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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚩NEW PAPER Dr Basheska & I attempt to appraise the corrupting effects of the unhinged Commission unrestrained by the Court in the absence of democratic checks on supranational power using EU citizenship as a case-study: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My public lecture at 🇳🇱Leiden University today was based on a Brown Journal of World Affairs article: bjwa.brown.edu/32-2/citizen... Thanks to all those who came! : www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... @unileiden.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚩 "Citizenship as Aristocratic Justice" is out. bjwa.brown.edu/32-2/citizen... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎏🇭🇺An impressive tour de force from @sarahganty.bsky.social & CMurphy: the first major publication of our @ceudeminst.bsky.social research group this semester. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @weareceu.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Although still in "early view", this contribution remains a vitally important analysis, drawing on the critical work of @petrabard.bsky.social, @profpech.bsky.social, @omershatz.bsky.social, @sarahganty.bsky.social and other wonderful collaborators: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Prof. @suryaroy.bsky.social & I will be workshopping "Citizenship Is Anti-Rights" forthcoming in a volume co-exited by Profs Mark Tushnet and Bojan Bugaric at the 🇺🇸🇫🇷The American University of Paris: join if you are in town! The preprint is on @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@suryaroy.bsky.social & I push back against widespread misreading of Arendt's "Right to have rights", showcasing quite a different meaning of the concept in her work and in real life: Citizenship is a powerful anti-rights instrument papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @globalcit.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🚩 In this new paper @basheska.bsky.social & I show that fighting "corruption" helped EU Commission achieve institutional ends unrelated to either fighting corruption or reinforcing the rule of law and other values in the EU. SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We have been advocating for a better use of Article 2 TEU all along and yesterday's Commission v. Hungary is most welcome. "EU values ARE law, after all"!! Orbán's regime helped move EU law in the right direction. academic.oup.com/yel/article/... @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social @kimlanelaw.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New paper to appear in 🇺🇸💥Brown Journal of World Affiars💥🇺🇸 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Aristocratic justice is no justice at all❗️ @mitpress.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

💥I spoke to @mitpress.bsky.social Reader discussing some new citizenship and borders research: Aristocracy, already open borders, ICE and "values": thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-citizensh... @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social @enstatelessness.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

💥New paper acceted by the NJEL💥 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We delve into the shame of Commission v Malta and far-reaching consequences of CJEU failing in its only fuction by attacking a group of Europeans based on no law. @globalcit.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Belgian justice and brilliant lawyers is to be applauded--but what about EU crimes TODAY? @omershatz.bsky.social & colleagues started EU Crimes against Humanity: crimesagainsthumanity.eu/en Please consult the project and help bring criminals to justice. @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

DrVeraldi & I just got a piece accepted by ELJ: the absurdity of any "social contact" talk in EU context where taming power is not in the DNA. With the rise of omnibus legislation this glaring flaw is further exacerbated: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @alemanno.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

💥New article out❗️ E.Basheska & I delve into the blood aristocracy principle underpinning citizenship and the distribution of rights worldwide and its impact on borders and naturalisations. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A new @ceudeminst.bsky.social working paper by the brilliant Dr @basheska.bsky.social & I. 👉Have a look: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... The final paper will appear in an edited volume assembled by Stephanie Laulhe Shaelou and Andreas Marcou of UCLan Cyprus.

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🇬🇱All you wanted to know about Greenland and EU law🇪🇺🇬🇱🇬🇱: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Wess Geursen & I wrote a 100-pages-long chapter for🇬🇧Oxford Principles colleaction (Schütze&Tridimas, eds). In🇳🇱Dutch in will be a separate book with Uigeverij Paris! @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A great present found me at the office today, infinite thanks, @ulad-belavusau.bsky.social ! Already the cover is superb and to the point: the Ukrainisarion of Repin is a fun story line in the book no doubt! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/politics-...

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

New article just accepted by🇨🇳Fudan J Hum & Soc Sci❗️ @basheska.bsky.social & I approach the concept of citizenship from the angle of its core aspect: blood aristocracy. Pe-print @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @globalcit.bsky.social @maartenpvink.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

How EU Citizenship Rhetoric is Ueed to Attack Europeans: retroactive deployment of previously undosclosed rules by EU's own court -- a talk at ECIT conference December 2025: vimeo.com/1153712817 @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @dimitrispieker.bsky.social @peterspiro.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Our first talk this year with @sarahganty.bsky.social is at @ceupolemo.bsky.social in🇦🇹Vienna this week. Join if you are in town: EU Lawlessness Law in the light of the most recent judgments of the CJEU: has the EU death machine been made illegal? (the answer is "no"). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

@sarahganty.bsky.social & I bring "EU Lawlessness Law" to 🇦🇺Melbourne Law School: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🇪🇺is harsher than🇦🇺: it trains and arms militias to kill and torture in the shadow of its lawlessness law, as we explain: criminal is made legal and billions of euros are pumped into it.

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Join my conversation with Prof Stephen Coutts today at 2.30 in 🇧🇪Brussels and online: lw.zoom.us/j/9188973281... My position on the unhinged Court showing Europeans zero respect by substituting reasoning with awkward propagandistic slogans has not changed: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Join my lecture at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 🇨🇳Ningbo on Wednesday, if you are in town. I draw on 2 articles, inter many alia: @annualreviews.bsky.social (Law and Social Science) www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... & ELRev papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (w Íñiguez) @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The book co-edited by @petrabard.bsky.social & @jkrommendijk.bsky.social is here❗️Congrats to editors, whose intro also appeared as @ceudeminst.bsky.social WP❗️ My own contribution is on CJEU's "supremacy Rule of Law" opportunism and its effects: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🇨🇭If you are in Geneva today, come to my talk at Centre Sidjanski. I cover the illiberal turn of EU citizenship and present 2 recent co-esited volumes. Have a look at the two introductions: 📍Cambridge papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📍Bloomsbury papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Off to Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in 🇮🇹Pisa today to celebrate the work of Prof Palombella with a handful of wonderful scholars and practitioners. Proud to represent Central European University at such a remarkable gathering alongside Prof. Sajó❗️

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🇪🇺EU Lawlessness Law comes to 🇮🇹Pisa, please join me, Francesca Biondi, Giacomo Delledonne and others at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna to discuss the Lawlessness conceptualization of EU migration "management" proposed by @sarahganty.bsky.social and yours truly: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

1st big Russian-language interview on🇪🇺EU's lawlessness law. Based on research w @sarahganty.bsky.social I explain how EU law opens the door to unaccountable outsourcing of crimes on🇪🇺Union's behalf, which led to more than 30.000 deaths over the last 10 years: t-invariant.org/2025/11/bezz...

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It is an honour to share the podium with Prof. Carl Baudenbacher at the Dorchester in London🇬🇧: all you needed to know about Commission v Malta and CJEU's assault against EU citizenship law and solidarity. Background paper, co-authored with Íñiguez (ELRev): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Come to my talk in 🇩🇪Leipzig tomorrow (Wednesday) if you are in town: I plan to sketch the main idea underpinning the forthcoming @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social monograph. For an ages-old thought-trigger, see this paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🇪🇺My podcast on EU Lawlessness Law 📻Please listen on Spotify‼️: spotify.link/kjMtUAGPUXb 📍Rule of Law Report is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📍EU Lawlessness Law--here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📍Commission v Malta analysis--here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🇪🇺My podcast on EU Lawlessness Law: 📻Please listen on Spotify‼️: spotify.link/kjMtUAGPUXb 📍The Rule of Law Report is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📍EU Lawlessness Law is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📍Commission v Malta analysis is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A brilliant take by the brilliant Prof Schedler of 🇭🇺 @ceudeminst.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.social on the demented absurdity of eurocentric and politicised @horizoneu.bsky.social funding. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/hori... @weareceu.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

If in🇭🇺Budapest on Oct 21 join @prener.bsky.social and I at @ceudeminst.bsky.social Count Kalergi Seminar dedicated to Christian's recent work on Mobility Capital @weareceu.bsky.social @basheska.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

🇪🇺EU's own good practice is to fly ICC arrest warrant recipients home by private jet and give them all the love. "Do what I say--do not do what I do" undermines EU's credibility. @omershatz.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Join my talk at 🇬🇧Tomorrow: TG15 5-6pm Oct 2, City Law School. I will draw on this chapter for @petrabard.bsky.social & EU Law Analysis, thank you, @stevepeers.bsky.social❗️The chapter is on @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Apatride Network &🇪🇪Yana Toom MEP host @europarl.europa.eu event on #statelessness. My focus: shortsightedness of citizenist approach to statelessness in the🇪🇺EU drawing on my @annualreviews.bsky.social artcile: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @ceudeminst.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I am very grateful to @hogicn.bsky.social for this wonderful present. A contextualised comparative analysis of anti-corruption caampaigns has been a lacuna in the Rule of Law scholarship, which is now being filled with this book. @uio.no

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Prof.Safjan's magisterial Rule of Law collection has finally reached my🇭🇺office. My piece is on🇪🇺EU's troubling confusion between the Rule of Law and supremacy of EU law: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @profjacob.bsky.social @profpech.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @petrabard.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

At @uaces.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social Rule of Law Clinic gives a pre-taste assessment of🇪🇺EU's own Rule of Law compliance. Look at 2024 editoon, co-edited by @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social & @joellegrogan.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @profjacob.bsky.social @basheska.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am flying @lufthansa.bsky.social's 🇦🇹Austrian brand today and fully undestand why it is lowest rated airline in 🇪🇺Europe: what astonising rudeness‼️Be warned: @trustpilot.bsky.social is telling the truth‼️ What an ambarassement for a great country to have such a flag carrier with USSR-style service!

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

At @ecpr.bsky.social I will engage with citizenism building on last year's @annualreviews.bsky.social contributuon: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Join us tomorrow, if you are in 🇬🇷Thessaloniki❗️

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I am off to 🇸🇪Lund to present the recent ELRev article on the CJEU's suprising asault on liberalism co-authored w Dr Íñiguez at the Swedish Network of European Legal Studies @xonsky.bsky.social The article is on ssrn: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @grahambutler.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My @mitpress.bsky.social "Citizenship" now costs less at the @strandbookstore.bsky.social than on Amazon.com: I always pass by Strand, when in 🇺🇸NYC, those guys are miracle-makers❗️ Intro on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🚀‼️New paper out‼️ EU citizenship and the principle of solidarity is turned upside-down with gross procedural violations and no legal reasoning offered, as @guilleiniguez.bsky.social &I explain: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @dimitrispieker.bsky.social @peterspiro.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social

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Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky @profkochenov.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🇺🇦🇪🇺The ABC of EU Enlargement law vis-à-vis Ukraine, is now published in the Ukrainian translation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @profjacob.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social @alemanno.bsky.social @vanelsuwege.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social

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