use of force

Dictatorship, Donald Trump, International Law, Latin America, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, United Nations, use of force, Venezuela, Venezuela January 26, 2019

Stupid and Incompetent Foreign Policy Towards Venezuela — “Intervention to Protect Nationals” (Updated)

Update: The U.S. and Venezuela have reached agreement to keep their diplomats in each other’s coountry for 30 days, while “interest section” arrangements can be…

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

Trump Steers Dangerous Course in Venezuela

Afghanistan, authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, elections, foreign news coverage, History, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, U.S. news coverage, use of force, Vladimir Putin

International Law after Trump

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

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Putin’s puppet delivers, on Syria and sanctions—The foreign policy of a simpleton

China, Donald Trump, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Ukraine, South China Sea: Donald Trump and the U.S. failure to defend international law

Crimea, Donald Trump, European Union, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Russia continues aggression against Ukraine, now in Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimea, Donald Trump, elections, History, International Law, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Trump versus Obama — How the Democrats can lose the Mid-terms

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

History, human rights, International Law, Rule of Law, U.N. Charter, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace July 29, 2018

Humanity’s voice of reason: International Law and the United Nations Charter

Developing I watched a great movie this afternoon, The Interpreter, with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. While it was an action thriller, it also had…

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