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"that spark of the divine", "the South", 2016 U.S. Presidential election, Abdoulah, Abdullah, Afghanistan, Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haqqani Network, Tigray Province, U.S Foreign Relations April 14, 2023

Ukraine War, April 14, 2023: Avoiding war with China, and Chinese military aid to Russia

1) Nicholas Kristoff, “How to Avoid a War With China” New York Times, April 12, 2023; 2) Thomas L. Friedman, “America, China and a Crisis…

"that spark of the divine", 2016 U.S. Presidential election, Abdoulah, Abdullah, Afghanistan, Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea, Haqqani Network, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Mali, U.S Foreign Relations

Ukraine War, June 16, 2022: Western support slips in war to save the U.N. Charter and International Law

Ukraine War, April 28, 2022 (I): The risk of nuclear war is greater than people think; The challenge of ramping up war production to meet Ukraine’s needs; Fear among Western officials of conflict expanding beyond Ukraine; Being “at war” with Russia

Egypt, Gaza Strip, International Law, Middle East, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted killings, U.N. Security Council, United Nations, United States, use of force, war crimes

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

Angola, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Egypt, Egypt, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. news coverage, United States, Venezuela, war crimes

Dénouement: Details on make-up and advances of pro-Assad forces closing in on last insurgents in Aleppo; Russia and China veto Security Council resolution

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Egypt, Egypt, European Union, extrajudicial execution, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Nobel Peace Prize, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes September 10, 2015

Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law—the way forward

See Stefan Kornelius, “Putins Machtspiele; Ruhe in der Ukraine, Druck in Syrien. Russlands Präsident sendet rätselhafte Signale. Sucht er einen Weg aus der Isolation? Oder…

Barack Obama, Dictatorship, Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, U.S. Congress, United States, Vladimir Putin August 26, 2015

Abdel al-Sisi visits Vladimir Putin in Russia: Egypt as a new member of the League of Authoritarian States

Developing Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi has visited Vladimir Putin in Russia, seeking to build closer relations with the Russian dictator and his authoritarian state. As…

Africa, Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Egypt, Egypt, Ethiopia, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Russia, sanctions, Somalia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes July 31, 2015

The cold-blooded REALPOLITIK of the American president: Obama’s intellectual calculations in foreign policy, and his heart as cold as stone

Developing Obama seems to have opposed stronger action in Syria and in opposing Russian aggression in the Ukraine out of some demented belief that he…

Egypt, Egypt, History, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, syria, Turkey, United States June 19, 2014

ISIS or ISIL? A telling tale of the primacy of words over actions in Obama’s foreign policy

President Barack Obama has been very careful to enunciate clearly the acronym of the terrorist organization whose forces have taken Mosul and have been rapidly…

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East December 23, 2013

The big picture in Egypt: The referendum on the draft constitution on January 14-15, and the government’s crackdown on demonstrators

What is going on in Egypt? The referendum on the draft constitution to be held on January 14-15, 2014 holds the promise of a transition…

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights December 4, 2013

Egypt: Final negotiations and votes in the “Committee of 50”, and its adoption of draft constitution

For an incisive analysis of the final negotiations and deliberations of the “Committee of 50” charged with with drafting Egypt’s new constitution, see “On the…

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, International Law, religious belief December 4, 2013

Text of draft Egyptian constitution in English and Arabic

The new draft constitution builds upon past achievements, and contains some notably progressive articles. It is being translated into English as quickly as possible. Articles…

Barack Obama, CIA, Egypt, Egypt, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, human rights, human rights reports, International Law, refoulement, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, United States, use of force July 28, 2013

Extraordinary rendition in Italy: Inside details revealed in 2003 CIA Milan abduction of Osama Mustapha Hassan Nasr

See Jonathan S. Landay (McClatchy Washington Bureau), “U.S. allowed Italian kidnap prosecution to shield higher-ups, ex-CIA officer says,” McClatchy, July 27, 2013. Greg Miller, “Ex-CIA…

Barack Obama, Egypt, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, religious belief, State Department, United States July 7, 2013

Decisiveness in Egypt: the Military, El-Baradei, and the al-Nour Party

UPDATE: Military in Egypt reportedly plan to appoint jurist as interim prime minister; el-Baradei will be his deputy. See “Wende im Machtkampf: Sozialdemokrat al-Din soll…

Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Egypt, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, History, human rights, human rights reports, Intelligence, International Law, Iran, Poetry, Russia, State Department, syria, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes July 7, 2013

REPRISE: Hommage à Homs (actualisé / updated)

BEIRUT: Intense fighting in the central Syrian city of Homs has left 60 to 70 percent of a besieged rebel-held district damaged, destroyed or uninhabitable,…

Africa, Barack Obama, Egypt, elections, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States July 1, 2013

Political Earthquake in Egypt: Military Takeover Imminent

Egypt army statement in full Following demonstrations larger than those at the peak of the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak, estimated by the Interior Ministry…

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