Katinka is an economist, political analyst and consultant. Katinka started out at the Economist Group and then, for over a decade, she helped to build a highly successful policy think-tank in London, the CER. In 2018 she moved into the private sector, to take various leading roles at Allianz group. Katinka has been a successful writer and media commentator and an advisor to several governments, the European Commission, numerous banks and business federations. She was also Strategic Adviser to the Munich Security Conference; David Rockefeller Fellow at the Trilateral Commission; a WEF Young Global Leader and a Fellow at Chatham House. She studied at the London School of Economics and LMU Munich.
On March 29th, British Prime Minister Theresa May handed over a notification of withdrawal to Brussels. This move triggered the two-year countdown for Britain’s exit from the EU.
Britain’s narrow vote for Brexit is likely to be the most consequential event in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall more than a quarter of a century ago. Immediate turmoil will be f...
Austria has unilaterally declared a quota for asylum seekers. Greece is struggling to cope with a backlog of refugees that are no longer allowed to cross into Macedonia. Temporary control...
Energy is not an everyday commodity, it is highly political. The 70% oil-price fall since mid-2014 therefore raises a host of political questions.
The European Union seems to be moving from one emergency to the next. Europe’s leaders are in crisis-fighting mode: reactive, improvising, often uncoordinated – but ultimately modestly su...
