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Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, State Department, syria, U.S. Military, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 11, 2018

Samantha Power on Syria: Former Obama officials still downplay the use of force

THE HARVARD GAZETTE, a publication of Harvard University, has recently published an interview with former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. In its introduction, the Gazette writes,…

Donald Trump, human rights, human rights reports, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, United States, war crimes, Yemen, Yemen

Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Will Trump look the other way?

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

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

High crimes and misdemeanors: Flynn, Comey, and Russians in the Oval Office

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, France, International Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

After Tillerson’s trip to Moscow, will Trump lift sanctions against Russia, or ever criticize Putin?

Barack Obama, Chemical weapons, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, International Law, Russia, State Department, syria, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

April 7, 2017: Security Council Meets on Syria (7919th meeting, with link to video)

"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

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Donald Trump, elections, freedom of speech, Intelligence, International Law, propaganda, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, Hillary Clinton, History, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

REPRISE: Syria: Russia’s military assault on Western civilization

Donald Trump, European Union, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 15, 2017

REPRISE: Trump, Russia and the betrayal of American heroes

Originally published February 2, 2017 The worst case scenario, we wrote after the election on November 8, 2016, would be if Trump acted during the…

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