Torsten Krauel

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Personal Takes: Russian war crimes in Syria, appeasement, and disgust

Developing PERSONAL TAKES Once in a while, The Observer reflects on his own personal involvement in world events. Today’s news triggered such a reflection. The…

Barack Obama, Deutschland, Dictatorship, Germany, International Law, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force May 2, 2014

Ukraine: Latest news and opinion (with links to May 2 Security Council meeting, and to text of April 17 Geneva agreement)

See below Le Monde’s dispatch on the latest developments in Sloviansk, and Torsten Krauel’s commentary on the real stakes in the Ukraine — no less…

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International Law, Politics, and Security

Torsten Krauel

Personal Takes: Russian war crimes in Syria, appeasement, and disgust

Ukraine: Latest news and opinion (with links to May 2 Security Council meeting, and to text of April 17 Geneva agreement)