UAE

Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, International Law, Qatar, Qatar, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, united arab emirates, United Nations, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 21, 2018

50 Years Ago: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and its enduring significance

See “August 20, 1968 — “Dubček, Svoboda!” The Trenchant Observer, August 10, 2010. 50 years ago, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded…

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, elections, Hamid Karzai, International Law, NATO, Pakistan, Pakistan military, Taliban, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Military, United States July 9, 2011

Assassination of Syed Saleem Shahzad: Pakistan is the problem

Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, was assassinated in Pakistan at the time of or shortly after his disappearance on…

Pakistan, Pakistan military, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, united arab emirates September 18, 2010

NEWS TO NOTE: Pakistani sources report progress in back-channel talks with Taliban

Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, reports that back-channel conversations with the Taliban during Ramadan, orchestrated by the Pakistani military,…