New paper with Stefan Renckens in @ripejournal.bsky.social!
Sustainable finance standards are often accused of being highly fragmented.
We built an original dataset of 111 Sustainable Finance Governance Initiatives (SFGIs), covering 2000-2020, to see for ourselves. The result? It's complicated.
Grundsätzlich hat er recht: Im Umgang mit Trumps USA stehen Europaer vor einem kollektiven Handlungsproblem. Allerdings übersieht der Artikel, welche Folgen verschiedene Handlungsoptionen auf den Krieg in der Ukraine haben. Man bewegt sich hier in 'nested games'.
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/trum...
Pedro Sánchez responded to Trump’s threat to cut off all trade with Spain over his government’s refusal to facilitate the US’s attacks against Iran, comparing the growing conflict in the Middle East to playing “Russian roulette with the destiny of millions”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
On Iran, Merz offers a set of unsubstantiated claims. What he says about international law is inconsistent.
Pedro Sanchez is showing real leadership here.
youtu.be/6nhqSqDfeBY?...
It's well known that autocratic systems of governance can move rapidly, either toward beneficial outcomes or toward disaster, without the mediating effects of public debate or the need to justify actions. If Trump’s domestic agenda progresses, its consequences for world politics can't be overstated.
Trumpist Ezra Cohen hat sich heute morgen in einem Interview mit BBC Radio 4 auf BK Merz berufen, um voelkerrechtliche Einwaende gegen das Handeln der USA zu entkraeften.
In einer sich wandelnden Welt die Nähe zu Trump & Co. zu suchen, birgt große strategische Risiken & gefaehrdet dt. Reputation.
Looking forward to reading this: "Legitimation Strategies of Transnational Private Institutions: Evidence From the International Organization for Standardization" by Solveig Bjørkholt 👇
'Carney posited the choice thus: “Compete with each other for favor, or combine to create a third path with impact.”'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
So despite the EU saying they don't agree with the premise of the Board of Peace, a majority of EU member states will be represented tomorrow (14) + the EU itself
Very strange way to show that you disagree with something
And with @benjaminfaude.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) on the key role of other Western powers' response to #Trump to avoid that the rules-based order gives way to a power-based order in Global Public Policy and Governance #GPPG: doi.org/10.1007/s435...
A key contribution that is particularly admirable in its clarity.
Waehrend Mark Carneys Rede die Welt veraendert hat, verlaeuft die Rede von Friedrich Merz im Sand.
Es sollte eine Grundsatzrede sein. Es war eine Abarbeitung von Spiegelstrichen. Es fehlt eine Leitidee, ein klarer Kompass.
Die Rede spricht von einer neuen Aera, denkt aber in alten Kategorien.
"In the absence of the most desirable outcome that I and the Labour commission support – the replacement of the Lords by an elected second chamber – we need immediate action to exclude lobbyists and to mandate rigorous standards of disclosure."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Imagine a new multipolar order where the dollar is the sole remaining vestige of US hegemony, continuing on like the light from a long-dead star ...
"About 6.8 million people – half of all those in poverty – were in very deep poverty, the highest number and proportion since records began three decades ago, said the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), which carried out the analysis."
According to a usually well-informed source, Mark Carney personally wrote the entire speech he delivered in Davos earlier this week. Impressive. Gives hope.
"The real question now is whether the 2020s will be defined by the complete collapse of the order’s already crumbling pillars and the atrocities accompanying it, or whether an international coalition of the willing can come together to build a new global framework in its place."
Hervorragendes Gespraech. Absolut hoerenswert.
Grosses Kompliment an beide Gespraechsteilnehmer!
Boeckenfoerde praegte einst das Diktum, der freiheitliche, säkulare Staat lebe von Voraussetzungen, die er selbst nicht garantieren kann. Dasselbe trifft auf das internationale Recht zu. Und genau deshalb ist es entscheidend, wie Staatenlenker auf eindeutige Brueche internationalen Rechts reagieren.
“We must be clear and agreed that a world without effective institutions is unlikely to be stable.”
Looking forward to sharing insights from my new book Narco-Democratization at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law seminar series on 10 February: cisrul.blog/event/dr-all...
Was sich momentan in der Politik abspielt, erinnert immer stärker an eine von Olli Dittrich erschaffene Persiflage.
• Why #Europe is central for the future of int’ law (with @benjaminfaude.bsky.social in #GPPG): doi.org/10.1007/s435...
It's great to see the BR tapping into Tim's unmatched expertise on this crucial topic.
* resilience paper
