was launched during the Think Tank Central conference of think tank New Direction...
Trade corridor politics heats up with access to Europe as the...
Commenting on the G20 announcement earlier this month about the plan for a trade corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, Middle...
Has the EU’s “better regulation” agenda been resurrected?
In her “State of the Union” address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced to “make the first legislative proposals towards reducing reporting obligations...
French EPP MEP François-Xavier Bellamy issues scathing response to von der...
In a reaction to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's "State of the Union" speech, French MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (picture) issued a scathing...
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) may undermine fundamental rights
By Prof. Dr. Tijl De Bie, Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science at the Belgian University of Ghent
The Digital Services...
The Global South has understood that development requires fossil fuels
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles
As the...
Will the EU’s new “Media Freedom Act” facilitate spying on journalists?
By Ogechukwu Egwuatu, a columnist with Young Voices Europe and a France-based student, writer and campaigner. She is also a local coordinator with Students For Liberty.
The European...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 33 – with Brad Lips, the...
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The Chinese political model stands in the way of Chinese economic...
By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera
China is unique. No country has ever managed to make as...
Sweden’s path to the lowest smoking rates in Europe
By Federico N. Fernández, the CEO of We Are Innovation, a global network of 30+ think tanks and NGOs
In the face of the smoking...
Preparing Ukrainian rail infrastructure for EU accession
By Chris White, a former Daily Mail journalist and Press Officer for the UK Conservatives in the European Parliament in Brussels & Strasbourg
Ukraine has...
Strengthening property rights as a means to protect the environment
By Susanna Lukacs, Policy Fellow at the Property Rights Alliance
Instead of heavy-handed regulations and restrictions on human mobility, climate change calls for stronger individual property...
Is Europe having second thoughts on phasing out fossil fuels?
This week, European natural gas prices surged almost 40 per cent, as traders were spooked by the potential for disrupted global liquefied natural gas...






























