The forgotten dream of ending war
Those who have known war are sometimes its fiercest opponents. Last night I watched a movie, Butterfly (i Girasoli) starring Sofia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, directed…
Read MoreIraq
International Law and the targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani
Jamal Khashoggi: The value and cost of one human life
Watch the ball move: Obama moves attention to Mosul, distracting from abject appeasement by Merkel, EU, and U.S. in response to ongoing Russian war crimes in Aleppo and Syria
2016: Fateful time for a conversation about international law
REPRISE: Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law
Obama-Putin meeting at UN: The resurgence of pacifism and appeasement toward Putin and Russia in Europe and the U.S.
David Petraeus offers clear policy suggestions on Syria and Iraq in testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee (video and transcript)
Kerry and Obama’s strategy on Syria: Work through the Russians and thow a “Hail Mary” pass on negotiations
Russia and the U.S. flying missions in Syrian airspace — Failed U.S. Policies lead to dangerous situation as Russia makes strategic military move into Syria
Developing See Louis Imbert (avec Reuters), “Etats-Unis et Russie évoquent la présence de leurs avions respectifs dans le ciel Syrien,” Le Monde le 19 Septembre…
Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law—the way forward
See Stefan Kornelius, “Putins Machtspiele; Ruhe in der Ukraine, Druck in Syrien. Russlands Präsident sendet rätselhafte Signale. Sucht er einen Weg aus der Isolation? Oder…
The cold-blooded REALPOLITIK of the American president: Obama’s intellectual calculations in foreign policy, and his heart as cold as stone
Developing Obama seems to have opposed stronger action in Syria and in opposing Russian aggression in the Ukraine out of some demented belief that he…
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,…
U.S. strategy and leadership needed: The Middle East and other countries hurtle into the Vortex
On some days, the news is so disturbing that you want to take a broader view of what is going on in a region, or…
Civilization falters, as Russian aggression stands and Islamic terrorism explodes
The Charlie Hebdo massacre by Islamic extremists on January 7 underlines the failure of the West and other civilized countries to win the struggle in…
The Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, and the torture trail leading to Abu Gharib
See ANDREW HIGGINS and MAÏA de la BAUME, “Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services,” New York Times, January 8, 2015….
Three imperious challenges for U.S. foreign policy: Ukraine, ISIS and Ebola
While the United States has finally, and belatedly, begun military actions in Iraq and Syria to slow the advance of ISIS forces, the country is…
A rudderless U.S. foreign policy: Obama flounders in dealing with the Ukraine, ISIS, and Ebola
Draft While the United States has finally, and belatedly, begun military actions in Iraq and Syria to slow the advance of ISIS forces, the country…
The Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, cunning judo master, versus Obama, NATO, and EU, conflicted and confused; Protagonists continue battle for Ukraine and vision of world order
Developing Russian President Vladimir Putin, a cunning and brilliant tactician who has now taken on the entire international legal and political order through his invasions…
The Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn violence by jihadists in “the Islamic State”
The Vatical has called on Muslim religious leaders to denounce the crimes committed by the juhaddist so-called “Islamic State” (formerly known as ISIS) See: (1…