Patrick Wintour – The Trenchant Observer

U.S Foreign Relations August 22, 2021

Recent Commentary on Afghan Withdrawal

Recent opinion on the American debacle in Afghanistan. See, 1) Sylvie Kauffmann (éditorialiste), “L’onde de choc géopolitique de la débâcle afghane; L’humiliation infligée à la…

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Immunity or safe-conduct for al-Assad? Can Kofi Annan fail? Conference before cease-fire?—Obama’s Debacle in Syria — Update #56 (June 23)

A lot of wasted time and diplomatic effort could be saved if the world’s leaders insisted on their top international lawyers sitting in on critical…