China is very likely to increase its engagement and investments in Russia’s energy sector. The foundations for this have been laid in recent years, analyzes Wan-Hsin Liu, Senior Researcher at the Kiel Institute.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 162: The author shows that the US as the world’s largest investor abroad so far shuns the most dynamic host region East Asia including China and instead continues to focus on investment in Europe.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 160: Against the backdrop of the economic theory of federalism, the author examines whether decentralized powers in infection control at the state level are less efficient than centralized powers at the federal level.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 159: Although bilateral development cooperation officially ended in 2009, China is still the third largest recipient of Germany's official development assistance, a fact that often causes frequent public confusion.

In tandem with the current climate talks in Glasgow (COP26), Aoife Hanley and her co-author Limin DU (Zheijiang University, China) draw  on their r

Kiel Policy Brief No. 150: The authors argue why positions of the entire current account—and not just goods trade accounts—are best suited to describe economic ties between countries.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 151: The EU steps up its efforts to curb its territorial CO2-emissions.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 87: Germany is chairing the G7 this year and has prioritized global health as one of the key issues on the G7 agenda.