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Crimes Against Humanity, genocide, gun control, House of Representatives, international humanitarian law, Mass shootings, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Senate, Totalitarian regimes, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes May 27, 2022

Ukraine War, May 27, 2022 (III): Americans and Russians who acquiesce in evil

The mass shooting of grade school students and teachers in Uvalde, Texas set me to thinking about the Russian officials and citizens who won’t stand…

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collective self-defense, crimes against peace, cyber attacks, cyber-warfare, History, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, Poland, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Security Council, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Ukraine Crisis, February 17, 2022: Cold War with Russia in progress, could last for decades; Russia confirms threat of use of force in writing; U.N. Security Council meets; U.S. and NATO must seize control of narrative, move to offense with sanctions, war footing

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authoritarian regimes, CIA, coronavirus, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, elections, FBI, freedom of speech, Germany, Impeachment, Intelligence, Justice Department, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, State Department, television, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Military, U.S. Supreme Court, United States June 6, 2020

Trump’s coup d’état: A Framework of Inquiry

 Working Draft America’s Lack of Defenses against Authoritarian attempts to seize power. America is in many ways defenseless, because before Trump no one could imagine…

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China, Corona virus, Deutschland, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, Germany, International Law, International Trade, Rule of Law, Serbia, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, U.S. Military, United Nations, United States, use of force May 15, 2020

In coronavirus pandemic, China defies international law in the South China Sea–Part I

ENGLISH AND FRENCH Three recent articles describe China’s recent actions in the South China Sea, which appear to violate international law and an authoritative and…

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Barack Obama, extraordinary rendition, Germany, History, International Law, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, vision of peace November 11, 2019

REPRISE (2019) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”

Originally published on November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and…

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authoritarian regimes, Donald Trump, elections, International Law, Latin America, Rule of Law, Russia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Venezuela January 25, 2019

Trump Steers Dangerous Course in Venezuela

Developing (uncorrected draft)   Donald Trump has set the United States on a dangerous course in its policy toward Venezuela. The Trump administration seems to…

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authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, freedom of speech, human rights, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, Taliban, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin December 26, 2018

Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan

U.S. foreign policy under the direction of a malevolent simpleton The great challenge facing observers and critics of U.S. foreign policy is to keep track…