Martin Sandbu

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

"This is natural: creative destruction has few champions. But it is not wise. Europe is clearly capable of speeding up its transition to energy independence via renewables." Excellent piece by @martinsandbu.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Even allowing for large profit margins that's not bad at all.

Trump is heading for a hard reckoning over Iran It isn’t a sign of Trump Derangement Syndrome to consider the Trump administration's Iran war video obscene

An utterly brilliant article on a revolting spectacle. Do Read. @questingvole.bsky.social

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Submit your questions: How is the Iran war impacting the global economy? Take part in a live Q&A with economics leader writer Tej Parikh and European economics commentator Martin Sandbu on Wednesday March 11 at 1pm GMT

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Thanks, very encouraging. What's the rough selling price of these modular storage units?

Power prices in Europe swing wildly as Iran war stokes volatility [FREE TO READ] Prices rise almost 20-fold in a few hours as solar gives way to natural gas made scarce by war in Middle East

Well done you! Do share some links with details. Obviously nowhere near enough done across Europe generally, as link below shows. as.ft.com/r/801c7d40-f...

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

Quite. @martinsandbu.ft.com "The war on Iran has again exposed the EU’s impotence, not just over world affairs but over its own economic prospects...they risk entrenching rather than reducing the bloc’s vulnerability." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

Yet another must-read memo from purgatory by @martinsandbu.ft.com Europe’s impotence extends to energy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

Great column from @martinsandbu.ft.com on the EU's miguided turn away from an ambitious energy transition. Its main effect has been to make us weaker, more vulnerable, and ultimately less competitive. www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

De Europæiske ledere svigter i omstillingen til vedvarende energi. Det er et problem for klimaet, erhvervslivet og vores sikkerhed.

Læs @martinsandbu.ft.com analyse i @financialtimes.com

#klimahandling #dkpol #dkgreen #klimakrise

This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”

The economic question we forget to ask about AI [FREE TO READ] Forget the singularity and robot takeovers; what matters is who captures the value added

An economic question we don't ask enough about AI. as.ft.com/r/ec467fc3-b...

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

“So big is the European economy that even significantly larger Ukraine support would be a rounding error in a macroeconomic perspective.”
one of many insights from @martinsandbu.ft.com’s contribution on the economics of the war waged against #Ukraine and the #EU replacing #US support

Ukraine and the new economics of war Lessons from four years of war: it’s the economy, stupid

A new piece by @martinsandbu.ft.com

"Put all this together, and it’s not much of an exaggeration to say that Europe and #Ukraine are, economically, the much stronger side in this war. It is time to realise this, and press the victory home."

100%

a great subtitle too: "it’s the economy, stupid"

The FT's @martinsandbu.ft.com with the money shot:
2nd reason btw: "for all the White House bluster about Kyiv having to come to the table and accept a deal, the US has very little leverage left" having already withdrawn all its financial support when Trump regime MkII began. Genius negotiator

This case will be studied in universities, especially in the US. Yesterday, the US submitted an amendment to the UN General Assembly resolution on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. According to the media, they tried to remove the clause on Ukraine's territorial integrity from the text

London hellhole update

This is really excellent to see! @martinsandbu.ft.com from the @financialtimes.com recently cited a #CHIPDIPLO report by Joris Teer, Riccardo Bosticco and Antonio Calcara for a feature on Europe's tech supply chains.

Read
www.ft.com/content/b92f...

Autonomy or Indispensability? Identifying the EU's Semiconductor Lodestar - CSDS The hyper-specialised division of labour underpinning the global semiconductor value chain has produced acute vulnerabilities. China increasingly weaponises supply chains against Europe, while Preside...

Good to see our CHIPDIPLO-paper discussed in @financialtimes.com by @martinsandbu.ft.com

Our 50 workshop experts coalesced around one European semiconductor vision: “European indispensability; Allied autonomy”

Read report📕🚨:
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And FT article: www.ft.com/content/b92f...

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

Absolutely @martinsandbu.ft.com

For some reason the Europeans act like there’s a lot of time to start to do what’s necessary. I hope there is, but foolish to bet on it

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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints—
Power in the sense of having instruments of coercion is not the same as power in the sense of successfully securing one’s interests. The latter… www.ft.com/content/b92f... @martinsandbu.ft.com @financialtimes.com

This idea is gathering some support - see @martinsandbu.ft.com in the FT today www.ft.com/content/b92f...

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

Europe is better armed for geopolitical conflict than its leaders might think.

Excellent piece by @martinsandbu.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/b92f...

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

super krachtige ideeën over EU’s gebruik van macht in internationale relaties // very potential ideas about the use of power in international relations by the #EU - by @martinsandbu.ft.com
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

"Europe is better armed for geopolitical conflict than its leaders might think". @martinsandbu.ft.com makes two key points:
1) defense, or resilience, today is not enough;
2) for offence, you need political will to leverage (latent) power.

Resilience and response.

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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints

China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same:

By: @martinsandbu.ft.com

It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

Thanks to @martinsandbu.ft.com for drawing attention to it www.ft.com/content/b92f...

Soft power is hard thing to acquire, yet oh so easy to squander.
These are the new friends of the mightiest power on the planet.

Wow.