Radio Free Europe

Dictatorship, Donald Trump, elections, Fascism, Impeachment, Neo-Nazis, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, Supreme Court, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Trump and Putin, Trump Coup d'état, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Military, U.S. Supreme Court September 24, 2020

The Good News: Everyone now knows Trump is planning a coup d’etat

See, 1) Barton Gellman, “The Election That Could Break America; If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and…

China, coverage of foreign events, Culture and Communication, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, freedom of speech, public diplomacy, State Department, television, United Kingdom July 1, 2014

Shift in funding source spells dim future for BBC World Service

The decline in the quality of BBC World Service radio programs has been underway for some time, with the elimination of one of its two…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Dictatorship, electronic curtain, Google, Intelligence, International Law, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, Ukraine, United States, use of force April 27, 2014

Russia’s propaganda and empty justifications for aggression in the Ukraine; the urgent need for the West to broadcast accurate news into eastern Ukraine

See Nik Afanasjew, “RUSSISCHE PROPAGANDA: Senden, um zu siegen; Im Krieg der Worte ist die Ukraine zum Schlachtfeld geworden; Die russische Propaganda ist Putins schärfste…

U.S Foreign Relations July 29, 2010

REPRISE (from March 26, 2010): Afghanistan U.N. SRSG de Mistura Describes U.N. Electoral Role; What Are Allied Forces Fighting For?

Originally Published March 26, 2010 In his first press conference, Staffan de Mistura, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), described what he…

Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Taliban, U.S Foreign Relations June 6, 2010

Intelligence Matters: In Afghanistan, Karzai Ousts Interior Minister Hanif Atmar and Intelligence Chief Amrullah Saleh

DEVELOPING STORY Hamid Karzai has ousted the two top intelligence officials in his government, on the stated ground that they failed to prevent the Taliban…

Afghanistan, elections, Hamid Karzai March 26, 2010

Afghanistan: U.N. SRSG de Mistura Describes U.N. Electoral Role; What Are Allied Forces Fighting For?

In his first press conference, Staffan de Mistura, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), described what he and the United Nations are…

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security