Erik Brattberg

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, Germany, human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin September 3, 2014

Inside Putin’s Brain: Musings on the Ukraine and what is going on inside his head — Part II

For analysis of Putin’s 7-point ceasefire proposal, EU sanctions decisions, and NATO decisions to be taken in the next few days, see “Putin seeks to…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, European Union, foreign news coverage, France, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin September 3, 2014

Putin seeks to divide EU to avoid sanctions with Ukraine “cease-fire” proposal; Russian words should be ignored, harsh EU sanctions and hard NATO decisions adopted

Each act of apeasement dishonors those who fought for, and in many cases died for, the freedoms which we now enjoy. For late news and…

U.S Foreign Relations September 2, 2014

Western leaders, claiming there is no military solution in the Ukraine, prepare weak sanctions that will give Putin a military victory by Russian tanks (Updated September 4, 2014)

Updated September 4, 2014 Western leaders who say there is no military solution in the Ukraine are wrong: A miltary solution is in the making,…

Barack Obama, Deutschland, European Union, Germany, History, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin September 2, 2014

Inside Putin’s Brain: Musings on the Ukraine and what is going on inside his head — Part I

In warfare, as in diplomacy, it is important to try to put yourself in the shoes of your adversary, to try to understand what is…

Crimea, European Union, International Law, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin September 1, 2014

Putin: “I could take Kiev in two weeks.”

In a telephone conversationwith EU Commission President Jose Mauel Borroso, Russian President Vladimir Putin, when confronted by Barroso over the Russian invasion of the eastern…

Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, Germany, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 31, 2014

Berlin seeks to block NATO force deployments in East on fallacious legal arguments

Updated September 3, 2014 See (1) “Ukraine-Krise: Merkel will an Nato-Russland-Verträgen festhalten,” der Spiegel, 3. September 2014 (16:13 Uhr). Im Baltikum wächst die Sorge vor…

Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 30, 2014

Putin’s War: the Russian invasion by regular troops and the West’s response—critical decisions loom (Updated August 30, 2014)

Updated August 30, 2014 Originally published on August 28, 2014 A new round of third-stage (Stage 3) sanctions must be really biting, with immediate effect….

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