Federico Steinberg

Dinero digital y poder: tensiones del nuevo orden monetario global El dinero digital está acelerando la fragmentación del orden monetario, catalizando las tensiones geopolíticas entre EEUU, China y la UE.

Las transformaciones que el dinero digital están por traer al orden monetario internacional no vendrán determinadas por la tecnología, sino por los modelos contradictorios de las grandes potencias.
✍️ @steinbergf.bsky.social y Carlos Sánchez Reboiro
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/din...

Europe’s best bet for financial sovereignty is a true safe asset EU-issued bonds would attract long-term capital, reduce financing costs and unlock strategic autonomy

Timely proposal by Spanish Economy @carloscuerpo.bsky.social on the need to create a european safe asset. Very well argued and explained. Take a look www.ft.com/content/f0c9...

Can Europe Sustain a New Rules‐Based Geopolitical Order? The European Union (EU) faces a unique opportunity to lead a new rules-based international order in an era of American retreat and heightened global uncertainty. Yet its path to leadership is rife wi...

Just Published. My optimistic take on the future of Europe with @katemcnamara.bsky.social at @jcms-eu.bsky.social Can Europe Sustain a New Rules‐Based Geopolitical Order? - McNamara - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How Could Europe Respond to Future U.S. Threats to Greenland? If the Trump administration returns to using threats of economic coercion to pressure Europeans over the territorial status of Greenland, the European Union has a range of economic tools at its dispos...

Europe’s response to US pressure may shift from diplomacy to economic statecraft: tariffs, investment blocks, and regulatory enforcement.

✍️ @steinbergf.bsky.social @nicholasfenton.bsky.social + Emily Benson discuss Europe's economic toolkit amid transatlantic turmoil.
www.csis.org/analysis/how...

2026 en el horizonte: una economía global que crece, pero sobre equilibrios cada vez más inestables La economía mundial afronta para 2026 un crecimiento moderado pero frágil, con fuertes divergencias entre economías emergentes y avanzadas.

La inflación, el crecimiento global o el impacto de los aranceles: así evolucionará la #economía mundial en 2026.
✍️ @judith-arnal.bsky.social y @steinbergf.bsky.social
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/202...

Unveiling the European Union’s Major Economic Security Update: Is a True Geopolitical Commission Emerging? On Dec 3, 2025, the European Union issued a more assertive update to its Economic Security Strategy focused on risk and resilience. As one of few major actors with such a strategy, it aims to cut risk...

Unveiling the EU's Major Economic Security Update: Is a True Geopolitical Commission Emerging?

@steinbergf.bsky.social and Emily Benson explore how the EU can follow through on efforts in its new Economic Security Strategy to curb dependencies and secure critical tech.
www.csis.org/analysis/unv...

Unveiling the European Union’s Major Economic Security Update: Is a True Geopolitical Commission Emerging? On Dec 3, 2025, the European Union issued a more assertive update to its Economic Security Strategy focused on risk and resilience. As one of few major actors with such a strategy, it aims to cut risk...

The EU’s new Economic Security strategy sharpens its approach to risks and strategic assets. Its success will depend on coordinated, sustained implementation.

Full analysis by @steinbergf.bsky.social and Emily Benson below.
www.csis.org/analysis/unv...

¿Hay una burbuja en la capitalización de las empresas tecnológicas estadounidenses? Los datos muestran valoraciones elevadas en las bolsas estadounidenses, especialmente en las empresas del sector tecnológico y la IA.

¿Podría la carrera por la IA estar generando una burbuja similar a la de las puntocom?
✍️ @judith-arnal.bsky.social y @steinbergf.bsky.social
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/hay...

Live Episode: Is a New Era Emerging for the Euro? | The Eurofile | CSIS Podcasts Max Bergmann is joined by Federico Steinberg and Nicolas Véron for a conversation about Europe's economic future.

NEW: a deep dive into Europe's economic future––including the Euro’s evolving international role, stable coins, the digital Euro, and Europe's path to a fiscally sustainable future.

🎙️ @steinbergf.bsky.social @veron.bsky.social @maxbergmann.bsky.social
🎧 The #Eurofile:
www.csis.org/podcasts/eur...

The Eurofile Live Podcast: is a New Era Emerging for the Euro? | CSIS Events The Eurofile LIVE: A special video podcast event exploring what's next for the European economy. Max Bergmann, Host of The Eurofile podcast, sits down with Federico Steinberg and Nicolas Véron to disc...

🚨 LIVE at 11:00am ET: Is a New Era Emerging for the Euro?

In a special video podcast episode, experts join the #Eurofile to unpack the forces shaping Europe’s economic future.
🎙️ @maxbergmann.bsky.social @steinbergf.bsky.social @veron.bsky.social
📍 Livestream link below
www.csis.org/events/eurof...

The Eurofile Live Podcast: is a New Era Emerging for the Euro? | CSIS Events The Eurofile LIVE: A special video podcast event exploring what's next for the European economy. Max Bergmann, Host of The Eurofile podcast, sits down with Federico Steinberg and Nicolas Véron to disc...

🚨 Tomorrow: Is a New Era Emerging for the Euro?

@maxbergmann.bsky.social @steinbergf.bsky.social @veron.bsky.social discuss what's next for Europe's economy––from fiscal sustainability to the Euro.
www.csis.org/events/eurof...

Mi análisis sobre dónde está la economía mundial y cuáles son los riesgos para el crecimiento

Los “nuevos reyes” y el futuro del sistema internacional La aceleración de la erosión del orden liberal internacional ha abierto un debate sobre qué tipo de sistema internacional lo reemplazará.

La comodidad de Trump con la realeza y con líderes autocráticos no es casual. ¿Se está perfilando un nuevo sistema de "nuevos reyes" en el panorama internacional?
✍️ @steinbergf.bsky.social 

Los “nuevos reyes” y el futuro del sistema internacional La aceleración de la erosión del orden liberal internacional ha abierto un debate sobre qué tipo de sistema internacional lo reemplazará.

Un nuevo sistema empieza a perfilarse ante la erosión del orden liberal internacional, uno basado en élites personalistas que opera mediante jerarquías y tributos.
✍️ @steinbergf.bsky.social 

NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries.

📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks

https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc

The unbalanced transatlantic relationship: understanding US influence in Europe This article examines US influence on Europe in the context of the geostrategic rivalry with China. We employ the wedging-binding framework and and argue that US influence in Europe does not occur ...

"The unbalanced transatlantic relationship: understanding US influence in Europe"

Jeffrey Anderson & Federico Steinberg

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @steinbergf.bsky.social

Here is the article ungatted:
on.ft.com/466wJMj

La economía mundial y la economía española ante el año 2025 La llegada de Trump a la Casa Blanca plantea incógnitas que podrán moldear las prospectivas de la economía mundial en 2025.

⭐️#LomásLeído del año en nuestra web
3️⃣La economía mundial y la economía española ante el año 2025
✍️@steinbergf.bsky.social @judith-arnal.bsky.social @enriquefeas.bsky.social @miotei.bsky.social

Is U.S. Trade Policy Driving Partners Closer to China? CSIS's Phil Luck unpacks the latest round of tariffs from the Trump administration and presents CSIS projections on the economic impacts of these tariffs. He...

CSIS's @philuck.bsky.social unpacks the latest round of tariffs from the Trump administration and presents projections on their economic impacts. He also shows how China has become an increasingly important part of the world value chain over the past several decades.

Watch here: cs.is/3HktOpI

The U.S.-EU Trade Deal: Geopolitical Victory and Economic Uncertainty for the United States The latest U.S.-EU trade deal gives Washington a geopolitical win—including steep tariffs and key concessions—while Europe bears the economic costs of a weak response. In reality, this muted strategy ...

🤝 How did the new EU-US trade deal shake out for Brussels? According to @steinbergf.bsky.social, the answer depends on your lens—economic or geopolitical.

Read more insight into how Europe shielded itself from significant economic pain––and at what cost––below:
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...

Trump ‘hackea’ el sistema económico internacional. Mi análisis en @elpais.com @rielcano.bsky.social

The U.S.-EU Trade Deal: Geopolitical Victory and Economic Uncertainty for the United States The latest U.S.-EU trade deal gives Washington a geopolitical win—including steep tariffs and key concessions—while Europe bears the economic costs of a weak response. In reality, this muted strategy ...

NEW: Washington scored a geopolitical victory. Brussels had to choose between bad and worse.

💡 @steinbergf.bsky.social breaks down the top-line outcomes of Sunday's US-EU trade deal—and why its geopolitical & economic implications don't align. Full commentary below.
www.csis.org/analysis/us-...

Acuerdo comercial entre la UE y EEUU: cuando la lógica económica choca con la geopolítica El acuerdo entre EEUU y la UE alivia la tensión comercial y ofrece a Europa oportunidad para avanzar hacia una autonomía estratégica real.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Desde el punto de vista económico, Europa ha seguido el manual: no responder a aranceles con aranceles. Pero ¿cuál es el coste político?
✍️ @steinbergf.bsky.social‬

Sander Tordoir

Big news!

Sander Tordoir has joined EREP as a non-resident senior associate. His expertise on European economies, the Eurozone, trade, industrial policy, and more will be an invaluable addition to our work.

Welcome to the team, @sandertordoir.bsky.social !
www.csis.org/people/sande...

This is an excellent piece for academics and grad students. Read it carefully and apply its lessons

Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own

Most literature reviews miss the point.

Not because they’re sloppy.

But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.

In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...

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Las medidas proteccionistas y arancelarias de Trump agitan con fuerza los mercados financieros internacionales. Ante esta situación, Europa tiene que reforzar su integración fiscal, monetaria y política.
✍️ @miotei.bsky.social y @steinbergf.bsky.social
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/eur...

The G7 Summit and Reforming the G7 The G7 is meeting in Canada on June 15-17. The world needs an effective governance institution, and to serve that purpose the G7 needs to broaden its scope, ...

"... increasingly people are looking to the G7 to play some sort of role." CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department President Victor Cha discusses the upcoming G7 Summit and necessary reforms for the G7 to serve as an effective governance institution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkx-...

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Una historia de éxito con asignaturas pendientes Por una parte, 1986 marcaba un punto de llegada. Aunque la apertura económica de España había empezado con el Plan de Estabilización de 1959 y la transición a la democracia...

Una historia de éxito con asignaturas pendientes. Mi evaluación de los 40 años de España en la Unión Europea en Expansion
www.expansion.com/economia/202...