U.N. Convention Against Torture

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CIA nominee is presumptive war criminal; multiple reasons to reject Haspel nomination

Developing–preliminary draft We have grown tired under Donald Trump’s relentless assault on our democratic values and the rule of law. With no responsible officials at…

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Trump, Russia and the betrayal of American heroes

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Beyond Trump and the November elections: Is a coherent U.S. foreign policy possible?

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International Law and the Descent toward Barbarism: MSF —“Wars are being fought as in ‘barbarian times’

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The ugly face of America: Donald Trump and his supporters

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A new and more dangerous Cold War is underway

Afghanistan, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

The 70th anniversary of the unconditonal surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945

Crimea, European Union, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

REPRISE: If Putin invades Mariupol and seizes a land corridor to the Crimea, what will NATO, the U.S. and the EU do?

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Civilization falters, as Russian aggression stands and Islamic terrorism explodes

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, Culture and Communication, France, freedom of speech, human rights, Iraq, syria, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes January 8, 2015

The Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, and the torture trail leading to Abu Gharib

See ANDREW HIGGINS and MAÏA de la BAUME, “Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services,” New York Times, January 8, 2015….

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