As many readers of this blog are aware, I act as counsel to Dr. Chee Soon Juan, the persecuted leader of the Singaporean opposition party. Dr. Chee recently wrote an open letter to strongman Lee Kuan Yew, whose family has had control of the ...
MK Bhadrakumar has a good commentary published in The Hindu on the rapidly changing relationship between Russia and China: An influential Moscow commentator wrote: “For America, China is an obvious strategic rival … But growing economi...
What began with an arrest of a Chinese fisherman in disputed waters has escalated into the most intense diplomatic dispute between between Japan and China in recent memory. The incident has provoked severed ties, reciprocating arrests,...
From my latest on Huffington Post: It has been particularly heartening to see Germany’s decision to halt the sale of of military equipment – in the specific instance, engines that power Ukrainian-made armored personnel carriers –...
From Robert Amsterdam’s latest article on the Huffington Post: Most importantly, Bout is a picture perfect representation of “one of the men” currently in power in the Kremlin, and say what you will about Vladimir Putin, he is ve...
The saga of the “merchant of death” Victor Bout has taken a stunning new turn. Last week, a Thai appeals court reversed a lower court judgment and ordered the Russian citizen extradited to the United States. This was clearly in respons...
It has long been a subject of wild speculation as to why the Russian government has lobbied to bring home the reputed arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is currently detained in Thailand and, according to a recent announcement, may in fact be extradited...
This insightful piece published on Bloomberg today takes a look at the unintentional (but surely somewhat predictable) effect of the sanctions recently imposed on Iran: new business opportunities for Russia and China. Experts quoted in the article...
A US house representative is calling for sanctions against Russia for undermining the recently-implemented sanctions against Iran. The AFP reports: “It’s time to implement our sanctions laws and demonstrate to Russia and China that the...
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