Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
No-deal Brexit may be the only way out for Boris Johnson
A chaotic divorce at the end of October looks more likely than ever …read more Source:: European Policy...
Лицо арбитража на Санкт-Петербургском форуме 2019
Одной из секций Санкт-Петербургского международного юридического форума закономерно стала секция по вопросам арбитража. “Лицо арбитража – его арбитры: факторы, влияющие на выбор арбитра», так звучно назвали эту секцию ее организаторы – Российский арбитражный центр при Российском институте современного арбитража. Из всех площадок, что...
A more streamlined Commission structure
Ensuring that the Commission maintains its ability to make decisions …read more Source:: European Policy...
Laying the foundations for a successful Commission presidency
Laying the foundations for a successful Commission presidency …read more Source:: European Policy...
The Erbil Shooting: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Policy
On July 17, a Turkish official and two local civilians were killed by gunmen at a restaurant in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil. Contacts in Iraq suggest the attack was carried out by members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the designated terrorist group that has waged intermittent warfare against the Turkish government for decades. If...
Lehmann timber case revisited: pirates, maritime lien, and legal costs
Finnish courts recently examined a case which has a bearing to English, Russian maritime and other laws. According to my information, the case has been known to Russian marine insurance circles for years. The outcome of the case now depends essentially on the Finnish courts. The parties provided jurisdiction to them to determine whether the […]...
Financing social investment for an economy of well-being: Moving from good practices to a paradigm shift
The next EU budget offers a unique opportunity for the EU to create a paradigm shift in the financing of social investment and address current market failures in the social sector through the deployment of financial instruments. …read more Source:: European Policy...
15th Annual General Meeting of IDDRTG
BICC is currently supporting the revision of the United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS). The IDDRS was published by the UN Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR (IAWG) in 2006. In the same year, the Integrated DDR Training Group (IDDRTG) was launched to build and strengthen DDR training and education...
Iraqi Kurdistan’s New Government
On July 10, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s parliament voted in a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, eldest son of former president Masoud Barzani. Masrour succeeds his cousin Nechirvan Barzani, the long-serving KRG premier who was sworn in last month as president. The cabinet now comprises twenty-one ministers,...
New publication Continuation of political conflicts or a new beginning? Turkish refugees in North Rhine-Westphalia
Since the failed coup attempt by parts of the Turkish military against President Erdogan in summer 2016, the Turkish government has suspended more than 100,000 civil servants on the pretext of having planned a coup. For fear of persecution and arbitrary imprisonment, about 21,000 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany since then....