Cheap Chinese imports pose a threat to European businesses, but EU anti-dumping measures could do more harm than good, writes Enrico Vanino. President Trump’s spiralling trade war with China increasing tariffs on a wide range of Chinese goods – including everything from electric vehicles to consumer products and industrial inputs of production – might soon … 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
No historian could have watched US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month without recognising a 21st century version of the ritual public execution of a Roman gladiator. Trump gave the world a lesson in realpolitik when he told Zelensky: “You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start … Read more
Many years ago, I gave a lecture on collective security and international law at the Karazin University in Kharkiv. Among the many questions from the students, I clearly recall their concerns about what happens when international law fails, and raw power prevails, particularly if a permanent member of the UN Security Council commits an act … Read more
Three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the widespread activation of universal and other forms of extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute international crimes committed in the war calls for an evaluation. What has been achieved so far and what could be done better? Despite the stated commitment of Ukraine’s allies to complement the … Read more