REPRISE (from 2009): Wanted in Oslo—President Obama’s Vision of Peace
December 10 is Human Rights Day, commemorating the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human…
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Crisis in Lebanon: Hezbollah versus the United Nations, International Law, and the World Community
(Developing Story) Following the death of Antonio Cassesse, the former president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the new president, Judge Sir David Baragwanath, visited…
REPRISE: Syria and the Shame of the World
Originally published August 20, 2011 Bashar Al-Assad is pursuing the Libyan solution to civilian demonstrations–turn your tanks and your weapons on the demonstrators, and kill…
Syria — And the Shame of the World
(Developing) Bashar Al-Assad is pursuing the Libyan solution to civilian demonstrations–turn your tanks and your weapons on the demonstrators, and kill as many of them…
The Human Cost: Obama’s Debacle in Libya — Update #3 (April 26)
While the international coaltion hesitates to take decisive action to remove Qaddafi from power, the human cost rises. Qaddafi’s forces unleased artillery attacks on Misrata’s…
Libya—America Abdicates Global Leadership in Struggle for Democracy
Today is a sad day for the Observer, as America abdicates its moral leadership in world affairs by adopting the role of mere spectator of…