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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…

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

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

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U.S. attacks WTO judicial institutions

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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

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

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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 January 18, 2018

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

See Gardiner Harris, “Tillerson Says U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria Beyond Battle With ISIS,” New York Times, January 17, 2018. “Donald Trump and international…

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