Deron, Laure; Pairault, Thierry; Pasquali, Paola - 2021
Media reports that a China Eximbank contract for Montenegro’s expensive mountain highway required land as collateral … deliberately - presented a standard sovereign immunity waiver as evidence that China is entitled to seize land in Montenegro in the … case of a payment default. After an election, playing the "China threat" card was useful to Montenegro’s new leadership …