This paper will put forward a number of economic considerations raised by the Russia-Ukraine conflict with the external strong participation, on the side of the latter, of the United States and its NATO allies. We begin with some observations regarding the United States, followed by the...

This essay deals with the EMS experience and its failure, with the Maastricht Treaty, and with the interregnum leading to the formation of the EMU in 1999. The paper highlights the position of German authorities, showing that they were quite lucid about the fundamental weaknesses inherent in a...

This essay studies the impact of China?s economic development on the Brazilian economy, starting from the compromise on income distribution of the Lula presidency aimed at fiscal orthodoxy while attempting to revamp the growth of the domestic market. The sectoral consistency of Brazil?s...