new hybrid pacificism

No Picture

Barack Obama, China, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, extrajudicial execution, France, Germany, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Libya, Libya, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes October 21, 2014

REPRISE — The fruits of pacifist foreign policies: Aggression in Ukraine, atrocities in Syria

Viewing the developing Russian-Ukrainian war from the vantage point of March 3, 2014, it is striking to note how much of what has happened since…

No Picture

Barack Obama, Chemical weapons, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Germany, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, syria, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, war crimes March 18, 2014

Appeasing the Aggressor: (Hybrid-) Pacifists in U.S. and E.U. give Russia a slap on the wrist for aggression and military intervention in the Ukraine

Appeasement in Europe, 2014 The “hybrid-pacifists” who lead Europe and the U.S. may have been willing in some cases to send troops to Iraq and…

No Picture

Barack Obama, Central African Republic, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Deutschland, France, genocide, Germany, History, International Law, kosovo, Libya, Mali, NATO, Russia, Serbia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Nations Secretary General, United States, use of force, war crimes March 3, 2014

The fruits of pacifist foreign policies: Aggression in Ukraine, atrocities in Syria; Merkel’s fact-finding mission—a last chance to avert disaster?

The new hybrid pacifism The new, hybrid pacifism of Barack Obama and NATO countries has been obscured by Obama’s use of drones, and military operations…