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Did political science get Central and Eastern Europe wrong? – Go Health Pro

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Did political science get Central and Eastern Europe wrong? – Go Health Pro

Prior to the 2004 EU enlargement, there was widespread optimism about the democratic prospects of Central and Eastern Europe. James Dawson, Lise Herman and Aurelia Ananda examine how this optimism emerged from political science literature and what the real-world effects were on Central and Eastern European democracies. In 2003, Andrew Moravcsik and Milada Anna Vachudova … Read more

The myth of Eastern European illiberalism – Go Health Pro

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Did political science get Central and Eastern Europe wrong? – Go Health Pro

Illiberalism was once wrongly perceived to be specific to Eastern European politics, writes Ivan Kalmar. It is now clearer than ever that both East and West are being swept up in the same illiberal wave. My book, White But Not Quite: Central Europe’s Illiberal Revolt, was published less than three years ago, yet the world … Read more

Three Legal Issues on First Reading of Resolution 2773 (2025) on Eastern DRC – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Three Legal Issues on First Reading of Resolution 2773 (2025) on Eastern DRC – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Introduction

In this post, I explore three legal issues pertaining to Resolution 2773 (2025), adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 21 February 2025 in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This resolution addresses the ongoing offensive of the armed group M23 in the DRC, which started in January 2025 and is characterised by credible reports of atrocities against civilians and attacks against peacekeepers. First, I analyse the legal value of this resolution and its capacity to provide binding rules. Second, I question which conclusions on the involvement of Rwanda as an occupying power in the DRC can be drawn from this resolution. Finally, I offer some critical views on the frequent mention of attacks against peacekeepers in the resolution.

The Legal Value of Resolution 2773 (2025)

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The Janus-faced geopolitics of the EU’s eastern enlargement – Go Health Pro

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Did political science get Central and Eastern Europe wrong? – Go Health Pro

Teona Giuashvili asks whether the EU’s enlargement process could be derailed by the same geopolitical forces that revived it in 2022 and calls for strong security commitments to Ukraine and other candidate countries. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 induced a major discontinuity in the EU’s foreign and security policy. It put an … Read more

Power Company to Pay $61M Over Emissions Violations at Eastern Missouri Plant – Go Health Pro

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Power Company to Pay M Over Emissions Violations at Eastern Missouri Plant – Go Health Pro

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order on Dec. 17 requiring Ameren Missouri to spend $61 million on projects intended to mitigate violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), including 14 years of unpermitted excess emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). This order resolves years-long litigation between the parties. … Read more