vision of peace

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…

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?”

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, Google, Google filtering, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, vision of peace, war crimes

Donald Trump and international law

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, debate over the efficacy of torture, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Nobel Peace Prize, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, syria, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, vision of peace, war crimes

REPRISE: “A time to break silence”: Dr. King on the Vietnam war, and President Carter on America’s human rights violations

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

Homework for Rex Tillerson before traveling to Moscow

China, Crimea, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

REPRISE: Russia’s utter and continuing violation of international law in the Ukraine: U.N. General Assembly Resolution A/RES/25/2625 (1970) on Principles of International Law and Friendly Relations Among States

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, foreign news coverage, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin

Leading U.S. newspapers miss story: White House press secretary says Russia must return the Crimea (Updated February 16, 2017)

"that spark of the divine", human rights, Poetry, Russia, syria, vision of peace

REPRISE—A prayer for the children of Syria

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, European Union, History, human rights, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, NATO, Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, Soviet Union, State Department, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Torture Convention, Ukraine, United States, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

President-elect Trump, foreign policy, and the defense of core American values

"that spark of the divine", Deutschland, Dictatorship, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, self-defense, Torture, U.N. Charter, United States, use of force, vision of peace November 11, 2016

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

Originally published November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and all…

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