The Trenchant Observer | International Law, Politics, and Security

Donald Trump, Egypt, Egypt, Libya, Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, State Department, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, UAE, united arab emirates, Vladimir Putin April 22, 2019

Trump undercuts U.N. democratic efforts in Libya, siding with authoritarian dictatorships

President Trump, in a surprise reversal of U.S. policy, has acted to undercut United Nations efforts to build and support a democratic government in Libya….

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Baltasar Garzón, Barack Obama, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, propaganda, Spain, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, war crimes

When and how did America lose her soul?

Donald Trump, elections

TRUMP RESIGNS! Accounts differ as to reasons

Afghanistan, Africa, China, coverage of foreign events, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, France, human rights, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine

What is going on in the world?

Donald Trump, elections, propaganda, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution

Impeach Trump, or read the impeachment clause out of the Constitution

Dictatorship, Donald Trump, International Law, Latin America, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, United Nations, use of force, Venezuela, Venezuela

Stupid and Incompetent Foreign Policy Towards Venezuela — “Intervention to Protect Nationals” (Updated)

authoritarian regimes, Donald Trump, elections, International Law, Latin America, Rule of Law, Russia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Venezuela

Trump Steers Dangerous Course in Venezuela

Afghanistan, authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, elections, foreign news coverage, History, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, U.S. news coverage, use of force, Vladimir Putin

International Law after Trump

authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, freedom of speech, human rights, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, Taliban, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin

Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin December 20, 2018

Putin’s puppet delivers, on Syria and sanctions—The foreign policy of a simpleton

It has been an extraordinarily chaotic week in the White House. The U.S. is now absorbed with whether the government will shut down tonight; what…

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