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REPRISE (2019) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”

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

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

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

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The Olympic Games, and the Battle for Aleppo, Begin—Obama’s Debacle in Syria — Update #70 (July 28)

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South Africa strays from Mandela’s vision, abstaining in Security Council vote on Syria— Update #69 (July 27)

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“A time to break silence”: Dr. King on the Vietnam war, and President Carter on America’s human rights violations (revised June 28)

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Passivity in the Face of Terror in Syria, Threats of War in Iran — Obama’s Debacle in Syria—Update #2 (March 3, 2012)

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Obama’s foreign policy juggernaut, including Tom Donilon, and the risks of hubris (updated)

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Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions for Foreign Policy in 2012

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International Law and the Use of Force: Drones and Real Anarchy Unleashed Upon the World

Recently a number of articles have been published that are of particular interest with respect to the development and use of drones. See William Wan…

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Obama’s Pit Stop in Oslo

UPDATE: See also Gladys Fouché and Ewen MacAskill , “Obama’s Nobel snub angers Norwegians”, The Guardian (guardian.co.uk), Thursday 10 December 2009 08.39 GMT Original Post…

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Wanted in Oslo: President Obama’s Vision of Peace

On December 10, 2009, President Barack Obama will accept the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, and deliver a Nobel “lecture” or acceptance…

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Background Reading for the Nobel Acceptance Speech in Oslo: The U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

As President Obama Prepares to receive his Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009, and to offer his “lecture” or acceptance speech, it would be…