freedom of speech

authoritarian regimes, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Torture, Turkey October 24, 2018

Khashoggi Affair: Murder most foul!

All the evidence suggests that the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi within the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was premeditated, and carried out on the instructions…

Donald Trump, freedom of speech, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States, Vladimir Putin

The Putin-Trump threat takes a menacing turn–Michael McFaul and Bill Browder

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

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

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 August 18, 2015

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

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as dream candidates—for the other side Sometimes it seems that the Republicans and the Democrats have found the perfect candidate…

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