After months of fretting about Donald Trump’s return to the American presidency, the US-Japan relationship appeared to get off to a good start. A successful leaders’ summit and a visit from Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth that reaffirmed the importance of Japan in deterring China left Tokyo less alarmed. But Trump’s decades-long convictions held firm: first, … Read more
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Indonesia has launched a new sovereign wealth fund with an initial US$20 billion commitment that could potentially boost its economy or falter if its management falls short of international standards. Daya Anagata Nusantara, or Danantara, launched last week by President Prabowo Subianto, will be an investment vehicle and a holding company for Indonesia’s powerful state-owned … Read more
The KlimaSeniorinnen case, decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on April 9th, 2024, marks a turning point in climate litigation and the interplay between human rights and environmental law. In its judgment, the ECtHR held that Switzerland’s failure to adopt sufficient climate measures violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human … Read more
A widely held belief in academic research is that strong wage bargaining coordination is essential for economic success in the Eurozone. Vytautas Kuokštis and Simonas Algirdas Spurga show this argument no longer holds if the economic performance of new member states is considered. An influential body of academic research argues that the structure of the … Read more