What does India think?

India is changing, and Europe is missing out. India is now the world’s fastest-growing economy, ahead of China, and the European Union is both its biggest market and biggest trading partner. The two unions share common values and democratic political systems. Yet Brussels has not found time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and trade talks are deadlocked.

Europeans are frustrated by India’s complexity, fragmentation, and changing rules. But, while European firms complain about the difficulty of doing business across the diverse Indian subcontinent, few realise that Indians feel exactly the same about Europe. Indians tend to approach Europe through bilateral relationships with each member state, rather than treating it as a whole.

Will NATO trigger a war with Russia?

Heads of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are considering sending 4,000 ground troops in to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as a response to Russia’s actions in the Crimea and Ukraine. Could war be on the horizon? What are the alternatives to securing peace?       

If there is one thing we have learnt from history it is that wars are costly and messy affairs. Despite this, is seems as if NATO’s brinksmanship strategy may push America and its European partners into a threatening confrontation with Russia, a situation they have been working hard to avoid.

Continued Crossings Highlight Risks Migrants Willing to Take to Reach Europe

The number of migrants trying to reach Europe by sea continues to be high, despite worsening weather conditions. While boat crossings typically decrease in autumn, October saw record numbers of people arriving. Over 218,000 people entered Europe by sea last month alone, compared to 219,000 that made the crossing during the whole of 2014.

«Φρένο» στη γιγάντωση των διεθνών τραπεζών

Επιτέλους οι κανονιστικές αρχές διαθέτουν ένα πλαίσιο προκειμένου να διαχειριστούν την κατάρρευση διασυνοριακών πιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων. Χθες το Συμβούλιο Χρηματοπιστωτικής Σταθερότητας (FSB) ανακοίνωσε κανόνες, σύμφωνα με τους οποίους οι τράπεζες θα πρέπει να διαθέτουν επιπλέον κεφάλαια για να είναι σε θέση να αντεπεξέλθουν σε μια μελλοντική κρίση. Ωστόσο η προσπάθεια των κανονιστικών αρχών ανά τον κόσμο να λύσουν το πρόβλημα των τραπεζών που είναι «υπερβολικά μεγάλες ώστε να αφεθούν να καταρρεύσουν» θα έχει κόστος στις τράπεζες που δραστηριοποιούνται παγκοσμίως και για τα επιχειρηματικά τους μοντέλα.