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…
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Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan
Trump — The Authoritarian Leader and his movement: Politics and mass psychology in America
North Korea crisis: The risks of accidental nuclear war
Trump’s tweets on nuclear build-up: A response to Putin’s implicit threat?
Trump, Clinton, and the risk of nuclear war
Donald Trump, Russian stooge: Putin’s Trojan horse within striking distance of victory over NATO, the EU, and the Atlantic Alliance
U.S. Presidential Election: Will the American people pass the nuclear codes to Donald Trump?
Syria: Russian victory, American defeat
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Top articles on Putin, the Ukraine, and Russia
Check back for updates Some of the best articles by the Trenchant Observer on Putin, the Ukraine, and Russia include the following: (1) “Russian propaganda…
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…
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…