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2016 U.S. Presidential election, coverage of foreign events, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, France, freedom of speech, History, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Russia, Vladimir Putin March 31, 2017

Two of top three candidates in French presidential primary are friendly to Russia

Developing Russia is reportedly intervening in the French presidential elections, right now. Two of the top three candidates in the April primary are friendly to…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Donald Trump, elections, freedom of speech, Intelligence, International Law, propaganda, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, Nicaragua, Russia, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin

With Obama having checked out, U.S. foreign policy is on auto pilot—“Do nothing”

Barack Obama, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, International Law, religious belief, television, Turkey, United States

Erdogan’s accelerating auto coup d’etat in Turkey (updated September 17, 2016)

freedom of speech, History, human rights, International Law, U.N. Charter, United States

July 4, 1776, and the expanding struggle for freedom, some 230 years on

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, debate over the efficacy of torture, Deutschland, European Union, France, freedom of speech, genocide, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Libya, NATO, Russia, Soviet Union, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

International Law and the Descent toward Barbarism: MSF —“Wars are being fought as in ‘barbarian times’

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, European Union, France, freedom of speech, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Turkey, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Thinking clearly about Putin and Syria

Barack Obama, CIA, elections, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, State Department, United States

U.S. presidential primaries: Donald Trump as incendiary wildcard, and Hillary Clinton as hyper-advised calculating robot

France, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, NSA, United States

Rule of Law erodes in France as Parliament authorizes massive data collection with no judicial oversight or review

Afghanistan, CIA, Culture and Communication, electronic curtain, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iraq, NSA, public diplomacy, religious belief, State Department, syria, Taliban, targeted killings, television, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force June 12, 2015

The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy

UPDATE June 23, 2015 Europe is setting up a special police unit to monitor jihadist sites and content, andd to remove it. See Richard Spencer,…

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