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Foreign Policy
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The Right Coast
Sarah Palin and the Bush DoctrineMike Rappaport
So Charlie Gibson asks Palin whether she agrees with the Bush Doctrine, without defining it. Palin responds, in which respect? And then Gibson, after letting her give an answer, makes…
International Law Prof Blog
Call to Temporarily Loosen Restrictions on Cuba in Wake of Hurrican Gustav
The U.S. State Department has just released this transcript of a question asked to the State Department Spokesman:Question: What is your reaction to the call to temporarily loosen restrictions on…
International Law Prof Blog
Cheney in Azerbaijan and Georgia, Condaleeza in Libya, and Neither in Minnesota
We try not to get into political issues here (there are thousands of other blogs for that), but it is hard to avoid noticing that U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney…
International Law Prof Blog
Condoleeza Visits Libya
U.S. Secretary of State Condolezza Rice will visit Libya later this week. It will be the first visit to Libya by a senior U.S. diplomat in more than 50 years. …
International Law Prof Blog
ABA Renews its Support for the International Criminal Court
At its annual meeting in New York, the ABA House of Delegates voted to urge the United States to support the International Criminal Court. The House of Delegates (which is…
International Law Prof Blog
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) invites professors and students to participate in its biweekly Academic Conference Call Series. Each call features a short presentation by a CFR expert or…
The Right Coast
Stop Russia now Tom Smith
I just want to express an attitude here, not an argument, contra what some of the people Instapundit is quoting seem to be saying. God knows, the politics and strategy…
The Right Coast
GeorgiaMike Rappaport
We are in the middle of a foreign policy crisis in Georgia. It is, of course, hard to know what is occuring through back channels, but I must agree with…
The Right Coast
Foreign policy test for candidates Tom Smith
Well, here's what we needed to know. The Soviet Union Russia invades the democracy next door. McCain says Russia has to be seriously backed off, and Obama, to use the…
International Law Prof Blog
UNA-USA Statement on U.S. House Resolution on Iran
On July 8, 2008, Ambassador William H. Luers, president of the United Nations Association of the USA, issued the following statement concerning House Concurrent Resolution 362 expressing the sense of…