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Crimea, Donald Trump, foreign news coverage, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, Trump and Putin, Trump-Putin meeting, U.N. Charter, use of force, Vladimir Putin July 14, 2018

Americans’ knowledge of international law, the military conquest of the Crimea, and proper dental floss use

Developing “Thirty-eight percent of Americans do not know that dental floss is used between the teeth, not between the tongue and lips.” –Joe Queenan, “Grungy…

Crimea, Donald Trump, elections, foreign news coverage, International Law, Russia, U.N. Security Council, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin

New jargon and nonsense: “The old liberal international order”

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, foreign news coverage

Der Problem-Präsident

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Donald Trump, foreign news coverage, Intelligence, Russia, U.S. news coverage, Vladimir Putin

More on the “Golden Showers” dossier prepared by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele: Sources

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

Leading U.S. newspapers miss story: White House press secretary says Russia must return the Crimea (Updated February 16, 2017)

Crimea, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, International Law, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Clear statement from U.S. Ambassador to U.N. on withdrawal of Russian forces from the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine

coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, human rights, NATO, Russia, U.N. Charter, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

From Putin to Trump: Wall Street Journal will not report untrue statements as lies

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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