The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstrations
The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstations One of the great unknowns is the extent to which Russia may have stoked racial…
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Das Scheitern des Völkerrechts in Syrien: Russland und Syrien, und jetz die Turkei
Without International Law, “anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
To remove Trump, Democrats must speak to those operating outside a rational framework
Is Turkey’s military operation in Syria justified under international law?
Foreign policy without International Law
The meaning of war crimes in Syria, as the U.S. and others look away
Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan
Putin’s puppet delivers, on Syria and sanctions—The foreign policy of a simpleton
Trump’s disdain for international law
President Donald Trump through his actions shows utter contempt for international law. This is true to such an extent that you have to wonder if…
Syria out of control: Fruits of a monumental U.S. foreign policy failure (I)
Updated Feb. 21, 2018–Developing What is going on in Syria is a continuation of the last seven years of policy failure by the West and…
Samantha Power on Syria: Former Obama officials still downplay the use of force
THE HARVARD GAZETTE, a publication of Harvard University, has recently published an interview with former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. In its introduction, the Gazette writes,…
International Law? U.S. maintains 2,000 troops in Syria without legal justification
See Gardiner Harris, “Tillerson Says U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria Beyond Battle With ISIS,” New York Times, January 17, 2018. “Donald Trump and international…
Donald Trump and international law
Some of Donald Trump’s cabinet-level officials have invoked international law in criticizing the actions of other states. To her credit, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N….
After Tillerson’s trip to Moscow, will Trump lift sanctions against Russia, or ever criticize Putin?
Rex Tillerson met Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin for two hours, in addition to his over three hours of meetings with foreign minister Sergey…
April 7, 2017: Security Council Meets on Syria (7919th meeting, with link to video)
See UN WebTV, “The situation in the Middle East (Syria) – Security Council, 7919th meeting 7 Apr 2017 – 1. Adoption of the agenda 2….
REPRISE: “A time to break silence”: Dr. King on the Vietnam war, and President Carter on America’s human rights violations
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King gave the first of two speeches that month setting forth why he was opposed…
The level-of-analysis problem in assessing and reacting to Trump’s assault on American democracy
The outlines and methods of President Donald Trump’s asault on the institutions of American democracy and their underling traditions and values are now clear.
First, he has conducted an all-out assault on the very concept of the truth.
Third, Trump not only lies about everything all of the time, but also engages in defamation of the leading news media in the United States on a daily basis, having labeled them “the opposition party” and “the enemy of the people.”
We face a dramatic situation.
We have a president who lies about everything all of the time.
We have a presdient and administration which reject the concept of accountability, dismissing criticism will lies and charges of “fake news”. The president openly defies the requirements of the Enmoluments Clause of the constitution…
We have a president who is under strong suspicion of colluding with the Russians in their intervention into the November 2016 elections in the United States, who has not criticized Putin or Russia directly in any significant way…
Given Trump’s ongoing assaults on the pillars of American democracy, and the values which underlie them, Democrats, Independents and Republicans need to start thinking, with great urgency, about how Trump and Bannon can be removed from office–at an early date.
The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great
The great paradox of President Donald Trump is that he promises to the American people that he will “make America great again” but in practice appears to want to do so without honoring and defending the values that have made America great in the past.
REPRISE: Syria: Russia’s military assault on Western civilization
First published on September 26, 2016 *** See Anne Barnard and Somni Sengupta, “Syria and Russia Appear Ready to Scorch Aleppo,” New York Times, September…