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[Louisa Handel-Mazzetti is an Assistant Professor at the Royal Netherlands Defense Academy (NLDA) and a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University] In May 2025, President Trump unveiled the 175 billion dollar plan to build the Golden Dome missile shield, originally introduced in January 2025. Drawing inspiration from Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (‘Star Wars’) and...

[Joanna Kulesza is an Assistant Professor of International Law, and Executive Director at Lodz Cyber Hub, University of Lodz, Poland] Following the initial escalation of conflict between India and Pakistan, marked by India’s missile strikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, 2025, tensions quickly de-escalated. Despite this rapid decrease in hostilities, the episode left significant implications for the contemporary understanding of...

[Dr Henrique Marcos is a lecturer at the Foundations of Law Department, Faculty of Law Maastricht University] This text is inspired by the discussions held at the event “Whatever Happened to TikTok” organised by the Law & Popular Culture Network at Maastricht University Faculty of Law in February 2025. In this post, I discuss the recent ban and subsequent unbanning of TikTok...