The Dollar is No Longer the Mighty Reserve Currency
08.08.2025
This blog explores the complexities of the post-1971 dollar-based monetary system, a framework that has underpinned decades of American economic pre-eminence. However, as U.S. debt levels approach unsustainable thresholds, there...
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“What’s in a Name?”
07.08.2025
On January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness”, which mandated inter alia the renaming of the U.S. continental shelf area...
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From Mare Liberum to Make America Great Again
21.07.2025
In April 2025, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources, instructing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to fast-track licenses for seabed...
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The Long Road to Exploit Deep Sea Minerals
14.07.2025
Niels-Juergen Seeberg-Elverfeldt
Andreas Kaede
The Rules to exploit minerals from the deep seabed outside national jurisdiction are currently drafted under the auspices of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). There is, however, continuous disagreement between...
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Donald Trump und das Doppelte Kredibilitätsproblem
02.07.2025
Schon vor einigen Jahren bezeichnete Stefan Talmon Donald Trump als „Totengräber des Völkerrechts“. Was sich in Trumps erster Amtszeit andeutete, transformiert sich in den ersten Monaten seiner zweiten Amtszeit in...
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From Humiliation to Historic Partnership?
17.06.2025
After the highly publicized fallout between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States at the White House in March 2025, both leaders have now reconciled. By the end of...
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Accord Explained
29.05.2025
The global reserve currency is weakening, US stock prices have fallen dramatically, and global growth is slowing significantly. The reason for this is the new US trade strategy: imposing high...
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Trump’s Tariff Plan
21.05.2025
Poorva Sharma
Vasujit Dubey
In February 2025, US President Donald Trump announced the Fair and Reciprocal Trade Plan (hereinafter ‘F&RP’), a comprehensive overhaul of US trade policy aimed at ‘rebalancing’ what he views as...
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A Silver Lining of the US Election?
09.11.2024
So Trump won. Pollsters predicted 50:50 chances for both candidates just before the election (see e.g. here and here). But it was not to be: Donald Trump won in a...
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America Reimagined
04.11.2024
Frederike Kanschat
Gordon Friedrichs
Traditionally viewed as a leader in upholding a rules-based international order, the U.S. saw its global role fundamentally challenged during Donald Trump’s first presidency. Trump's "America First" approach disrupted international...
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Certain Iranian (Frozen) Assets
17.04.2023
Mit seinem jüngsten Urteil im Streit zwischen dem Iran und den USA hat der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) dem Iran unter Heranziehung einer widersprüchlichen Maßstabsbildung den Zugang zu eingefrorenen Zentralbank-Vermögen versperrt....
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