Press
Weaning Europe from Russian gas
24 March 2014
The New York Times
[Building gas 'interconnecters'] is relevant in what some analysts, like Rem Korteweg of the CER, consider a possible escalation scenario: that Russia cuts supplies of gas through Ukraine but continues pumping it through its other two pipelines to the West — one through the Baltic and the other through Poland.
Obama and allies seek firm, united response as Russia grips Crimea
24 March 2014
The New York Times
A special role in the crisis has fallen to Germany, Europe's biggest economy, and to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a Russian speaker who is familiar with Mr Putin and in a stronger position at home than other leaders. "Merkel certainly gets it," said Charles Grant, director of the CER.
German AfD tries to shake off 'Tea Party' tag
24 March 2014
Deutsche Welle
Simon Tilford is [also] wary of making easy parallels. "I think it's a little unfair," he told DW. "I think there are Tea Party echoes in economic policy, but I think those echoes are actually much stronger in the CSU [Bavarian sister-party to Merkel's CDU]."
Menysprear el gas rus
23 March 2014
El Periodico Internacional
"La UE no podrà canviar la seva dependència del gas rus de la nit al dia. Tampoc és realista esperar que la UE reemplaci completament les seves importacions de gas rus, entre altres coses perquè la producció interna (sobretot al mar del Nord) s'està reduint", afirma Rem Korteweg, del CER.
Avrupa ekonomisi crizi atlatamaya çalışıyor
23 March 2014
EU Turkey News Network
"Ekonomik büyümenin yeniden başlaması ve mali pazarların durulması nedeniyle gevşeme havasına girme riski var. Avrupalı siyasetçiler euro bölgesinde ciddi kurumsal reformlar yapmadan, örneğin risk havuzu oluşturmadan da kriz batağından kurtulabileceklerini düşünebilir." [Simon Tilford].
Europe looks to US, Qatar gas to reduce reliance on Russia
21 March 2014
Voice of America
"Russia depends very heavily on the revenues from the gas that it sells to Europe. At least half of the national state budget comes from sales of hydrocarbons to Europe," said Ian Bond of the CER.
Sanctions start to hit Russia's oligarchs
21 March 2014
The Telegraph
Ian Bond said the military tie-in was mostly low-key co-operation on tactical issues. ''This is not NATO by the back door, and we are not going to see EU divisions lining up on the Russian border."
Russians stand strong against sanctions
20 March 2014
Independent European Daily Express
"The EU may be forced into a position where it has to apply broader sanctions, for example, to shut Russian banks out," said Ian Bond of the CER.
Tougher financial action could sway Putin, expert says
18 March 2014
CBS News
Ignoring sanctions against a few individuals in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin moved Tuesday to formally annex Crimea. Now Vice President Joe Biden is promising more sanctions to come.
What kind of additional financial pressure would it take to get Putin to back off? CBS...
What kind of additional financial pressure would it take to get Putin to back off? CBS...
Russia's aggression in Crimea brings NATO into renewed focus
18 March 2014
The New York Times
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the CER, said that "Putin has just given NATO something to do, but the question is whether NATO is up to it."
Everybody says Europe is too soft on Russia, which is why it might be about to get tough
17 March 2014
Quartz
"This completely phony referendum is just so absurd that it makes it more difficult for the Russians to make their case to the rest of Europe," says Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the CER.
Europe fears its dependency on Russian natural gas as US, EU sanctions near
16 March 2014
&news observer.com
"Every time you use it [gas supplies as a political weapon] you lose your reputation as a reputable supply, and long term this leads countries away from Russia," said Ian Bond.
L'arme du gaz
15 March 2014
France Culture
Rem Korteweg chercheur sur la politique étrangère et la sécurité au Centre for European Reform. Il a notamment publié en 2013, Why Europe should change its approach to Azerbaijan et Gas on troubled waters? (Listen from 25.00)
Putin's Ukraine ambition unimpeded by West as Crimea looms
14 March 2014
Bloomberg
"A lot depends on how firm the signaling is to Putin at this stage," Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the London-based CER said by phone. "There is a risk he may think he can take more bits out of Ukraine."
PM's strategy on UK's EU membership condemned to fail – Clegg
05 March 2014
The Guardian
Nick Clegg has said that David Cameron's "peculiar" plans to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum by the end of 2017 are "condemned to failure".
In a speech to the Centre for European Reform on Wednesday, in which he declared that pro-Europeans were best placed...
In a speech to the Centre for European Reform on Wednesday, in which he declared that pro-Europeans were best placed...
Украинский кризис: взгляд из Лондона
05 March 2014
Voice of America [Russia]
Иан Бонд: «Мы не вправе вторгнуться, например, в Зимбабве, поскольку ее англоязычные жители страдают от нарушений прав человека. Это было бы абсурдно! Но я боюсь, что именно эту странную логику используют в России»
Страны Запада оказывают давление на Россию, чтобы убедить ее уважать суверенитет Украины. В Вашингтоне и европейских...
Страны Запада оказывают давление на Россию, чтобы убедить ее уважать суверенитет Украины. В Вашингтоне и европейских...
Nick Clegg tells Nigel Farage to work harder in Europe
05 March 2014
BBC News
In a speech to the CER think-tank later, the deputy prime minister will launch an attack on his rival, saying: "Nigel Farage and deputy leader Paul Nuttall rarely turn up to vote in the European Parliament, despite being happy to take their taxpayer-funded salaries."
Nick Clegg to accuse Ukip leader Nigel Farage of failing to stand up for Britain
05 March 2014
The Guardian
In a speech to a pro-European think-tank, the Centre for European Reform, in London the deputy prime minister will say that Farage is happy to claim his "taxpayer-funded salary" while failing to turn up for many votes in the parliament.
PM's strategy on UK's EU membership condemned to fail – Clegg
05 March 2014
The Guardian
In a speech to the CER today, in which he declared that pro-Europeans were best placed to modernise the EU, the deputy prime minister said Cameron would only achieve a "little tweak here, a little tweak there".