Why Does Pink Cost More? Exposing the Gender Pricing Gap
Women pay more than men for substantially similar products -clothing, cosmetics, toys, and personal care items- a practice known as the "pink tax.
Category: Economics & Finance
Socialisation of indicators or outcomes? Labour market outcomes and EMU governance through the euro area crisis and beyond
This paper assesses to what extent European Union Economic and Monetary Union governance instruments have integrated labour market outcomes since the …
Globalisation under strain: a political and economic analysis of EU governance in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has exposed vulnerabilities in the European Union’s model of economic interdependence, particularly its reliance on R…
“One Rate, Asymmetric Effects: How Sovereign Spreads Shape Monetary Policy Transmission Across the Euro Area”
The European Central Bank (ECB) sets a single interest rate for seventeen structurally distinct economies.
Collective Benefits, Local Costs: Governing Critical Raw Materials in the European Union
The EU has spent around €1.8 billion on critical raw materials since 2014, barely enough to open one and a half mines the size of Finland's Sakatti.…
Russia’s Economic Dependency System in the Caucasus: Diverging Trajectories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
With 82% of South Ossetia's budget funded by Moscow and Abkhazia structurally tied to Russian tourism and trade, this article examines how fiscal tran…
Grooming the Machine: Building EU Cognitive Resilience Against Coordinated Narrative Poisoning of LLMs
As few as 250 malicious documents can poison an LLM regardless of its size - and Kremlin-aligned networks are already exploiting this at scale. Drawin…
Beyond the European Army: How the EU Can Become NATO’s Capability Multiplier
Rather than building a European Army, the EU should become NATO's financial engine. This article proposes a triangular coordination model between NATO…
Title NATO’s Internal Turmoil and China’s Reactivation of the Polar Silk Road
While NATO fractures over Greenland, China quietly builds ports, shipping lanes, and dual-use research stations across the Arctic. This article argues…
From Fragmentation to Strategic Autonomy: A Sequential Financing Model for Europe’s Defence Industrial Base
Europe is spending more on defence — but not smartly. This article proposes a sequential financing model that connects SMEs through structured ecosy…