The court was already gathering evidence of war crimes committed in Ukraine before the invasion and has now opened a formal investigation
Anthony Dworkin explains in his op-ed the opened investigation against Russia of the International Criminal Court
The trajectory is really worrying
Jonathan Hackenbroich on China’s use of punitive measures over the past four years and economic coercion
If you’re arguing for dialogue from a position of weakness, with the other side knowing you’re vulnerable, there’s not much incentive to go into dialogue
one should not overlook the time it will take to discuss the technical details of the regulation. These things take time
At this point, it is difficult to see what the EU can do to hit back
Jonathan Hackenbroich is cited in the Politico article, “China’s trade attack on Lithuania exposes EU’s powerlessness.”
The number one thing that should be in such an anti-coercion instrument is a mechanism to deescalate, because the EU does not want to use this offensively
Jonathan Hackenbroich is hosted by Fergus Nicoll on the BBC’s podcast World Business Report about the Commission’s anti-coercion instrument
The European Council on Foreign Relations has an excellent paper on the subject
The publication “Measured response: How to design a European instrument against economic coercion” by Jonathan Hackenbroich and Pawel Zerka is mentioned in the Financial Times
Europe’s Covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics — and the differences in each story could haunt the continent for many years to come
Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard’s latest report on Europe’s invisible divides cited in the New York Times
The situation is a huge risk for Turkey, there is no doubt. Iran will also stand to lose if the Taliban returns to its old ways and provides a safe haven for Islamist extremists
Asli Aydıntaşbaş on the inflow of refugees in Iran and Turkey after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
What we did not expect was that software developers based in democratic countries, such as Israel’s NSO, would make it easier for all kinds of regimes to demolish rights
José Ignacio Torreblanca writes about how ICT are reinforcing dictatorships and debilitating democracies around the world
