Legal Counsel @ International Monetary Fund. Formerly @ European Central Bank. Harvard Law & University of Vienna. All views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3mrg3sh4gns2qNew Article in the Journal of International Economic Law (with Armin Steinbach): The “capital” and “current” account dimensions of financial sanctions. Financial sanctions have become a central tool of economic statecraft, but the international legal framework governing them is underexplored. 1/524 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrg3sh4gns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3luarjqzass2j🚨New paper alert: "Contested Authority: The Legal Framework for Ultra Vires Sovereign Debt and its Implications for Public Debt Transparency" (forthcoming in the Emory International Law Review). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5108863 1/x18 Jul 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3luarjqzass2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3lhqs43nwls2iThis link to our paper “The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Solution” now out on @ssrn should work https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5108863 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqs43nwls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3lhofqmrzhs2t1/ 📢New paper alert: "The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution" by @clemensgvl.bsky.social, Juan Farah Yacoub and myself: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5108863. Short 🧵👇 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5108863The08 Feb 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhofqmrzhs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3lbw3okq4vc22Great paper by @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lscazzieri.bsky.social on the options for common EU defence spending. Grateful for the shout-out to A. Steinbach's and my paper on "EU debt financing" which looks at the legal leeway to issue joint EU debt: https://www.bruegel.org/working-paper/european-union-debt-financing-leeway-and-barriers-legal-perspective [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbw3okq4vc22https://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3lbw36lwp6k22My first post is on a seemingly dull and procedural but practically highly important IMF policy that I worked on for the last year: the "Transparency Policy" (TP), which was reformed for the first time in more than a decade. A very brief overview. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2024/11/25/2024-Review-Of-The-Funds-Transparency-Policy-And-Open-Archives-Policy-558810 https://t.co/ZaRvvoGqc027 Nov 2024 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbw36lwp6k22https://bsky.app/profile/sebgrund.bsky.social/post/3lbw2i7rni222Hello @bsky.app -- I hope that this platform succeeds in re-building the online forum for honest debates on the big and small things shaping our lives that Twitter once was. Here in a personal capacity, mainly to learn from the many smart people and friends that moved here.27 Nov 2024 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:iokrupow2fjb6576coqitivb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbw2i7rni222