John Kornblum, member of the OMFIF advisory council and US ambassador to Germany in 1987-91, spoke to Andrea Seibel of Dei Welt about the lessons for Europe and the US one year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He looks at the European Union’s lack of military clout, Germany’s naivety towards Russia and what the conflict means for the concept of the West.
Undone on the western front By David Marsh One year after Vladimir Putin’s invasion, it’s easier to record what the bloody conflict across Russia’s western front has not achieved rather than what it has resolved.
MEETINGS Joachim Nagel on inflation and the euro area Friday 24 March, Lecture Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, discusses the strength of the labour market in Germany and across the euro area, high wage growth and keeping inflation under control.
LATEST REPORT The Bulletin, Spring 2023 This edition of the Bulletin brings together a collection of predictions for the year ahead. Covering inflation, ESG, emerging markets and reserve management, experts are cautiously optimistic about 2023.