Judge orders Trump administration to resume foreign aid spending – Go Health Pro

Judge orders Trump administration to resume foreign aid spending – Go Health Pro

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday, February 13 to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down US aid and development work worldwide, citing the sweeping damage that the sudden shutdown has done to nonprofits and other organizations that help carry out US assistance overseas. The court ruling was the … Read more

Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle. A note on recognition v enforcement and on the near inevitable need to seek the former in case of foreign act of state. – Go Health Pro

Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle. A note on recognition v enforcement and on the near inevitable need to seek the former in case of foreign act of state. – Go Health Pro

Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 is an interesting case highlighting the difference between recognition and enforcement, and the circumstances in which one may not need formal recognition of a foreign court’s finding, in order effectively to enforce that finding.  Can a bankruptcy petition be presented when payment ordered by foreign Court has … Read more

The annulment of Romania’s presidential election reflects both foreign meddling and domestic failures – Go Health Pro

The annulment of Romania’s presidential election reflects both foreign meddling and domestic failures – Go Health Pro

On 6 December, Romania’s constitutional court annulled the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election. Alexandru Damian writes the decision will have profound consequences for Romanian politics and public trust. The unprecedented annulment of Romania’s presidential election, decided while the diaspora was voting for the second round and just two days before polling … Read more

Indonesia’s new president heads to China for first foreign trip in office – Go Health Pro

Indonesia’s new president heads to China for first foreign trip in office – Go Health Pro

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prabowo Subianto is kicking off his first foreign tour as Indonesia’s president with a visit to top trading partner China, underscoring Beijing’s importance to south-east Asia’s largest economy. Prabowo, who took office three weeks ago, … Read more

Why there is no “populist” foreign policy – Go Health Pro

The annulment of Romania’s presidential election reflects both foreign meddling and domestic failures – Go Health Pro

Empirical analyses show that beyond a critique of elites and the demand to restore an allegedly lost popular sovereignty, “populists” have very little in common. Emmy Eklundh, Frank A. Stengel and Thorsten Wojczewski argue that we can only make sense of this if we understand populism not as an ideology with a fixed essence but … Read more

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