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Crimea, Donald Trump, Intelligence, Israel, Mossad, Russia, sanctions, Trump and Putin, Trump-Putin meeting, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin July 16, 2018

Opinion: Leaked transcript of private two-hour conversation between Putin and Trump in Helsinki

We have received through a chain of secret channels a “transcript” of the secret conversations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin which took place at…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, Israel, Russia, State Department

Trump brings greatest genius on the planet and his brilliant wife to White House, to help him run the country

Barack Obama, China, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Nuclear Proliferation, Venezuela

President-elect Mauricio Macri of Argentina will request a new investigation into the death of Alberto Nisen, special prosecutor in Iran-Kirchner case

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, OSCE, Oslo, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

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

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Egypt, Egypt, European Union, extrajudicial execution, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Nobel Peace Prize, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law—the way forward

Barack Obama, Brazil, China, Deutschland, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, France, Germany, International Law, Iran, Israel, Japan, Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, sanctions, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, use of force

The Iran nuclear deal: Has Barack Obama earned his Nobel Peace Prize? (Revised August 18)

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Deutschland, Egypt, International Law, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Qatar, religious belief, Russia, Saudi Arabia, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Turkey, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, united arab emirates, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

U.S. strategy and leadership needed: The Middle East and other countries hurtle into the Vortex

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, Israel, Middle East, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Strategy beyond the Ukraine: It’s time to start thinking about the risks of nuclear war with Russia, and of appeasement

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, European Union, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, France, human rights, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, religious belief, Russia, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, Turkey, U.N. Convention Against Torture, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Civilization falters, as Russian aggression stands and Islamic terrorism explodes

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, China, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear Proliferation, Oslo, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes November 11, 2014

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

First published, November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and all…

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Opinion: Leaked transcript of private two-hour conversation between Putin and Trump in Helsinki

Trump brings greatest genius on the planet and his brilliant wife to White House, to help him run the country

President-elect Mauricio Macri of Argentina will request a new investigation into the death of Alberto Nisen, special prosecutor in Iran-Kirchner case

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

Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law—the way forward

The Iran nuclear deal: Has Barack Obama earned his Nobel Peace Prize? (Revised August 18)

U.S. strategy and leadership needed: The Middle East and other countries hurtle into the Vortex

Strategy beyond the Ukraine: It’s time to start thinking about the risks of nuclear war with Russia, and of appeasement

Civilization falters, as Russian aggression stands and Islamic terrorism explodes

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