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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin December 20, 2018

Putin’s puppet delivers, on Syria and sanctions—The foreign policy of a simpleton

It has been an extraordinarily chaotic week in the White House. The U.S. is now absorbed with whether the government will shut down tonight; what…

Donald Trump, elections, European Union, History, human rights, NATO, propaganda, State Department, United States

The Normalization of the Unforgivable — Trump and an America which is already half lost

Crimea, Donald Trump, History, International Law, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

Homework for Rex Tillerson before traveling to Moscow

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, European Union, France, NATO, Russia, sanctions, State Department, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Putin threatens life of leading opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, then arrrests him and others at demonstrations in Russia — Meanwhile, Tillerson is racing to Moscow

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Pro-Russian President Donald Trump directs Secretary of State to skip NATO summit, travel to Moscow instead

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, NATO, U.N. Charter

Angela Merkel, leader of the Free World, meets “little Donald Trump” in Washington

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

Leading U.S. newspapers miss story: White House press secretary says Russia must return the Crimea (Updated February 16, 2017)

Donald Trump, European Union, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

REPRISE: Trump, Russia and the betrayal of American heroes

Crimea, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, International Law, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Clear statement from U.S. Ambassador to U.N. on withdrawal of Russian forces from the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, Google, Google filtering, Google indexing, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 2, 2017

Trump, Russia and the betrayal of American heroes

Developing The worst case scenario, we wrote after the election on November 8, 2016, would be if Trump acted during the transition and his presidency…

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