Economia
The Second China Shock: causes and consequences of a global economic transformation
By Martí Serra Figarola · 30/10/2026
You can download the PDF version HERE. Executive Summary This article analyzes the Second China Shock, characterized by a surge in Chinese exports of high-value-added goods and the country’s enormous trade surplus. The phenomenon is the result of a growth model built on very high savings, weak domestic demand, heavy investment and an industrial policy […]
The Draghi Report, 2 Years On: EU competitiveness and the crawling execution of an insufficient proposal
By Eduard Gracia · 18/09/2026
You can download the PDF version HERE. “We appear to be sleepwalking, and Draghi already warned us that this will lead to slow agony. I think that was wrong. It’s not going to be slow.” João Cotrim de Figueiredo, Portuguese MEP – quoted by H. Foy, FT, 15/7/2026 The politics of a historical […]
Germany after the ‘Zeitenwende’
By Àngel Ferrero · 22/08/2026
In his March 24 speech, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the restoration of the Auswärtiges Amt (AA) – the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany – the country’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, referred to the “strategic challenges” the AA had to face in 1951, “by no means minor.” Of the […]
Climate Geopolitics, Human Rights, and the Whitewashing of Ethnic Cleansing: Azerbaijan and the COP29
By Catalonia Global Institute · 09/11/2024
By Abel Riu and Mercè Amich With COP29 set to begin in Baku on November 11, Azerbaijan will play a key role in the annual UN-organized climate change summit as the second member in the COP Presidency Trio. This “Troika,” established last year, coordinates the efforts of three successive presidencies -the United Arab Emirates, […]