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Foreign Policy
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International Law Prof Blog
Somalia
On April 7, 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the continuation, for one year, of the U.S. national emergency with respect to Somalia due to the threats it poses to…
International Law Prof Blog
Reforming the United Nations: The Future of U.S. Policy
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing titled “Reforming the United Nations: The Future of U.S. Policy" on April 7, 2011 at 10 am, 2172…
International Law Prof Blog
Egypt
U.S. Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts has introduced H Res 193 to call on the new Government of Egypt to honor the rule of law and immediately return Noor and…
The Right Coast
More CIA in Libya Tom Smith
I would not have necessarily pegged Obama as one to run the CIA in a covert war in a third world country. What a surprising fellow.
Media Law Prof Blog
Ukraine in Media Debates in the UK, Germany and France
Petr Kratochvil, Petra Cibulkova, and Michal Benik have published The EU as a Framing Actor: Reflections on Media Debates About EU Foreign Policy in 49 JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies…
International Law Prof Blog
Upcoming Hearings
For those of you interested in legislative developments related to international law, here is a schedule of some upcoming hearings before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.Hearings The…
International Law Prof Blog
US Sanctions Against Libya are Reportedly Largest Ever Against Any Country
CNN is reporting that the United States has frozen more than $30 billion in Libyan assets, the largest sanctions it has imposed on any country. Switzerland and other countries have…
The Right Coast
Iran and EgyptMike Rappaport
I haven't been following the Egypt situation too closely, but it seems to me that Obama has been far more vocal in urging Mubarak to step down than he was…
International Law Prof Blog
New York Times Front Page Story on OFAC
The Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury rarely makes it into the newspapers. So it's quite a surprise to see a front page…
The Right Coast
Kissinger really was a bastard Tom Smith
You had to be there to appreciate it, and I'm glad I was. But the great moral relativism between the West and Communism that Kissinger exemplified really would have doomed us.…