Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ As in previous industrial revolutions –bolstered by scientific discovery– bold entrepreneurs seek to influence decision-makers and shape social and legal rules to achieve the precarious assembly of raw materials, energy, labour, and … Read more
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 Commission’s mission to downgrade wolf protection Killing wolves must be made easier. That is the gist of a proposal, filed by the European Commission on 7 March 2025, to amend the appendices of the Habitats Directive. The amendment would remove the strictly protected Annex IV status which wolves currently enjoy in most Member States, … Read more
Since January 20, the news from America has been of an extravagant fervor, each morning presenting the avalanche of the previous day’s follies. The staggering spectacle offered day after day by the White House may be thrusting us a little more each day into a dystopia no one could have imagined arriving so quickly, but … Read more
President Donald Trump has set his sights on a legislative act aimed at kickstarting the U.S. semiconductor industry.The Trump administration said it wants to kill the CHIPS and Science Act, a Biden-era law that earmarked $50 billion in funding to help incentivize chipmakers to establish factories and offices in the U.S.Speaking in an address to … Read more