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Foreign policy without International Law

Since the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and the foundational writings of Hugo Grotius, nations have paid attention to international law in…

authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, freedom of speech, human rights, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, Taliban, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin

Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, nuclear war, Russia, Trump and Putin, United States

Trump — The Authoritarian Leader and his movement: Politics and mass psychology in America

Donald Trump, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, self-defense, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump, Russian stooge: Putin’s Trojan horse within striking distance of victory over NATO, the EU, and the Atlantic Alliance

Deutschland, elections, Germany, History, nuclear war, Russia, Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

U.S. Presidential Election: Will the American people pass the nuclear codes to Donald Trump?

Barack Obama, Crimea, Dictatorship, European Union, human rights, International Law, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, targeted assassinations, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Syria: Russian victory, American defeat

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, European Union, Google indexing, History, human rights, International Law, Iraq, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes December 4, 2015

REPRISE: Crumbling world order: Power politics and international law

First published on September 10, 2015 See Stefan Kornelius, “Putins Machtspiele; Ruhe in der Ukraine, Druck in Syrien. Russlands Präsident sendet rätselhafte Signale. Sucht er…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Google filtering, History, International Law, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes November 25, 2015

Update on Putin and Syria

Update: Cut-off of provision of electricity to the Crimea, and the downing of a Russian plane by Turkey on November 24, 2015 Two events have…

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 November 24, 2015

Thinking clearly about Putin and Syria

Barack Obama, John Kerry and other Western leaders should always bear in mind wiho Vladimir Putin is, and what he has done in the last…

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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…

Barack Obama, Crimea, International Law, nuclear war, Russia, Soviet Union, syria, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin October 8, 2015

Putin’s playing “chicken” in Syria and the risk of escalation to nuclear war

Developing With reports of Russian aircraft having forced American planes to change course in order to avoid a collision, the risks of escalation in Syria…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, History, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, nuclear war, Russia, syria, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes September 18, 2015

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…

Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Germany, History, International Law, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin June 21, 2015

A new and more dangerous Cold War is underway

Developing See Ansgar Graw, Claus Christian Malzahn, Christoph B. Schiltz, Julia Smirnova, “Das unheimliche Comeback des Kalten Krieges Putin rüstet sein Atomarsenal auf, die USA…

Barack Obama, Crimea, elections, foreign news coverage, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United Nations Secretary General, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin April 17, 2015

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…

NATO, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin March 26, 2015

Putin’s power in the Kremlin and his dangerous nuclear and other threats

Developing For a particularly incisive analysis of Vladimir Putin and the threat he represents, see Eric Morse, “The deadly chaos behind Putin’s mysterious acts,” The…

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