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Donald Trump, FBI, International Law, International Trade, Rule of Law, U.S. Congress, United States September 29, 2018

U.S. attacks WTO judicial institutions

See Marie de Vergès, “Le gendarme OMC au bord de la paralysie,” Le Monde, le 29 septembre, 2018. Donald Trump’s attack on the rule of…

Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, Qatar, Qatar, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, united arab emirates, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

50 Years Ago: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and its enduring significance

Crimea, Donald Trump, European Union, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Trump and Putin, Trump-Putin meeting, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Text of Crimea Declaration and Pompeo Testimony: U.S. finally states it will never recognize Russian annexation of Crimea

Donald Trump, freedom of speech, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States, Vladimir Putin

The Putin-Trump threat takes a menacing turn–Michael McFaul and Bill Browder

"that spark of the divine", CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, Donald Trump, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, human rights, human rights reports, Rule of Law, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, United States, war crimes

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

"that spark of the divine", Donald Trump, FBI, Google, Google filtering, Google indexing, Intelligence, Justice Department, Philippines, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, U.S. Congress, U.S. news coverage, United States, Vladimir Putin

Americans Are Lost in the Weeds, and Google Doesn’t Help

2016 U.S. Presidential election, corruption, Donald Trump, FBI, Justice Department, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, United States

Republican smear campaign against FBI continues propaganda aimed at sowing confusion

Donald Trump, International Law, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, United States, use of force

International Law? U.S. maintains 2,000 troops in Syria without legal justification

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Russia, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vladimir Putin

The Question of Individual Responsibility for the Actions of One’s Nation

authoritarian regimes, Culture and Communication, Donald Trump, elections, History, Rule of Law, U.S. Constitution, U.S. news coverage, United States December 8, 2017

How Senate Democrats have strengthened Trump: Al Franken and the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Draft (developing) The Senate Democrats, spurred on by the wave of feminist hysteria over alleged sexual misconduct sweeping the country, have pressured Senator Al Franken,…

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