french dinner diplomacy

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, France, Germany, International Law, Russia, sanctions, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force June 6, 2014

As official Russian troops withdraw from border, Putin continues stealth invasion and occupation of Donetsk and Luhansk region by irregular forces

News and Opinion See (1) Anton Troianovski (Berlin) and Carol E. Lee (in Bénouville, France), “Mistrust Persists in Ukraine Meetings,” Wall Street Journal, June 6,…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force June 5, 2014

Francois Hollande’s dinner diplomacy with Obama and Putin; France’s decision to proceed with the sale of warships to Russia to be based in the Crimea; NATO’s failure to increase forward-based troop deployments in the East

Francois Hollande’s Dinner Diplomacy and France’s Undercutting of the West For a droll account of French President Francois Hollande’s dinner plans Thursday evening in Paris,…

Barack Obama, Deutschland, France, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, NATO, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force June 3, 2014

The sheer mind-numbing incompetence of Obama’s White House foreign policy team; Ukraine—continuing pacifism and appeasement in the West

Developing You can’t make this stuff up. The sheer, mind-numbing incompetence of the White House foreign policy team surpasses the wildest leaps of the imagination….

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security

french dinner diplomacy

As official Russian troops withdraw from border, Putin continues stealth invasion and occupation of Donetsk and Luhansk region by irregular forces

Francois Hollande’s dinner diplomacy with Obama and Putin; France’s decision to proceed with the sale of warships to Russia to be based in the Crimea; NATO’s failure to increase forward-based troop deployments in the East

The sheer mind-numbing incompetence of Obama’s White House foreign policy team; Ukraine—continuing pacifism and appeasement in the West