use of force

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…

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, Egypt, Egypt, Germany, History, International Law, International Trade, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Without International Law, “anarchy is loosed upon the world.”

corruption, Crimea, Donald Trump, International Law, Justice Department, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin

Putin-Zelensky deal on Crimea and recognizing fruits of aggression in Donbas would be void under international law

Crimea, Donald Trump, History, International Law, Iran, Middle East, Russia, self-defense, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin

U.S. attacks against Iran likely (Updated 9-20-19)

Crimea, Deutschland, Germany, History, International Law, Russia, Soviet Union, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

September 1, 1939: German-Soviet alliance launches World War II with German invasion of Poland

Crimea, Donald Trump, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department Legal Adviser, Trump and Putin, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin

The Great Buffoon’s lack of support of Article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter

authoritarian regimes, China, coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, Egypt, Egypt, Ethiopia, foreign correspondents, Germany, History, International Law, North Korea, nuclear war, Qatar, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, Soviet Union, Spain, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, UAE, Ukraine, united arab emirates, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

Foreign policy without International Law

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

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

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 January 10, 2019

International Law after Trump

The Trump administration seems to have forgotten about international law. This has led to an enormous failure on the part of the United States to…

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