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Regulating the world through law and justice is an old idea, but one that has run up against many difficulties. One growing phenomenon is the extraterritoriality of national legislation.

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Turkey-China Relations: Ambitions and Limits of the Economic Cooperation

Date de publication
05 October 2020
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At first glance, China and Turkey have many interests to cooperate. The deployment of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Turkey's colossal investment and financing needs, as well as President Erdogan's mistrust of the West, appear as many converging interests. Yet economic cooperation between the two countries is struggling to achieve its full potential. Political differences persist, particularly the question of the Uyghurs.

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The Aborted Mobilisation of Jordan's Retired Servicemen

Date de publication
21 February 2020
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In the last decade, Jordan has been facing a resurgence in public discontent against harsh living conditions and the corruption of the regime. 

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Sanctions and the End of Trans-Atlanticism. Iran, Russia, and the Unintended Division of the West

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23 January 2020
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Sanctions have become the dominant tool of statecraft of the United States and other Western states, especially the European Union, since the end of the Cold War.

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Law: An Economic and Geopolitical Weapon of the United States

Date de publication
10 December 2019
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From the 2000s, the United States has developed an extraterritorial legal policy that began with fighting corruption but has since broadened considerably.

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A World of Law? / France and Germany: What's Behind the Mask

Date de publication
10 December 2019
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What is the role of law in international relations today that increasingly seem to favour assertions of power?

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The Sanctions Policy of the European Union: Multilateral Ambitions Versus Power Politics

Date de publication
03 October 2019
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Restrictive measures are a major instrument of the European Union (EU)’s external action, which has emerged as one of the world’s leading sanctions emitters. The EU has thus leveraged the size of its market and its economic and financial clout (trade relations, aid policy and bilateral agreements).

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Beyond Putin: Russia’s Generations Y and Z

Date de publication
20 March 2019
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Of Russia’s 146 million citizens (if we include those in Crimea), 63 million—or 43 percent—are under 34 years of age. Of these, 30 million belong to Generation Y (millennials in their 20s and early 30s), 15 million belong to Gen Z (teenagers), and a further 18 million are part of the youngest generation (less than 10 years of age).

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Political Values in Europe-China Relations

Date de publication
06 December 2018
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What role do political values play in Europe-China relations 70 years after the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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The US Oil Embargo on Iran: A New Oil Shock?

Date de publication
17 October 2018
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The 14 July 2015 Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear activities (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – JCPoA) was a game changer on the geopolitics in the Middle East and for the oil market. The oil sanctions were lifted and Iran increased significantly its production and exports. On 8 May 2018, President Trump announced that the United Stated (US) would withdraw from the agreement. Financial sanctions were reintroduced. From 5 November 2018 onwards, further sanctions will be re-imposed more specifically on petroleum related transactions, including the purchase of petroleum, petroleum products and petrochemical products. What could be the impact of this new embargo? Is there a risk of a new oil supply and price shock?

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Questions of Fact: India’s Aadhaar Matter and the Limits of the Supreme Court

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04 October 2018
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In September 2018, the Supreme Court of India rendered its verdict in a landmark case with major implications for the Aadhaar biometric identification project as well as the application of right to privacy in India, but the Aadhaar Matter raises important questions about the shortcomings of the Supreme Court’s practice of judicial review.

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