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So what you're saying is that when all of the world's major powers are implementing sanctions they're likely to work, whereas when the powers are...

Interesting logic too, starting with saying how other countries had far more radical results - in reality the Dutch PVV was never in any position to...

My friend's 94 yr old mother is dying. What's most disturbing is the reluctance of physicians to prescribe her pain relief. It's hard enough to watch...

her sister is a "happily married doctor with a million dollar home", while she has nothing, huh.

I used the Evelyn Woods speed reading technique, and only scanned first and last paragraphs. But my initial response is....what do you think you can...

omg it's gogo! Nice to see you again ;)

With sincere condolences for the patient who dies, huh :donkey:

But we are not the credit rating agencies' clients -- the banks are. They use our 'data' to make profitable loans; we are the commodity, but we don't...

By multilateral, I meant through a global IO (common usage). I didn't literally mean multiple countries.

Question: with the devastation in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, and their already outdated infrastructure plus huge debt burden...

You said "punish." If you want us to address something else, say what you actually mean.

Do I have to cite the million studies that show sanctions implemented through the UN are more likely to work? Remind me how those Russian sanctions...

The rule in CIL is that silence implies consent. Absent jus cogens, if the state objects than it doesn't matter if its CIL Sure there is. ...

Verbal opposition is the least of their problems. There's a real chance of an invasion by Iran, Turkey, or Shiite militias.

Stronger case than for Catalonia, but note the strong opposition from all sides including the US.

specifically, the jus cogens status of the non-refoulement principle has been made increasingly clear for over 30 years. Deporting tens of thousands...

No, I meant India. The tweet was by India's Home Minister, who was suggesting that it would be all right for India to deport rohingya refugees within...

If anyone deserves independence, it's the Kurds. But I'm not very optimistic about this being a peaceful process.

Rand, it would help if you at least wikied customary international law before we had this discussion.

The biggest blow back so far is that freaking Dale Earnhardt Jr, a NASCAR driver, supports the peaceful protests. He may be considered a closet...

I think you mean Myanmar. I mentioned India as another nation that hasn't signed like Myanmar hasn't. Loki. A Where is anything in law saying...

My shock was at his claim that India isn't obligated to respect the non-refoulement principle. Treaty or no treaty, a reasonably strong case can be...

The Russian angle is revisited: http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/25/german-democracy-is-too-strong-for-the-far-right-to-destroy-merkel-afd ...

As disappointed as I am to see AfD take the expected leap forward--I was expecting 12-13%--I am not disappointed overall by the results at the...

Unless any of the fragments become mainstream that doesn't really help much until the next election though does it? Still leaves Merkel in a very...

The AfD will most likely desintegrate - there have been other parties like this before (e.g. the Schill Partei which got similar results in Hamburg...