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Journal Article
Aug 7, 2024
This publication follows work done during the Tech and Narrative Lab on gaming topics related to systemic risk. It publishes a game theoretic model of debt crises.
Jul 18, 2024
This report explores the risks and rewards of granting access to belligerents during conflict through Greece in WWI and Sweden in WWII. These cases highlight the need to understand historical access decisions for future policy.
Jan 11, 2022
This report outlines existing evidence about the experiences of working parents and families in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020 and reviews the policies set out by 10 selected EU member states in response to these challenges.
Commentary
Sep 27, 2015
On regaining the mantle of prime minister, Tsipras should expect little, if any, honeymoon from the Greek electorate, as he faces not just the implementation of austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund and the EU: He must also cope with Greece's part of a European migration crisis of historic proportions.
Jun 30, 2015
The outcome of Greece's financial crisis will have broad consequences for its already-devastated economy and, to a considerable extent, for the rest of Europe. The core problem is less about economics than about politics.
Jun 21, 2015
Europeans should not rush to eject the Greeks from either the euro or the E.U. They should have the patience to let Greek politics run its course.
Aug 17, 2012
Greece is best off doing whatever it takes to remain on the rescue program prescribed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, while tackling on its own the structural constraints to growth, writes Charles Ries.
News Release
Oct 10, 2011
An evaluation by RAND Europe of the Greek research and development (R&D) system has identified opportunities to improve economic growth and social outcomes.
Report
This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to identify the scope for reform and improvement within the Greek R&D system. It is based on analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relating to the research system.
May 10, 2010
Greece's high defense spending has contributed to its economic woes. Improvement in relations with Turkey could enable Greece to cut defense spending and make it easier to rescue an economy on the brink of bankruptcy, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Charles Ries.
May 18, 2009
This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.
Jan 1, 2005
Discusses Greece's relationship with its neighbors in the Balkans, particuarly its successful diplomatic efforts to improve relations since the mid 1990s.