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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 July 25, 2018

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

First Hints of Congressional Oversight Produce Significant Shift in U.S. Policy Towards Russia The Senate is to hold a series of hearings on different aspects…

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

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

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

REPRISE (2017) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, nuclear war, Russia, Trump and Putin, United States October 27, 2017

Trump — The Authoritarian Leader and his movement: Politics and mass psychology in America

Authoritarianism and mass psychology in America: The Leader and his movement Something has happened in America. It is also happening in other democracies in Europe….

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