The ECT’s Long Road to Modernisation

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The ECT’s Long Road to Modernisation

19.12.2024

Johannes Tropper

On 3 December 2024, the Energy Charter Conference (ECC) adopted the amendments to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). It was concluded in the 1990s mainly to protect energy investments,...

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The Conundrum of the Komstroy Declaration

27.11.2024

Kartik Sharma

The European Union (EU) appears relieved by the CJEU’s Komstroy decision, viewing it as a means to exit all pending and future intra-EU arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)....

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Die europäische Verteidigungspolitik am Scheideweg

18.11.2024

Kassandra Langguth

Der Aufstieg autoritärer, rechtsnationaler und/oder populistischer Parteien in den Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union hält schon seit mehreren Jahren an. Eine Stagnation dieser Entwicklung ist für die nahe Zukunft nicht abzusehen....

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Adding to the List

24.07.2024

Moritz Rhades

International support for Israel has been declining in light of the duration and scale of its military offensive in Gaza. Recent events have contributed to this trend, culminating in the...

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The EU’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach?

09.03.2024

Kartik Sharma

The multilateral trading system continues to be in an uncertain state due to the ongoing Appellate Body crisis. The US has been incessantly blocking new judicial appointments over systemic concerns...

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Extraordinary, Extraterritorially

13.12.2023

Moritz Rhades

It is well known that the European Union (EU) uses its economic levers to maximize pressure on the Russian Federation. In order to reach its goals, the EU not merely...

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The ICJ’s Only Friend in Ukraine v. Russia

07.10.2022

Alexander Melzer

On 18 August 2022, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’ or ‘the Court’) issued a press statement announcing that the European Union (‘EU’ or the ‘Union’) had furnished the Court...

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Digital Surveillance and cyber espionage

The dark side of digitalization

30.11.2016

Cristina Verones

It is difficult to imagine today’s world without digitalization. We are shopping online, write messages to our friends on WhatsApp, let the world know what we think about a newly...