invasion of “rump” Czechoslovakia

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…

Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, freedom of speech, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force, Venezuela April 4, 2014

Is Putin like Hitler?

For a strong opinion on why Russian annexation of the Crimea cannot be accepted, see Jana Puglierin, “Wir dürfen die Annexion nicht hinnehmen,” Der Spiegel,…

Deutschland, France, Germany, History, Russia, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force April 1, 2014

Putin’s seizure of the Crimea and Hitler’s seizure of the Sudetenland: The comparison is accurate

After seizing the Sudetenland, Adolf Hitler began persecuting the Jews in the newly annexed territories. That Vladimir Putin has not done. In other major respects,…

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International Law, Politics, and Security

invasion of “rump” Czechoslovakia

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

Is Putin like Hitler?

Putin’s seizure of the Crimea and Hitler’s seizure of the Sudetenland: The comparison is accurate