The productivity gap that Central Europe can no longer ignore. For three decades, Central and Eastern Europe had a growth model that worked. Low(er) labour costs...
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Europe and Central Asia’s women are better educated than its men. Getting a decent job is another matter. In many countries across Europe and Central Asia, women...
An international investor reflects on Spain’s strategic role at the intersection of policy, capital and energy transition. As a foreign investor in the European energy...
Baltic VCs partner to fuel 100 new start-ups. Who do these kids think they are, dropping out of college, vibecoding, and starting tech companies before they’re 25...
Women remain underrepresented at all levels of the corporate ladder, particularly in senior leadership roles. A recent lawsuit, in which a former president at Insight...
A new World Bank report reveals that Eastern Europe and Central Asia is trading 45 per cent below potential. The reshoring bonanza was supposed to be Central and Eastern...
The EU economy defies gloom, but hardly inspires euphoria. For an economy that spent much of the past three years staggering from one crisis to another, Europe’s...
The strategic role of the Astana Think Tank Forum. The international system today is undergoing its most profound transformation in decades. Global politics is...
An ageing continent must find new financing models in era of digital and climate transformation. Europe’s welfare states, long the envy of the world, now face an...
Economic growth on par with the industrial revolution of the 19th century may be within reach, according to new research. Yet this technological bounty comes with...
It’s time to dust off the Danube‑Black Sea Canal and make it the continent’s greenest freight superhighway. The Danube‑Black Sea Canal is arguably Europe’s best‑kept...
Central and Eastern Europe’s waste crisis can no longer be ignored or buried. But some forward-thinking municipalities have already proven that modern waste-to-energy...
Poland has spent decades championing coal despite Europe’s increasingly urgent battle against climate change. Now, in a twist of atomic ambition, Warsaw wants to power...