My new opinion piece for Moscow Times – the Shale Show continued:
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Financial Times: Slovenia faces two nerve-racking weeks
Thursday, February 28, 2013
My comment for FT’s Beyondbrics on Slovenia’s political leadership shuffle:
Luka Oreskovic, an independent political risk advisor, says Slovenia is “at a tipping point,” and the new government must move quickly, and without any mistakes.
“Either Alenka Bratusek takes things straightforward and does it right, from reforms to privatisation to the [necessary fiscal] cuts, or Slovenia will careen over the fiscal cliff and petition for a bailout in 9-12 months,” he says.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/02/28/slovenia-faces-two-nerve-racking-weeks/
If Croatia is to gain the full benefits of EU funding, it must learn lessons from other new EU member states.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
My new piece for LSE EUROPP:
This July, Croatia is set to become the EU’s newest member state. EU accession will bring with it access to structural and cohesion funding to enhance economic development. However, as Luka Oreskovic writes, there is a danger that Croatia’s government, administration, and private sectors may lack the capacity to absorb this funding, as has been the case in other new EU states in Central and Eastern Europe.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2013/01/16/croatia-eu-funding-lessons/
Shopping in Europe: Gazprom Expands Southward, Welcomed by Croatian President
Monday, February 18, 2013
My new piece for Moscow Times:
Read more:http://www.themoscowtimes.com//article/shopping-in-europe-gazprom-expands-southward-welcomed-by-croatian-president/474498.html#ixzz2MECHK5wj
The Moscow Times
Russian Railways’ Privatization Gone Off Track
Thursday, February 14, 2013
My new piece for the Moscow Times:
Russian Railways, the state-owned colossus that employs over 1.2 million workers on 85,200 kilometers of track and generates annual revenues of 1195 billion rubles, is the fourth-largest company in terms of revenues in Russia. In the privatization drive of 2012, President Vladimir Putin announced the government’s intention to sell 25 minus one percent of the company, but plans have since gone somewhat off track.
Read more:http://www.themoscowtimes.com//article/russian-railways-privatization-gone-off-track/474015.html#ixzz2MECYVXJK
The Moscow Times
World’s Longest Privatization Process: Free Housing in Russia
Sunday, February 10, 2013
My new piece on housing privatization process in Russia
The Moscow Times
London School of Economics EUROPP: Slovenia and the Euro, is the love story over?
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A piece I wrote for LSE’s European Policy and Politics:
“Slovenia became the thirteenth member of the eurozone when it adopted the single currency in 2007. As Luka Oreskovic writes, the country was initially held up as a success story of the enlargement process, but the economic situation has deteriorated significantly since the start of the financial crisis. He argues that while joining the eurozone is not entirely to blame for Slovenia’s current economic situation, it exacerbated existing structural problems and could prove to be an obstacle to reform…”
Financial Times: Slovenia must stop dragging its feet on privatisation
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A piece I wrote for the Financial Times (Emerging Markets Section – beyondbrics) on Slovenia’s laggard privatization program and how the upcoming presidential elections will affect it.
Take a look:
Guest post: Slovenia must stop dragging its feet on privatisation
By Luka Oreskovic and Sašo Stanovnik
On Sunday, Slovenians vote for a new head of state in the second round of presidential elections. Although the incumbent, Danilo Turk, seemed a certain winner before the first round in November, Borut Pahor, the former centre-left prime minister, surprised pundits and pollsters by winning 40 per cent of the vote – leaving the two to fight it out again alone.
While the president’s role is largely ceremonial, the people’s choice this time could be critical for Slovenia’s long-term development…
Selling the Georgian Dream: Ivanishvili’s Privatization Policy and Legislation
Thursday, November 22, 2012
My new Moscow Times piece on the future of privatization policy and legislation in Georgia under new leadership. President Saakashvili enacted a set of laws (e.g. Law on Economic Liberty) and put in place an aggressive privatization program that made Georgia a champion/frontline experimenter in the field globally. With new leadership, the country might take a more conservative approach. However, this might not be a bad thing.
The Moscow Times: Selling the Georgian Dream
MOSCOW: Eight years ago, an enthusiastic crowd gathered in front of the Tbilisi parliament for Mikheil Saakashvili’s presidential inauguration. “We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of,” he told them, “the Georgia that we dream of.”
Water Privatization Piece in Financial Times’ Selection
Monday, November 19, 2012
… in the Emerging Markets (beyondbrics) section: http://on.ft.com/
In the company of pieces on Nuclear Pakistan, War in Afganistan and Muslim Extremism in Zanzibar. Maybe it was a thematic selection.
