Europe’s shame: EU response to Russian war crimes in Aleppo and Syria
Developing The leaders of the EU have reached their decision on how to respond to Russian war crimes in Aleppo and northern Syria. They are…
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Syria–“Cessation of hostilities” and realities on the ground (Updated March 4, 2016)
Jacob Zuma flouts South African court order, Constitution and international law, allowing Sudanese president al-Bashir to escape arrest on ICC charges of genocide
Putin and the Ukraine: What is the deceptive KGB man and judo master up to?
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U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2202 (17 February 2015) —with full text, annexes and summaries of interventions by delegates
REPRISE: Kiev caves in to Russian military threats, offering far-reaching concessions in eastern Ukraine; Pacifism and appeasement grip Wasington and Europe; First signs of Russian military intervention appear, as troops on border are poised to strike
REPRISE: Syria—As Christmas approaches, the assault on civilization continues
Human rights abuses by Putin’s puppets: The seventh report of the OHCHR on the human rights situation in the Ukraine (with link to full report)
Putin at G-20 in Brisbane: Shun the Aggressor!
Latest Developments and Overview of Situation Regarding Ukraine See: (1) Julia Smirvova, “Die Angst vor der Eskalation in der Ostukraine,” Die Welt, 14. November 2014.(Aktualisiert…
U.N. Security Council meets in emergency session (link to video); NATO confirms columns of Russian tanks, artillery and troops crossing border into eastern Ukraine; Kiev denounces imminent large-scale invasion
Developing See (1) Ewen MacAskill (defence correspondent), “Russian tanks and troops crossing into Ukraine, says Nato commander General Philip Breedlove warns of renewed war as…
Ukrainian military expert and politician charges OSCE Observers with bias
After reading various anodyne OSCE observer reports which note, for example, that so many columns of tanks and military vehicles without license plates or insignia…
The meaningless “sham” elections in “separatist”-held areas of the Ukraine on November 2, 2014
“Une dictature est un pays dans lequel on n’a pas besoin de passer toute une nuit devant son poste pour apprendre le résultat des élections.”…
REPRISE II — Putin’s wager: Russia’s rogue authoritarianism versus fundamental human rights and the existing international political and legal order
Russia and the Ukraine—The Big Picture Originally published April 24, 2014 In a fatal error, Putin challenges the modern postwar international political and legal order…
Ban Ki-Moon’s Special envoy Robert Serry manhandled, blocked, and forced to abandon mission in the Crimea; Repercussions from the Ukraine in the East China Sea and beyond
Nostalgia hit of the week: The Beetles, “Back in the USSR” (available on YouTube here) Putin’s Answer to Diplomatic Initiatives Russia’s answer to the diplomatic…
Steinmeier warns of extremely dangerous situation in Ukraine; Monday dinner with Lavrov yields no results; OCSE observer mission headed to Ukraine Wednesday
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva Monday night, but found no grounds for optimism to report. Steinmeier…
The fruits of pacifist foreign policies: Aggression in Ukraine, atrocities in Syria; Merkel’s fact-finding mission—a last chance to avert disaster?
The new hybrid pacifism The new, hybrid pacifism of Barack Obama and NATO countries has been obscured by Obama’s use of drones, and military operations…
U. N. Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2127 (2013) authorizing military action and AU-led, French-backed peacekeeping force in Central African Republic
[The French text of the Press Release and Resolution 2127 can be found here.] Central African Republic: Security Council approves new peacekeeping force, UN News…
REPRISE: Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”
First published, November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and all…
Not indexed by Google: Trenchant Observer article with text of Security Council Resolution 2118; the unregulated power of a totalitarian instrument of thought control (updated November 27, 2013
One would think that a post containing the text of the first U.N. Security Council decision on Syria mandating anything—here, the destruction of chemical weapons—would…