EU anti-money laundering and tax transparency directives mandate centralised financial registries. NIS2 was meant to protect critical infrastructure. Neither clearly secures
the databases that the first created. [...]
EU anti-money laundering and tax transparency directives mandate centralised financial registries. NIS2 was meant to protect critical infrastructure. Neither clearly secures
the databases that the first created. [...]
Georgia’s police reform has long been held up as a rare success story in the former Soviet Union, a seemingly model case in which corruption was not merely reduced but rapidly
dismantled. Within a few years after the 2003 Rose Revolution that prompted President Eduard Shevardnadze to resign over allegations of election fraud, bribery largely [...]
On Sunday, President Donald Trump renewed his threat of massive attacks on Iran. Claiming “We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL,” he warned that if they don’t
take it, “the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. [...]
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In 2022, Moldova launched an ambitious judicial vetting process to fight corruption in the justice system. To that end, it created special commissions tasked with reviewing
the integrity of members of judicial self-governing bodies, as well as senior judges and prosecutors. [...]
On 12 March 2026, Korea’s new crime of “legal distortion” (법왜곡죄) took effect. Judges and prosecutors who intentionally misapply the law to benefit or harm another
person now face up to ten years’ imprisonment and suspension of their professional qualifications. [...]
Barbara Zeller argued on this blog that the way of re-liberalizing the Hungarian democracy is disobeying its Fundamental Law. She finds constitutional disobedience not only
justified, but even legally required. I disagree. Disobeying the Constitution is neither politically opportune nor legally permissible. [...]
On Stratified Topologies of Urban Passing 1 April 2024, London. Written while shifting from one transient stay to another, sixteen […] The post Everywhere is a Border, Everywhere
a Wall appeared first on Allegra Lab. [...]
CLC2026 invites stream proposals exploring the theme of PROTOCOLS, via three distinct modes, each with its own dedicated call (below) – WORKS OF TEXT, PERFORMING BODIES and PROOF
OF CONCEPT. For logistical reasons, we ask that each session is defined as a particular mode, though streams can incorporate sessions in multiple modes. [...]