Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Donald Trump, European Union, Hillary Clinton, History, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 24, 2017

REPRISE: Syria: Russia’s military assault on Western civilization

First published on September 26, 2016 *** See Anne Barnard and Somni Sengupta, “Syria and Russia Appear Ready to Scorch Aleppo,” New York Times, September…

Crimea, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, History, Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, Soviet Union, syria, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin November 5, 2016

Trump, Clinton, and the risk of nuclear war

Voter Guide See Sam Nunn, “Only Hillary Clinton Is Prepared for the Nuclear Threat; Donald Trump is an apprentice in the nuclear world. Worse, he…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, European Union, Hillary Clinton, History, human rights, International Law, Iran, NATO, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes October 7, 2016

Vice-Presidential debate: Pence pushes Kaine and Clinton on military action in Syria

Developing In VP Debate, Pence Reveals Thrust of Foreign Policy Attack Against Clinton During the Vice-Presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Spence, Spence revealed…

U.S Foreign Relations September 26, 2016

Syria: Russia’s military assault on Western civilization

Developing See Anne Barnard and Somni Senguptasept, “Syria and Russia Appear Ready to Scorch Aleppo,” New York Times, September 25, 2016. The world has become…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, debate over the efficacy of torture, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, human rights, State Department, Torture, U.S. news coverage, United States September 13, 2016

Herd journalists: The most deplorable in Trump’s “basket of deplorables” (Updated September 16, 2016)

Updated Octrober 8, 2016 See Gunda Trepp, “Wahlkampf in Amerika Die Medien haben ihren Auftrag vergessen; Im amerikanischen Wahlkampf kommen viele Journalisten ihrer Sorgfaltspflicht nicht…

"that spark of the divine", Barack Obama, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, elections, European Union, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, NATO, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, Soviet Union, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes August 16, 2016

Beyond Trump and the November elections: Is a coherent U.S. foreign policy possible?

2016 is a good year to be observing what people in the United States are saying about foreign policy. There are new and dangerous currents…

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, foreign news coverage, syria July 29, 2016

Trump versus Clinton on foreign policy

(Developing) We have written of Hillary Clinton’s failures as Secretary of State. But to be fair to her, as has become increasingly clear, many of…

Crimea, European Union, foreign news coverage, History, International Law, Justice Department, NATO, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin July 23, 2016

Obama’s capitulation ———- Russia bombs U.S. and British support base in Syria: U.S. responds by caving in on Ukraine sanctions on Russia

Developing Russia has bombed U.S. and U.K. support bases and facilities in Syria, on June 16 and July 12, 2016. One of the most significant…

History, human rights, Mitt Romney, State Department, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, United States March 6, 2016

The ugly face of America: Donald Trump and his supporters

Finally, a leading political figure in the United States, Governor Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for the presidency in 2012, stood up and denounced Donald…

Barack Obama, CIA, elections, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, State Department, United States August 18, 2015

U.S. presidential primaries: Donald Trump as incendiary wildcard, and Hillary Clinton as hyper-advised calculating robot

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as dream candidates—for the other side Sometimes it seems that the Republicans and the Democrats have found the perfect candidate…

Barack Obama, coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, debate over the efficacy of torture, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, electronic curtain, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, Intelligence, International Law, NATO, public diplomacy, Russia, self-defense, State Department, Sudan, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes February 1, 2015

How the West helps Putin suppress the truth about Russian military intervention in the Ukraine

Developing See Stephanie Bolzen und Julia Smirnova, “Warum Russland im Informationskrieg vorn liegt Die Nato wirft Russland gewaltige Truppenpräsenz in der Ostukraine vor. Putin dementiert,…

U.S Foreign Relations August 25, 2014

The stakes in the presidential election dispute — whether Hamid Karzai will continue to call the shots in Afghanistan

Developing An old adage is, “Don’t change horses when you are crossing a stream.” There is an important gloss on that adage, however. The fuller…

Africa, CIA, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, International Law, Libya, Libya, State Department, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force May 10, 2013

Benghazi and Beyond

After the Congressional testimony before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, new attention has been directed to the facts of the Beghazi affair….

"that spark of the divine", foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, human rights, human rights reports, International Law, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, U.S. Congress, U.S. news coverage, United States April 17, 2013

Where are the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights?

U.S. law requires that the annual State Department Country Reports on Human Rights be published by February 25 of each year. The seriousness with which…

Afghanistan, Argentina, Barack Obama, Chile, CIA, Egypt, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, France, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iraq, Libya, Mali, NATO, Pakistan, refoulement, self-defense, Somalia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Security Council, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Congress, United States, use of force, war crimes February 27, 2013

What difference does it make if John Brennan is confirmed?

In the end, what difference does it make if John Brennan is confirmed as CIA Director by the Senate? 1. Well, for one thing, it may…

Barack Obama, CIA, Intelligence, International Law, Libya, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force February 7, 2013

Obama rejected proposal of Clinton and Petraeus, backed by Panetta and Dempsey, to arm rebels in Syria

Developing story –check back for updates News Reports and Commentary Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler, “Senate Hearing Draws Out a Rift in U.S. Policy…

Afghanistan, Africa, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, Guatemala, History, Honduras, human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Latin America, Libya, Mali, Middle East, Nicaragua, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, war crimes February 2, 2013

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the foreign policy “successes” of our celebrity leaders

Draft [Note: Today’s article is a bit unusual in format, consisting of long portions of an article on Hillary Clinton’s term as Secretary of State,…

Barack Obama, CIA, elections, Intelligence, Justice Department, Libya, Middle East, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, United States December 17, 2012

Hillary Clinton and “The Benghazi Triangle”—where careers and reputations vanish without a trace

The Bermuda Triangle is a well-known area where ships have been known to vanish without a trace, and without any cogent explanation. It seems that…

Africa, Barack Obama, Egypt, elections, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Middle East, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, State Department Legal Adviser, United States December 13, 2012

Morsi’s draft constitution will remove top female judge in Egypt from Constitutional Court; the dubious future of female judges under the government of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood

It is important to understand Mohamed Morsi’s background in order to understand how the draft constitution now being submitted to a referendum beginning December 15…

Barack Obama, CIA, Intelligence, Libya, State Department, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States November 16, 2012

Petraeus, Allen, Benghazi potpourri

Developing–check back for updates “potpourri” potpourri /pəʊˈpʊəri, -ˈriː, pɒtˈpʊəri/ ▶noun (pl. potpourris) 1 a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl to…

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