Issues/Economic Instability

Economic Instability

- Strategic Europe
Watch Georgia as a Localization Engine in Eurasia
- Tedo Japaridze, John C. Kornblum
- February 16, 2019
In both the Caucasus and the Western Balkans, infrastructure and logistics will supplant normative goals such as EU membership as pathways to peaceful cooperation.
- Event
Resilient Democracy in a Digital World
- Denis McDonough, Kajsa Ollongren, Matthew Travis, Thomas Rid, Suzanne Kelly
- February 12, 2019
- Washington, DC
In reaction to recent campaigns to compromise democratic elections and to influence public opinion, Western governments have taken steps to create more resilient democracies in the digital world.
- Carnegie.ru Commentary
Trading Dollars for Yuan: How Wise Is Russia’s Reserves Management?
- Anton Tabakh
- February 11, 2019
- - Русский
The greatest risk, which will grow together with funds and reserves, is that of the open or creeping politicization of investment. In other words, the state will choose to invest in “friendly” but unstable currencies, as well as to extend loans to even “friendlier” states and companies. Experience of past crises should make the responsible government agencies stay well away from such initiatives—as far as it’s politically possible.
- Article
Are Increasing Inequalities Threatening Democracy in Europe?
- Staffan Lindberg
- February 04, 2019
Has rising inequality in Europe led to the public’s declining support for democracy and its increasing attraction to nationalist-populist leaders?
- Book
Civic Activism Unleashed: New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?
- Richard Youngs
- January 31, 2019
- Oxford University Press
One of the signal events in global politics in the last decade has been the transformation of political and civic activism. Not only is the new activism qualitatively different in character from what it was in 2000; its intensity and frequency have dramatically increased.
- Op-Ed
Europe Needs to Show Britain the Door
- Judy Dempsey
- January 30, 2019
- Washington Post
It is time for Britain to leave the European Union—with or without a deal. The EU, freed from British ambivalence, would force European leaders to decide their own destiny.
- Article
Democratizing Europe’s Economy
- Niccolò Milanese
- January 24, 2019
In Europe, there is a missing link between economic governance and social issues. The EU must account for the changing nature of work and what it does to political representation.
- Strategic Europe
What Franco-German Engine?
- Judy Dempsey
- January 22, 2019
Berlin and Paris are no longer providing the leadership Europe urgently needs to adapt to global, geostrategic shifts.
- Strategic Europe
Judy Asks: Is Europe Tough Enough on China?
- Judy Dempsey
- January 17, 2019
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
- Op-Ed
Failed Deal Spells Uncertainty for Brexit and May’s Long-term Survival
- Peter Kellner
- January 16, 2019
- Axios
The recent Brexit developments plunge UK politics into crisis. While there’s a clear majority against the government’s plans, there’s no evident majority in favor of a specific alternative.

Carnegie Experts on
Economic Instability

Alexander Baunov
Senior Fellow
Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and editor in chief of Carnegie.ru.
Judy Dempsey
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Editor in chief
Strategic Europe
Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.
Rozlyn Engel
Nonresident Scholar
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), long-term economic trends shaping the global security landscape, and economic intelligence analysis.
Alexander Gabuev
Senior Fellow and Chair
Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
Moscow Center
Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Peter Kellner
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Kellner is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on Brexit, populism, and electoral democracy.
Kheder Khaddour
Nonresident Scholar
Middle East Center
Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
Andrei Kolesnikov
Senior Fellow and Chair
Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program
Moscow Center
Kolesnikov is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Stefan Lehne
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
Hamza Meddeb
Nonresident Scholar
Middle East Center
Hamza Meddeb is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on economic reform, political economy of conflicts, and border insecurity across the Middle East and North Africa.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Marc Pierini
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
Rexon Ryu
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
Maxim Samorukov
Deputy Editor of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Samorukov is deputy editor of Carnegie.ru.
Christopher Smart
Nonresident Fellow
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Christopher Smart is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the interaction of global financial markets and international economic policy.
Paul Stronski
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Sinan Ülgen
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.
Pierre Vimont
Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Vimont is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on the European Neighborhood Policy, transatlantic relations, and French foreign policy.
Jake Walles
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Youngs is an expert on the foreign policy of the European Union, in particular on questions of democracy support.