benjamin Bidder

Crimea, History, International Law, Russia, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war crimes March 8, 2015

Anniversary of the Russian military seizure of the Crimea; Details reveal Putin’s gross lies and distortions of the facts

Benjamin Bidder of Der Spiegel reports on the content of a report prepared by Russian military experts at a think tank in Russia, which details…

Deutschland, Germany, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, syria, U.N. Charter, United Nations Secretary General, use of force March 5, 2014

Ban Ki-Moon’s Special envoy Robert Serry manhandled, blocked, and forced to abandon mission in the Crimea; Repercussions from the Ukraine in the East China Sea and beyond

Nostalgia hit of the week: The Beetles, “Back in the USSR” (available on YouTube here) Putin’s Answer to Diplomatic Initiatives Russia’s answer to the diplomatic…

U.S Foreign Relations March 1, 2014

Russia seizes Crimea by force, threatens larger invasion of Ukraine: Putin gambles with Russia’s future in the powder keg of Europe

Developing Latest developments For an excellent overview of the situation in the Ukraine by the New York Times, see Alison Shale and David M. herszenhorn,…

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security

benjamin Bidder

Anniversary of the Russian military seizure of the Crimea; Details reveal Putin’s gross lies and distortions of the facts

Ban Ki-Moon’s Special envoy Robert Serry manhandled, blocked, and forced to abandon mission in the Crimea; Repercussions from the Ukraine in the East China Sea and beyond

Russia seizes Crimea by force, threatens larger invasion of Ukraine: Putin gambles with Russia’s future in the powder keg of Europe