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Export Controls, Import Restrictions and Sanctions: From Free Trade to Controlled Trade?
- Analysis
- December 18, 2023
Trade policy used to be about bringing down market access barriers so that goods, services, and ideas could move freely. In that world, the market determined the flows of trade. But, as a Washington Post editorial recently put it, that “era of unfettered free trade is over.” From Washington to Brussels to Ottawa, policymakers are taking a closer look
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2023: Public Voting Now Open
- CIPS
- December 5, 2023
It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the very best blog written by the CIPS community for the previous academic year. This is the fourth year that we will be giving out the award. The previous winners of the award
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Make COPs Sane Again: Towards a More Climate-Conscious Climate Conference
- Analysis
- December 5, 2023
As nearly 100,000 delegates descend upon Dubai for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP), a fundamental question arises: What is a COP for? Here I argue that – while some good things are indeed still happening at this year’s COP (the 28th such meeting) – the event itself
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Addressing Errors and Inconsistencies in Russia-Related Sanctions Declarations
- Analysis
- December 4, 2023
Western countries have repeatedly deployed sanctions against Russia, targeting its activities and seeking to punish individuals and organisations. However, profiles of key security actors reveal three recurring issues with sanctions declarations: basic factual errors; the neglect of key actors; and a failure by Western countries to coordinate. Addressing these issues is relatively easy and would
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