Gideon Rachman comments that while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's recent promise of "unlimited" purchases of sovereign bonds will help save the beleaguered euro, it will also bring increased political and economic unhappiness in Europe.

Wolfgang Münchau writes that despite isolating himself from his peers in the European Central Bank, Jens Weidmann, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, is actually winning the debate about future ECB policy.

George Soros explains the events that led to the recent bond purchase announcement by the European Central Bank solidifying its commitment to do whatever it takes to save the euro, and discusses the larger political implications this decision will have for the future of the European Union.

Experts analyze the current state of world economies.

This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

As constant threats of a European meltdown continue to impede U.S. economic growth, Obama remains fixated on their economic situation.

Robert Rubin writes that the ECB would risk losing its credibility and stoking inflation if it did not impose conditionality on its bond-buying program.

Sebastian Mallaby argues that the conditionality of the ECB plan to resume sovereign bond purchases will blunt the intervention's effectiveness.

If the eurozone splinters, it will have been an avoidable disaster.

Sebastian Mallaby examines the Spanish experience with countercyclical capital buffers to argue that even the most innovative banking regulations will never take taxpayers completely off the hook when banks go bust.

Michael Spence argues that much of the furor over austerity misses the fact that deficit reduction is only one step on the road to restoring competitiveness, employment, and growth.

Charles A. Kupchan argues that though it is not too late to save the euro, it is growing too late to save the E.U, as restoring confidence in Europe's integration will prove both more decisive and more elusive.

The EU Fiscal Compact, also known as the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, was signed on March 2, 2012 by EU member states except the UK and Czech Republic.

Martin Wolf writes that, if a eurozone breakup is too costly and greater fiscal solidarity is unattainable, faster adjustment is the only route to bring the region back to health.

The Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption was adopted on November 4, 1999 in Strasbourg, France.

Europol, the European Police Office, published the EU Organised Crime Threat Assessment: OCTA 2011 in April, 2011.

Europol, the European Police Office, released the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2011 in April 2011.

New electoral currents in Europe are threatening the German-backed fiscal responsibility pact and sparking fresh fears of debt contagion, says CFR's Sebastian Mallaby.

Martin Wolf argues that François Hollande can put the eurozone back on a path to prosperity by shifting German leaders' focus away from austerity and toward reforms coupled with symmetric adjustment of the monetary union's internal imbalances.

The Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, was adopted in Strasbourg, France on January 28, 2003.

Michael W. Hodin says the most recent crisis in the Netherlands may actualy be an opportunity for the Dutch to provide an economic model for nations to follow, where an aging population is the solution for economic growth.