Egypt

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, Egypt, Egypt, Germany, History, International Law, International Trade, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes October 27, 2019

Without International Law, “anarchy is loosed upon the world.”

The Second Coming (published 1921) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;…

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Foreign policy without International Law

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Egypt, Egypt, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Middle East

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

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…

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