Deutschland

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 August 21, 2018

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

See “August 20, 1968 — “Dubček, Svoboda!” The Trenchant Observer, August 10, 2010. 50 years ago, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Pro-Russian President Donald Trump directs Secretary of State to skip NATO summit, travel to Moscow instead

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, NATO, U.N. Charter

Angela Merkel, leader of the Free World, meets “little Donald Trump” in Washington

Deutschland, Donald Trump, History, propaganda, Russia, Serbia, Soviet Union, United States, Vladimir Putin

Trump’s tsunami of lies

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, Germany, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Putin calls Trump, is reassured, and resumes bombing in Syria

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, NATO, U.N. Charter, United States

The full catastrophe — The election of Donald Trump: Hopes, illusions and reality

"that spark of the divine", Deutschland, Dictatorship, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, self-defense, Torture, U.N. Charter, United States, use of force, vision of peace

REPRISE: Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Deutschland, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, foreign news coverage, Germany, Hillary Clinton, History, internal supporters of human rights, Justice Department, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Donald Trump, Russian stooge: Putin’s Trojan horse within striking distance of victory over NATO, the EU, and the Atlantic Alliance

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, European Union, foreign news coverage, Germany, human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

War news from Syria

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, European Union, foreign news coverage, France, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Iran, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes October 12, 2016

Personal Takes: Russian war crimes in Syria, appeasement, and disgust

Developing PERSONAL TAKES Once in a while, The Observer reflects on his own personal involvement in world events. Today’s news triggered such a reflection. The…

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