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Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, Google, Google filtering, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, vision of peace, war crimes May 16, 2017

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….

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

High crimes and misdemeanors: Flynn, Comey, and Russians in the Oval Office

Donald Trump, elections, France, genocide, Germany, International Law, Russia, Ukraine

Trump’s support for Marine Le Pen shames America; America turns away from human rights

Donald Trump, International Law, Justice Department, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Has Tillerson shown his cards? Exxon Mobil moves to dismantle Russian sanctions (revised April 21, 2017)

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Donald Trump, Russia, sanctions, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Unanswered questions about Russia’s U.N. Ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, and the U.S. role in suppressing the results of his autopsy

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, France, International Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

After Tillerson’s trip to Moscow, will Trump lift sanctions against Russia, or ever criticize Putin?

Barack Obama, Chemical weapons, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, International Law, Russia, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

April 7, 2017: Security Council Meets on Syria (7919th meeting, with link to video)

Crimea, Donald Trump, History, International Law, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

Homework for Rex Tillerson before traveling to Moscow

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, European Union, France, NATO, Russia, sanctions, State Department, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin

Putin threatens life of leading opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, then arrrests him and others at demonstrations in Russia — Meanwhile, Tillerson is racing to Moscow

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin March 21, 2017

Pro-Russian President Donald Trump directs Secretary of State to skip NATO summit, travel to Moscow instead

News that Rex Tillerson would skip an upcoming NATO foreign ministers meeting and travel instead to Moscow is the kind of news that produces a…

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