policy issues through informal groupings, bypassing the EU framework, affects the High Representative's room for maneuver. Drawing on the principal-agent model, the emergence of informal groupings is conceptualized as a manifestation of pathological delegation, which undermines High Representative's ...
3:22 p.m. link copied by the associated press ukraine’s head of the president’s office who is part of the ukrainian delegation in the us said that “security is more than just a word — without real guarantees, war will return.” “security is not just a word. it means life, a...
Pakistan also planned to send a delegation to Washington this month to try to negotiate over the 29% tariffs on its exports to the U.S., officials said. The prime minister ordered Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to assess the tariffs’ potential impact on Pakistan’s...
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The U.S. and the EU had a zero-for-zero deal on wine and spirits from 1997 to 2018, and reducing many tariffs to zero was a goal of complex negotiations for a US-Europe free-trade deal before negotiations stalled in 2016. Yet there was little indication Trump is ready to deal. The...
many decisions are made habitually, potentially overlooking key factors. As a result, even well-intentioned decisions can lead to negative consequences. Well-intentioned AI, for instance, might ponder ethical decisions extensively, yet still produce poor outcomes if a critical factor is overlooked (Ber...
It is hard to imagine that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will consider the potential start of Kyiv's EU membership talks to be compatible with his idea of a 'neutral' Ukraine. So far, there islittle evidencethat the delegations from Moscow and Kyiv, who are continuing their negotiations...
Tell us about the preparations of the VAT officials for theNATO Summitin Vilnius. We know that around 50 foreign delegations will be arriving. How many officials will be working during the meeting? Are they sufficient? What other services will contribute to the sec...
and many people had moved there because of the good jobs and the region's good facilities. The state government, led by the Social Democrats for 30 years, supported the coal industry. The prime minister was also the chairman of the lignite committee and a de facto coal lobbyist. This link...
single country can fix on its own.I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations. Here's what's happening behind closed doors and why people are concerned that COP26 might not meet its goals.What is COP26...