Essence of Decision

Deutschland, European Union, Germany, Greece, Iran, Justice Department, Nuclear Proliferation, sanctions, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, U.S. Congress, United States June 27, 2015

Lessons for Iran from the Greek debt negotiations

Two deadlines loom on June 30: 1) Agreement between Greece and the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on…

Barack Obama, France, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force April 8, 2014

Russia threatens further aggression against the Ukraine: The response of the West has been a bad joke; Putin must be stopped

Updated and revised Let me say quite frankly that it pains our hearts to see what is happening in Ukraine at the moment, see the…

China, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, extrajudicial execution, France, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Lebanon, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes March 9, 2012

The Daily Star: “We procrastinate”—Obama’s Debacle in Syria — Update #9 (March 9)

The Daily Star (Beirut) has been one of the absolute best sources for reliable and up-to-date information on what is going on in Syria, and…

Barack Obama, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dictatorship, extrajudicial execution, Germany, History, human rights, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes March 9, 2012

The “Rational Actor” Fallacy and Stopping Syria’s Atrocities—Obama’s Debacle in Syria — Update #8 (March 9)

“There are times, such as when a man or a group of men are in the act of firing weapons to kill innocent civilians, when…

Barack Obama, China, CIA, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iran, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Russia, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Charter, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, United States, use of force, vision of peace January 27, 2012

Obama’s foreign policy juggernaut, including Tom Donilon, and the risks of hubris (updated)

jug[ger[naut n. (altered < Hindi Jagannath < Sans Jagannatha, lord of the world < jagat, world + natha, lord) 1 an incarnation of the Hindu…