Kirsten Schmalenbach

Kirsten Schmalenbach is University Professor for Public International and European Law at Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg.

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The OSCE Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Kirsten Schmalenbach Melissa Rudigier

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is currently facing unprecedented difficulties created by one of its participating States, namely Russia. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of...

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How to End an Illegal War?

Kirsten Schmalenbach Alexander Prantl

It is a commonplace that wars are ended by peace treaties, and that is what many hope for in case of Russia’s ‘war of choice’ in Ukraine, which has been...

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Even the Eagle does not Fly Higher than the Sun

Kirsten Schmalenbach Sara Wissmann

An old Russian expression goes "Даже орел не летает выше солнца" ("Even the eagle does not fly higher than the sun"). This piece of wisdom should be kept in mind...

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Anerkennung von Regierungen nach einem Regime Change – Jüngste Entwicklungen in Afghanistan und Myanmar

Kirsten Schmalenbach

Nach erzwungenen Machtwechseln stellen sich der internationalen Gemeinschaft schwierige Fragen nach der Behandlung der neuen Repräsentanten der betroffenen Staaten. Übernehmen die neuen Machthaber den Sitz des Staates in internationalen Gremien;...