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I write The Continental Brief to understand Europe beyond daily headlines. My lenses are political economy, climate transition and power. I connects long-term structures with today’s political choices to understand the stakes of our democratic future: shehuandi.substack.com

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1/ THE PERFORMACE OF CONTROL An Italian guard at the Gjadër migrant camp in Albania, asked if he gets bored guarding empty cells "There's nothing to do. But we have to stay, because we were asked to." The EU just made this camp the model for its strictest-ever migration law.
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2/ The pilot the law is built on: 111 people processed in nine months. €72,461 per bed. Staff paid per migrant, sent home for lack of migrants. It failed at the stated goal but it succeeded at the real one: the performance of control.
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3/ Europe adopted the model in the same season it watched ICE's death toll grow in America. It did so with the far right's votes, and the liberals centre called the process "inclusive". Full story: shehuandi.substack.com/p/the…

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Eine hervorragende Einordnung zu Karim Khan, dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (ICC) und dem internationalen Haftbefehl gegen den israelischen Premierminister Netanjahu wegen Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit.
Did they kill the case against Netanyahu at the ICC? Ask anyone cheering today one question: are they glad a court held its own chief to account or glad because they think the case against Netanyahu died with the man? Only one of those happened.
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Did they kill the case against Netanyahu at the ICC? Ask anyone cheering today one question: are they glad a court held its own chief to account or glad because they think the case against Netanyahu died with the man? Only one of those happened.
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Rama says that if it were not Jared Kushner, Albanians would not care. I think the opposite is true. Kushner is the reason the world is looking, but he is not the reason Albanians are angry. 1/2
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Albania has loved America for more than one historical reason, from Wilson to Kosovo. That is why what's happening is much more interesting than anti-Americanism. It is Albania learning that openness and surrender are not the same thing. It is Albania learning to say no. 2/2
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Link to the full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shehua… Summary 👇
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1/8 Russian frozen assets: Belgium did not volunteer to become the keeper of Europe’s most dangerous liability. That is the part of the frozen Russian assets debate that keeps getting confused.
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7/8 The alternative is a joint guarantee so Belgium is not left alone; a separate vehicle so Euroclear is not the battlefield; a decision that the risk belongs to the Union.
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8/8 Until then, the money stays where it is: frozen for Ukraine in official language, frozen from Ukraine in practice. Full article: open.substack.com/pub/shehua…

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The leadership of the country that just killed the leaders of another country weeks ago tells us that political violence is not the answer.
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Otherwise it's perfectly fine...
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I'm Jewish. I condemn genocide. I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide. The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
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The @spdde will support this as well, right?
Over 1M people already signed the petition to suspend the 🇪🇺–🇮🇱 Association Agreement over Israel's human rights violations. Help us reach 1.5M! We’ve been calling for this since May last year: it’s long overdue for EU member states to act. Sign it here:eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/…
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