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authoritarian regimes, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Torture, Turkey October 24, 2018

Khashoggi Affair: Murder most foul!

All the evidence suggests that the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi within the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was premeditated, and carried out on the instructions…

extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Torture, Turkey

Khashoggi Affair: A Prince must go—or two

"that spark of the divine", Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Devil’s Bargain: The Kashoggi Charade

Donald Trump, Justice Department, Rule of Law, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Supreme Court

Opinion: Lying Republican Senators confirm lying Supreme Court nominee (Kavanaugh) nominated by lying president (Trump)

Donald Trump, FBI, International Law, International Trade, Rule of Law, U.S. Congress, United States

U.S. attacks WTO judicial institutions

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimea, Donald Trump, elections, History, International Law, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Trump versus Obama — How the Democrats can lose the Mid-terms

Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, Qatar, Qatar, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, united arab emirates, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

50 Years Ago: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and its enduring significance

China, Google, Google filtering, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Rule of Law, State Department, U.S. Congress

Google helps suppress free speech in China, and other countries

History, human rights, International Law, Rule of Law, U.N. Charter, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace

Humanity’s voice of reason: International Law and the United Nations Charter

Donald Trump, Egypt, human rights, propaganda July 27, 2018

The Truth: A donkey or a Zebra?

A sharp debate has broken out in the White House. As described in the following story, it appears that the Zoo in Cairo has painted…

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