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"Woke" movement's inroads in universities, 1949 Geneva Conventions of the Law of War, Abduction of Children by Ruusians, Charter, civilian deaths, civilian deaths, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Fascism, genocide, Individual and collective self-defense, international humanitarian law, International Law, Russia, Russian barbarism, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes November 26, 2022

Ukraine War, November 26, 2022 (I): “Woke” trigger warnings, literature classics, and students’ responses to Russian military aggression and barbarism in Ukraine; Germany fails to ramp up war production, as have many NATO countries

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Ukraine War, November 15, 2022: Russian missiles hit Polish town; Putin tests NATO mutual defense obligation under Article 5 of NATO Treaty (Updated November 19, 2022)

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Ukraine War, November 6, 2022 (II): International Law and the structural impediments to a ceasefire or peace settlement in Ukraine

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Ukrainian War, October 30, 2022: $300 billion in frozen assets could be transferred to Ukraine in accordance with international law, Robert Zoelick argues

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Ukraine War, October 28, 2022: Biden needs to speak to Putin in language he understands; Biden makes sure Ukraine fights with one hand tied behind its back

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Ukraine War, October 26, 2022: The context for analysis of current developments; The “dirty bomb” as a Russian propaganda distraction from current war crimes

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October 24, 2022: Clueless Democratic “liberals” urge Biden to negotiate directly with Russia; Will they become the appeasement wing of the Democratic Party? (UPDATED October 25, 2022)

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Ukraine War, October 23, 2022: The real stakes in Ukraine: Freedom and a world ruled by reason and law, not force and barbarism

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Ukraine War, October 11, 2022: The Russian people will bear the shame of Russia’s aggression and war crimes for a thousand years

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Ukraine War, October 10, 2022: Decision time for Biden–respond to Russian escalation in a way that gets Putin’s attention, or cave in to his nuclear threats

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Ukraine War, October 6, 2022: Are Putin’s nuclear threats working? Will Biden blink?

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Ukraine War, September 29, 2022: Russia’s treaties with puppet authorities are void under international law, as is the “annexation”; Peggy Noonan on Putin’s nuclear threats

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Ukraine War, August 24, 2024: Biden and the West are doing better in supporting Ukraine and opposing Russian aggression

The Biden administration and the West are doing a better job in supporting Ukraine and resisting Russian aggression. They deserve credit for overcoming some of…

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Ukraine War, July 16, 2022: Office of U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) consistently issues misleading numbers of civilian deaths in Ukraine: Why doesn’t someone stop them?

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Ukraine War, July 3, 2022: Speak to Putin in a language he understands: the language of force

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Ukraine War, May 8, 2022: In emotionally powerful symbolic move, First Lady Jill Biden meets with First Lady Olena Zelenska in Ukraine on Mother’s Day and VE Day; The moral responsibility of journalists for disclosures of sensitive military information (“Loose lips sink ships.”)

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Ukraine War, May 7, 2022 (III): Desperate plight of Ukrainian fighters in Azovstal steelwork; Urgent need for international action to avoid massacre

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Ukraine War, April 14, 2022 (II): REPRISE–Why Putin cannot win

Originally published February 15, 2022

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Ukraine War, April 14, 2022 (I): U.S. diplomacy fails to generate support in developing world to condemn and defeat Russia in Ukraine war

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Ukraine War, April 5, 2022 (I): After Bucha, Zelensky expresses the outrage of the world over Russian crimes against humanity; clarifications regarding Russia’s seat on Security Council, and “crimes against humanity” v. “genocide”

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