Author: Theodore Hanna

[Theodore Hanna is an LL.M. candidate in International and European Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens] Introduction On 18 July 2025, the European Union adopted its eighteenth package of sanctions against Russia, one of its most robust to date, tightening measures on Russia’s energy, banking, and defense sectors. Uniquely, this package targets investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms, a system that...

[Theodore Hanna is an LL.M. candidate in International and European Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens] In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky cautions that, “[t]he man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him.” This warning resonates powerfully in the context of contemporary...