use of force

"the South", Charter, collective self-defense, coverage of foreign events, Eritrea, Ethiopia, International Law, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, Tigray Province, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force January 26, 2023

Ukraine War, January 27, 2023: War in Ethiopia shows what’s at stake in Ukraine

Dispatches See, 1) José Naranjo (Dakar), “Etiopía, la guerra más mortal del siglo: 600.000 civiles muertos en dos años; Las estimaciones de las instituciones europeas…

Biden Administration, Ceasefire terms, Charter, collective self-defense, Individual and collective self-defense, Joe Biden, Military aid, military aid, NATO, public diplomacy, public opinion, restriction on use of munitions transferred to Ukraine, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, Secondary sanctions, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, threat of the use of force, U.S. and NATO strategy, U.S. and NATO strategy in Ukraine War, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes

Ukraine War, January 12, 2023: Putin restores old guard to command over Ukraine war

Individual and collective self-defense, Intelligence, intelligence sharing, Military aid, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, use of force

Ukraine War, December 19, 2022: Ukraine’s algorithm advantage;

Individual and collective self-defense, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, public opinion, Russia, Russian barbarism, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. and NATO strategy, Ukraine, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes

Ukraine War, December 11, 2022: Military views on military situation; text of Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech by Oleksandra Matviichuk (with video)

Article 51, Biden Administration, Charter, collective self-defense, Individual and collective self-defense, Joe Biden, Military aid, military aid, NATO, nuclear threats, nuclear war, restriction on use of munitions transferred to Ukraine, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. and NATO strategy, U.S. and NATO strategy in Ukraine War, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes

Ukraine War, December 10, 2022: Boris Johnson urges transfer of advanced weapons, greater military aid to Ukraine; Biden signals NATO that U.S. policy respecting Putin’s “red line” regarding attacks on targets in Russia will not change

Article 51, Biden Administration, Charter, collective self-defense, Germany, Individual and collective self-defense, International Law, Joe Biden, jus cogens or peremptory international law, Military aid, military aid, NATO, restriction on use of munitions transferred to Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. and NATO strategy, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Ukraine War, December 7, 2022: Germany supports Ukrainian arracks on Russian territory

Appeasement, Appeasers, Article 51, Biden Administration, Charter, collective self-defense, Individual and collective self-defense, Joe Biden, Military aid, nuclear threats, Russia, Russian barbarism, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes

Ukraine War, December 5, 2022: The face of appeasement–U.S. modified HIMARS artillery launchers so they couldn’t hit targets in Russia; How dare they? Ukraine attacks targets in Russia

"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

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

1938 Munich Pact, Appeasement, Article 51, attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, Barack Obama, Chairman Mark Milley, Charter, Chemical weapons, civilian deaths, civilian deaths, collective self-defense, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Department of Defense, Donbas, Ghouta chemical weapons attacks, History, Individual and collective self-defense, International Law, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military aid, military aid, NATO, Russia, Russian annexation of conquered Ukrainian territory, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. and NATO strategy, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, war crimes

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)

Black Sea, Ceasefire terms, Charter, crime of aggression, Crimea, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, grain exports, History, International Law, Japan, jus cogens or peremptory international law, Russia, Russian annexation of conquered Ukrainian territory, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, Soviet Union, U.N. Charter, U.S. and NATO strategy, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin November 6, 2022

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

Analysis Most commentators, politicians, and even policymakers who urge a negotiated ceasefire or peace settlement in Ukraine tend to assume that achieving such a goal…

Biden Administration, Charter, civilian deaths, collective self-defense, crime of aggression, crimes against peace, Individual and collective self-defense, infrastructure, Joe Biden, NATO, nuclear threats, nuclear war, Nuremberg Judgment, Nuremberg Trials, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, Soviet Union, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. and NATO strategy, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes October 27, 2022