David M. Herszenhorn

Barack Obama, Biden Administration, collective self-defense, Crimes Against Humanity, crimes against peace, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, foreign correspondents, History, international humanitarian law, International Law, Joe Biden, NATO, nuclear war, propaganda, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, Senate, Senate Democrats, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. General Assembly, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes March 12, 2022

Ukraine War, March 12, 2022: Zelensky and Ukraine have a clear goal–Victory! And the U.S.? The West? Do they even understand the situation, or have a strategy? Correcting faulty thinking: Contemporary international law and the use of force

Developing Due to rapidly-breaking developments and in order to facilitate readers’ access to the latest dispatches, we are publishing this article as it is being…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, human rights, International Law, NATO, OSCE, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes January 21, 2015

Poroshenko interview in NZZ; agreement to withdraw heavy weapons from Minsk September 19 demarcation line

Developing Vladimir Putin acting, through his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, reached an agreement in Berlin this week under which Russian “separatists” in eastern Ukraine would…

Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, France, Germany, History, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 10, 2014

Russian invasion of Ukraine viewed as increasingly likely

In Europe, some commentators see a Russian invasion of the Ukraine by regular forces as increasingly likely. See Richard Herzinger (Korrespondent für Politik und Gesellschaft),…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, France, Germany, History, International Law, Justice Department, NATO, Russia, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force July 3, 2014

Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine continues; Europe refuses serious sanctions; Only serious sanctions can stop Russia

Developing For background, see The Trenchant Observer, “The virus of nationalism and military aggression: Adolf Hitler in Vienna, March, 1938; Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, May…

Barack Obama, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United States, use of force March 2, 2014

U.N. Security Council meets at request of Ukraine—with links to press statements following meetings

At the request of Ukraine, the U.N. Security Council met on Friday evening (February 28) and Saturday afternoon (March 1) to discuss Russian military intervention…

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,…

China, International Law, Russia, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine November 26, 2013

Russian economic pressures and actions to force Ukraine not to ratify EU treaty violate international law principle of non-intervention (Updated November 27, 2013)

UPDATE See “Gescheitertes Abkommen: Merkel hält Ukraine die Tür für EU-Abkommen weiter offen, Der Spiegel, 27 November 2013. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel hat die Ukraine weiterhin…

Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, extrajudicial execution, History, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Russia, State Department, syria, Turkey, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes May 19, 2013

Kerry and Lavrov: Personal rapport versus facts on ground in Syria

The New York Times reports on May 18 on the rapport that is building between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister…