International Law? U.S. maintains 2,000 troops in Syria without legal justification
See Gardiner Harris, “Tillerson Says U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria Beyond Battle With ISIS,” New York Times, January 17, 2018. “Donald Trump and international…
International Law
REPRISE: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally Posted By: The Observer January 18, 2016 Today is Martin Luther King day in the United States, a national holiday. It is a good…
The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation
Spirit of Jaspers, “The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation, The Question 0f American Guilt, November 30, 2017 (reprinted woith permission)….
REPRISE (2017) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”
Originally published on November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and…
“It is an honor to be with you”: Trump and Putin at G-20 in Hamburg
Trump’s statement in the presence of Putin before going into their meeting says it all: “It is an honor to be with you.”
For Trump, it is an honor to meet the military aggressor who invaded the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine in 2014….
For Trump, it is an honor to meet the leader of a country which committed barbarous war crimes in Syria, bombing hospitals and civilian infrastructure in Aleppo, for example.
There is no statute of limitations for military aggression.
The U.S. will not improve relations with Russia by trying to appease the aggressor, Vladimir Putin.
Trump has been, and remains, the first pro-Russian president of the United States at least since 1917….
Saudi-led blockade of Qatar continues, in flagrant violation of international law
A coalition of states led by Saudi Arabia including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrein, and Egypt (as well as Libya, and the Maldives) continues…
Trump’s attitude of appeasement toward Russia makes big inroads among Republican voters
See Evan McMullin, “Republicans are risking becoming the party of Putin,” Washington Post, June 28, 2017 (6:33 PM). Evan McMullin is a former CIA operations…
Saudi Arabia coalition boycott of Qatar appears to violate principle of non-intervention in international law; competing legal arguments
Updated June 19, 2017 See Habib Toumi, (Gulf News Bureau Chief), “Measures on Qatar taken after exhausting all possible means, say Gulf countries,” Gulf News,…
Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Will Trump look the other way?
President Donald Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017, on the first leg of his first foreign trip as president. What will…
Donald Trump and international law
Some of Donald Trump’s cabinet-level officials have invoked international law in criticizing the actions of other states. To her credit, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N….