Volume 66 2025-2026

TechnologyOnline

Tech Sovereignty v. EU Simplicity

Europe’s digital law is in disarray. EU law conflicts with some European countries’ laws, and these laws, in turn, conflict with other European countries’ laws. The European Commission has enacted several laws aimed at ensuring one simple, harmonious framework for regulating the European digital sphere, including online speech. These regulations seek to create a framework that will apply to all EU countries, but the regulations have inadvertently sparked battles for tech sovereignty both among individual EU member countries and also between individual nations and the EU.

Jordan Smith

International Relations Online

Adaptation Amid Conflict: Financing Climate Resilience in Conflict-Affected Developing States

May developed countries suspend their obligation to provide climate adaptation finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement during armed conflict? This inquiry is especially relevant for conflict-affected, highly climate-vulnerable states. This Essay explores how developed countries can fulfill their legal commitments and take “bolder collective action to build climate resilience” in highly vulnerable, conflict-affected states.

Yuyan (Nicole) Zhang