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Warum mich der Krieg in der Ukraine interessiert

Warum mich der Krieg in der Ukraine interessiert Revised Google translation THEMEN: Trenchant Observations-Newsletter Warum Mich Der Krieg In Der Ukraine Interessiert GEPOSTET VON: JAMES…


Pourquoi je me soucie de la guerre en Ukraine

LES SUJETS: Bulletin Trenchant Obserations Des Tranchées Pourquoi Je Me Soucie De La Guerre En Ukraine PUBLIÉ PAR : JAMES ROWLES 26 JUIN 2022 Extrait…



Ukraine War, March 6, 2022 (I): (Russian translation by Google ) Война на Украине, 6 марта 2022 г. (I): Цивилизованные страны мира должны создать аналог Нюрнбергской хартии (обновлено 7 марта 2022)

Обновить 7 февраля 2022 г. Крайне важно, чтобы цивилизованные страны мира ясно дали понять, что военные преступления и зверства, совершаемые русскими на Украине, не останутся…


Afghanistan faces famine, economic collapse as international community poses conditions for aid

The key point is that the international community should not deny to the people of Afghanistan–the individual life-and-blood human beings–the aid they need to survive, on the theory that withholding aid will make the Taliban respect human rights. For examples of the challenges of survival these human beings face, see Espinosa and Follorou, above.





What do Trump and the election have to do with international law, politics, and security?

You cannot make plans for additions to your house while there is a bulldozer outside, with its engines revving, actively engaged in tearing down your…




Not indexed by Google Update: Putin and Nemtsov

The ability of Google and other search engines to index a blog article or web page gives them powers equivalent to those of a totalitarian…



REPRISE II: Dare anyone say it? “We applaud the courage of the Ukrainian government and people in defending public order and the sovereignty and territorial independence of the Ukraine.”

October 20, 2014 Since the article below was written, Russia continued its invasion of the eastern Ukraine sending in Russian troops, tanks, artillery and other…


REPRISE: Dare anyone say it? “We applaud the courage of the Ukrainian government and people in defending public order and the sovereignty and territorial independence of the Ukraine” — with latest news updates

In what may be a turning point in efforts to defend the country’s territorial integrity and repel Russia’s aggression and military intervention in the eastern…


Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine continues; Europe refuses serious sanctions; Only serious sanctions can stop Russia

Developing For background, see The Trenchant Observer, “The virus of nationalism and military aggression: Adolf Hitler in Vienna, March, 1938; Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, May…



The West, Russia and the Ukraine: Threats, facts on the ground, and sectorial sanctions

The EU and the U.S. are on the verge of deciding, once again, whether they will actually carry out their last round of threats. They…