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Who’s keeping track of Commission implementing acts?
Towards the end of the year, I explore one part of EU activity that gets easily ignored: the stunning and ambiguous number of implementing acts that the Commission has recently adopted. Continue reading
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What is the European Council’s Strategic Agenda and why should you care about it?
The European Council meeting on 14-15 December marks the midpoint of the process to develop the EU’s Strategic Agenda 2024-2029. Here I explain what this political roadmap for the EU is and why it is important. Continue reading
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What happens to unfinished legislative business after the EU elections?
With EU elections coming up soon, a key question is: What happens to legislative proposals that have not been agreed before the end of the parliamentary term? A brief answer. Continue reading
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Useful EU links
A list of links to navigate the EU Institutions. Continue reading
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Research Article Published in RIPE
My research article on WTO diplomatic practices is now available in the Review of International Political Economy (RIPE). Continue reading
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PhD done
I am very happy to announce that I (finally) submitted my dissertation at King’s College London. Continue reading
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Book Review on the “WTO Disputing Pyramid”
The World Trade Review just published my review of Marianna Karttunen’s excellent new book titled “Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements: The Real Jewel in the Crown” (Cambridge University Press, 2020). It is a great read on how… Continue reading
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Cognitive Evolution: Change, Stability, and International Orders
My review of Emanuel Adler’s fascinating book “World Ordering: A Social Theory of Cognitive Evolution” has finally been published in the International Studies Review. It’s a very innovative take on many of the questions that have occupied International Relations theory,… Continue reading
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Comparing the EU and UK Negotiation Mandates
With the publication of both the EU and the UK‘s final negotiation directives earlier this week, we now have an opportunity to compare the two starting positions and move beyond the political rhetoric. While the level of detail is not… Continue reading
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Teaching Undergraduate Seminars: 12 Pieces of Advice
Concluding my second year of teaching at King’s College London made me think about what worked well and not so well in my seminars. To make sense of the dos and don’ts of teaching and hopefully provide some useful advice… Continue reading









