Mona Paulsen
@monapaulsen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Economic Law, LSE Law School. Specialisation in international trade law and economic security, in addition to research and teaching interests in international investment law, international development, and IPE.
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Mona Paulsen
@monapaulsen.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Happy to share my publication, The Past, Present, and Potential of Economic Security, in 50 Yale Journal of International Law 222 (Summer 2025), now available on Hein Online (DM if you cannot access through your local libraries). My thanks to the student editors who worked hard on this publication.
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IMF discussing electricity tariffs revisions with Pakistan reut.rs/4bUNhu5
IMF discussing electricity tariffs revisions with Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund is discussing proposed electricity tariff revisions with Pakistan authorities, the fund said in a statement to Reuters on Saturday, adding that the burden of the revisions should not fall on middle‑ or lower‑income households.
"The ongoing discussions with the authorities will assess whether the proposed tariff revisions are consistent with these commitments and evaluate their potential impact on macroeconomic stability, including inflation," it said in its statement.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
IMF discussing electricity tariffs revisions with Pakistan reut.rs/4bUNhu5
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China to implement zero tariffs on imports from 53 African countries
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/belt-and-road/china-to-implement-zero-tariffs-on-imports-from-53-african-countries
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/belt-and-road/china-to-implement-zero-tariffs-on-imports-from-53-african-countries
China to implement zero tariffs on imports from 53 African countries
New measure to expand African exports to the country will start on May 1
asia.nikkei.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM
China to implement zero tariffs on imports from 53 African countries
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/belt-and-road/china-to-implement-zero-tariffs-on-imports-from-53-african-countries
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/belt-and-road/china-to-implement-zero-tariffs-on-imports-from-53-african-countries
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US Sec of State Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich. He canceled attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
www.ft.com/content/fdd6...
www.ft.com/content/fdd6...
Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich
US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:56 PM
US Sec of State Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich. He canceled attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
www.ft.com/content/fdd6...
www.ft.com/content/fdd6...
Reducing reliance on fossil fuels is the clear thesis. I’d add that trade could and should remain a part of the EU/UK green energy push…
Which may mean more not less coordination with China to advance wind and solar generation…
And it’s also a good focal point for talks with other open economies.
Which may mean more not less coordination with China to advance wind and solar generation…
And it’s also a good focal point for talks with other open economies.
"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around."
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Reducing reliance on fossil fuels is the clear thesis. I’d add that trade could and should remain a part of the EU/UK green energy push…
Which may mean more not less coordination with China to advance wind and solar generation…
And it’s also a good focal point for talks with other open economies.
Which may mean more not less coordination with China to advance wind and solar generation…
And it’s also a good focal point for talks with other open economies.
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Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
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Roses are red, violets are blue,
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Roses are red, violets are blue,
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
My love is deep, my love is true,
But if we abandon our principles too easily
We forfeit our efforts to grow equally.
#tradevalentines
But if we abandon our principles too easily
We forfeit our efforts to grow equally.
#tradevalentines
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My love is deep, my love is true,
But if we abandon our principles too easily
We forfeit our efforts to grow equally.
#tradevalentines
But if we abandon our principles too easily
We forfeit our efforts to grow equally.
#tradevalentines
Roses are red, violets are blue,
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Roses are red, violets are blue,
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
If you don't agree to those tariff conditions,
You better pay up billions in US energy acquisitions.
My heart, its yours, through emergency and wars,
You must complement our economic security
Or your industries will surely fade away into obscurity.
...
No point giving oxygen to every threat.
USMCA review has begun. Canada is free to pursue all trade agreements. Canada must notify USMCA partners in the event it seeks a free trade area with China, and accept potential bifurcation of the existing USMCA as a cost to it.
That's it.
USMCA review has begun. Canada is free to pursue all trade agreements. Canada must notify USMCA partners in the event it seeks a free trade area with China, and accept potential bifurcation of the existing USMCA as a cost to it.
That's it.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
No point giving oxygen to every threat.
USMCA review has begun. Canada is free to pursue all trade agreements. Canada must notify USMCA partners in the event it seeks a free trade area with China, and accept potential bifurcation of the existing USMCA as a cost to it.
That's it.
USMCA review has begun. Canada is free to pursue all trade agreements. Canada must notify USMCA partners in the event it seeks a free trade area with China, and accept potential bifurcation of the existing USMCA as a cost to it.
That's it.
Growing commitments to complement US coercive practices seem to be an ever-growing attempt by the US to legitimise its actions.
Are these commitments puffery or a worrying binding of many countries to a US neo-royal techno-imperialist plan?
www.linkedin.com/posts/mppaul...
Are these commitments puffery or a worrying binding of many countries to a US neo-royal techno-imperialist plan?
www.linkedin.com/posts/mppaul...
At a time when states must think long-term and develop strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by a plethora of stakeholders and technological advancements, what are we seeing?… | Mona...
At a time when states must think long-term and develop strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by a plethora of stakeholders and technological advancements, what are we seeing? Neo-roy...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Growing commitments to complement US coercive practices seem to be an ever-growing attempt by the US to legitimise its actions.
Are these commitments puffery or a worrying binding of many countries to a US neo-royal techno-imperialist plan?
www.linkedin.com/posts/mppaul...
Are these commitments puffery or a worrying binding of many countries to a US neo-royal techno-imperialist plan?
www.linkedin.com/posts/mppaul...
If there are efforts to grant special and preferential (not equal) treatment to meet the development needs of advanced economies, will they continue to grant equivalent preferences to developing economies? Or will we see a new era of dependency and ordering that cloaks protection as public goods?
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
If there are efforts to grant special and preferential (not equal) treatment to meet the development needs of advanced economies, will they continue to grant equivalent preferences to developing economies? Or will we see a new era of dependency and ordering that cloaks protection as public goods?
Did Bad Bunny just give the American Society of International Law its theme for the year?
The breadth of the “Americas”
Not sure an academic conference can bring joy. But I'd like to think it could.
The breadth of the “Americas”
Not sure an academic conference can bring joy. But I'd like to think it could.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Did Bad Bunny just give the American Society of International Law its theme for the year?
The breadth of the “Americas”
Not sure an academic conference can bring joy. But I'd like to think it could.
The breadth of the “Americas”
Not sure an academic conference can bring joy. But I'd like to think it could.
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U.K. Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle is heading to Brussels to dissuade the European Commission from shutting Britain out of its proposed “Made in Europe” initiative.
Britain’s trade chief races to Brussels to avoid ‘Made in Europe’ shutout
U.K. officials fear that planned industry act could lock British firms out of key European supply chains.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
U.K. Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle is heading to Brussels to dissuade the European Commission from shutting Britain out of its proposed “Made in Europe” initiative.
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The end of nuclear arms control ft.trib.al/WDwh6w7 | opinion
The end of nuclear arms control
Expiry of the New Start treaty makes the world a much more dangerous place
ft.trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The end of nuclear arms control ft.trib.al/WDwh6w7 | opinion
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Trump regime’s latest effort to whitewash history and control narrative: all State department posts on X made before Trump took office in 2025 will be removed. That includes accounts for US embassies, missions, ambassadors, department bureaus, programs. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Trump regime’s latest effort to whitewash history and control narrative: all State department posts on X made before Trump took office in 2025 will be removed. That includes accounts for US embassies, missions, ambassadors, department bureaus, programs. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
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very good rejoinder to a pretty shoddy and motivated piece. my main comment though is that i would not concede the idea that roosevelt — who essentially coined “liberalism” as americans have understood it — was an “anti-liberal”
Useful, clarifying examination of Trumpism from @nilsgilman.bsky.social, focusing on its foundational elements of "extractive" capitalism, white nationalism, "the systematic dismantling of labor protections," abuses of power, self dealing, and corruption:
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-execut...
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-execut...
The Executive Fetish
Why Moyn and Goldsmith's Roosevelt-Trump analogy fails
nilsgilman.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
very good rejoinder to a pretty shoddy and motivated piece. my main comment though is that i would not concede the idea that roosevelt — who essentially coined “liberalism” as americans have understood it — was an “anti-liberal”
What strikes me most today in the news about coalitions, aside from the lack of details, is how governments continue to lend credence to what seem to be contradictory US policies. In letting the US lead global projects, we shift further away from very real questions about climate and inequality.
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
What strikes me most today in the news about coalitions, aside from the lack of details, is how governments continue to lend credence to what seem to be contradictory US policies. In letting the US lead global projects, we shift further away from very real questions about climate and inequality.
Waiving 30 day pauses...
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Waiving 30 day pauses...
The elimination of disclosure requirements...
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The elimination of disclosure requirements...
Perhaps most concerning, is the waiving of requirements udner the DPA. 50 U.S.C. 4533. People, this set specific restrictions on executive authority and imposed Congressional notification. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Perhaps most concerning, is the waiving of requirements udner the DPA. 50 U.S.C. 4533. People, this set specific restrictions on executive authority and imposed Congressional notification. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
We d not know yet enough about the public private procurement efforts.
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
We d not know yet enough about the public private procurement efforts.
Note the bizarre roles played by different Secretaries. For example:
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Note the bizarre roles played by different Secretaries. For example:
Oh the next section confirms that there will be long leases for commercial use... but no confirmation whether the production is for government procurement or not.
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Oh the next section confirms that there will be long leases for commercial use... but no confirmation whether the production is for government procurement or not.