The French Presidential Elections on China Radio International
On Thursday, April 19, 2012, I took part in an an hour-long discussion of the French presidential elections on China Radio International. Joining me were Jolyon Howorth, Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and Sebastien Ricci, a French journalist based in Beijing.
The European Project: Can Europe Survive the Euro?
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, I participated in a roundtable discussion at the Watson Institute on The European Project: Can Europe Survive the Euro?
What Europe needs most is better leadership: Remarks at “Renaissance for Europe” event
On March 16-17, I participated in a series of discussions on the theme “Democratic Europe” at the Cirque d'Hiver where high-level European political leaders were united around François Hollande, candidate of the Parti Socialiste for the French presidential elections.
Europe 2012: The Devil Is in the Details
The big question for the EU in 2012 is not only: “will it solve the debt crisis?” It is also: “will it survive the solution?”
Partial EU Pact Reached
There's a joke told about Gorbachev who, when asked to say one word about the state of the Soviet economy responded: GOOD. When asked for two words: NOT GOOD. The same could be said about the agreement reached Friday.
France and Germany Push Deal
The fiscal union that German Chancellor Merkel has been pushing is a side show to the real game, but a necessary one.
Merkel Warns Crisis Will Last
Merkel’s modus vivendi has always been to go slowly, to wear her opposition out, and to wait. This strategy, which enabled her to become Chancellor, will be her undoing.
Saving the Euro Will Mean Worse Choices for Europe
Markets are reeling because Europe's leaders have only offered up half-measures to resolve the crisis. Not until Brussels, Paris, and Berlin realize the fundamental flaw in their current approach—a lack of real political and economic integration across the eurozone—will there be an end in sight.
Europe's Leaders Pursue New Pact
Agreement on a fiscal pact that brings deeper economic integration by making budget discipline legally binding and enforceable by European authorities is a welcome move, so long as the European Central Bank takes the next move: to become a lender of last resort.
Can Technocratic Government be Democratic?
The resignations of Papandreou in Greece and Berlusconi in Italy, replaced by technocratic governments, have raised questions about the democracy of technocracy.
A Comment on Events in Italy
Finally, Italy has a chance to get out of the impasse, and the morass, that it has been in under Berlusconi.
Vivien Schmidt on NPR's “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook
i appeared recently on an episode of NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook - alongside Yanis Varoufakis, Naya Kotsira, and John Psaropoulos - to discuss the Greek debt crisis.
European Debt Crisis: Euro Deal
There is a French sign at all railway stations: Caution—one train hides another. The problem for the Eurozone is that even if the action this Wednesday resolves the sovereign debt crisis, there will still be the competitiveness crisis.
G-20 Opens amid Euro-debt Crisis
As the eurozone crisis rolls on, with world finance ministers urging swift action, eurozone countries seemingly dither. But there may be method behind the madness.