Tag: International Agreements
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In the Year of Anniversary
20 years after the EU’s historic expansion, discussions over Ukraine’s accession emerge. Will this enhance security or escalate tensions?
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The Effect of Double Tax Treaties On Foreign Relations
Double Tax Treaties influence the participating states’ tax revenue. In the past, they have been accompanying the rise and fall of diplomatic contact. The article highlights the role of such treaties as a bargaining chip, even in times in which the international tax regime moves away from influential countries to influential international institutions.
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The Possible EU-Enlargement to Ukraine
In this briefing, we look at the question of EU -Enlargement to Ukraine and check if Kyiv fulfills the Copenhagen Criteria.
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China’s Approach to the New War in the Middle East
China’s current Gaza policy might be helping its stakeholders to criticise the USA but in the long term, it can lead to self-damage.
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Milei’s Argentinia
Amid Argentina’s economic turbulence and political discontent, the election of Javier Milei sparked both hope and scepticism.
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Unraveling Order
Global economic regime is fragmenting and is being securitised. This brings new risks and opportunities for all state actors to challenge and redistribute the status quo to their advantages.
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The Red Rulebook
African states increasingly reorient their foreign policy strategy away from the West – and this is no surprise. How should the West react?
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Agreeing to Disagree
Europe faces a dilemma on Taiwan, torn between US pressure and China’s trade benefits. With no clear stance, internal divisions persist.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia, signed in the German cities of Münster and Osnabrück, ended the 30-Year War. Some scholars have argued that the treaty established the principles of legal equality and states having exclusive sovereignty over their territories. However, critics have doubted whether these principles were ever widely accepted and whether they originated from the…
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Treaty of Tordesillas
After Columbus discovered America in 1492, tensions arose between Spain and Portugal over the possession of new territories. To avoid war, Pope Alexander VI mediated between the powers, leading to the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas. The Treaty vaguely established a meridian off the coast of the Cape Verde Islands. Territories West of the meridian belonged…