U.S. export controls are evolving from a narrow national security tool to a broader trade policy instrument, reflecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness to blend
economic and national security negotiations and such controls’ growing impact on economic growth, technological leadership, and geopolitical influence.Trade policy [...]
In the recent cases challenging the federalization and deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has repeatedly
argued that the courts should defer to the president’s determination that protests against ICE activity in those cities has rendered the government “unable with [...]
President Donald Trump has made suppressing speech he doesn’t like a governing priority. From his first days back in office he cast dissent as disloyalty, promising “retribution”
against anyone who criticized, investigated, or resisted him. He then translated that promise into action through regulatory proceedings, lawsuits, clearance revocations, [...]
Was haben Christine de Pizan, Elisabeth von der Pfalz und Audre Lorde gemeinsam? Sie sind bedeutende, inspirierende Philosophinnen – und doch finden ihre Texte bislang kaum
Eingang in die Lehre im Bereich der Philosophie und Politischen Theorie. Diese wird noch immer von einem überwiegend männlichen Kanon geprägt. [...]
Exxon, as well as many other fossil fuel producers, knew about the dangers of human-caused global warming and that their products were responsible since at least the 1970s.
Instead of working to prevent harm, the fossil fuel industry worked alongside trade associations, public relations firms, and “merchants of doubt” to deny the [...]
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Die Reihe „Die Zukunft der Gender Studies“ lädt am 30.10.2025 um 18.00 Uhr zur Auftaktveranstaltung „The Universities are the Enemy: From Gender Ideology to Critical
Race Theory and Antisemitism“ mit Éric Fassin (Université Paris 8) an der FU Berlin ein. [...]
6 October 2020 marked an important milestone for academic freedom protection in the EU. On this day, the European Court of Justice delivered its judgment in the so-called Lex
CEU case (C‑66/18), the only case to date to discuss academic freedom. Arising from infringement proceedings against Hungary over its new higher education law, [...]
The old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is prevailing in 2025 Berlin foreign policy circles, where an antagonistic history with leading Republicans is making
way for a shared disdain of the Trump administration. The US architects of the 2003 Iraq War and “war on terror” under President George W. [...]
The revelation that Hungarian intelligence officers allegedly operated within EU institutional premises under the watch of the current EU Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, who
at the time served as Hungary’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, poses an unprecedented challenge to the Union’s constitutional framework. [...]
