Europe's attempt to use frozen Russian assets as a down payment on future reparations is a dishonest strategy that will leave the European Union without a seat at the table in future peace negotiation

“By insisting on reparations when nothing is suggesting that Putin will be forced to surrender. I mean, they're not even putting boots on the ground. If they were serious about treating him as a new Hitler, they would have done that. By insisting however on reparations when there is no prospect of fo”

Sequestering Russia's frozen assets in Europe is an economically and geopolitically self-defeating measure that lacks legal certainty.

“My conventional wisdom today is the narrative widely held in Brussels and Western capitals that Europe is helping Ukraine and striking a powerful blow against Russia by sequestering Russia's assets held in Europe. I'm going to argue that this is not only legally questionable but economically and geo”