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Sunday Smack

Happy Sunday, people! After a busy early summer week, here’s some reading for you all… In Mali, peacekeepers have become the target of an insurgency. This is unprecedented The deadliest UN peacekeeping mission so far provides (urges, actually)  the opportunity to rethink the concept of peacekeeping.  Should the U.S. Military Receive the Benefit of the Doubt When Investigating Itself for Alleged War Crimes? Perhaps they should. But it is still annoying that that is exactly what the international community set up the whole system of international jurisdiction for all those years ago, and they still cannot make themselves to comply…

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Sunday Smack

Happy Spring everybody! After a busy week I am having a busy weekend, so this is one of those brief Sunday Smacks. Believe it or not, I am writing this on a tram, that is how hasty it is. Let’s get to it right away…  Now that Palmyra Has Been Liberated, A Pathway to Stop ISIS? I wish it was time already to assess all the damage ISIS had done (in a past tense) and start restoring them. The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits On the sidenotes of the Nuclear Securtiy Summit this week, this one is a fascinating read. Karadzic’s Genocidal…

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Sunday Smack

Happy Sunday! My time of the year has come, summer is my favorite season of all! I have lots of exciting plans for the next three months, besides just enjoying the hot weather and trying to make the most out of this summer. You all have a great summer, people! South Sudan Boots a Top UN Official Over His Tweets–And US Officials Tweet Their Response So it seems like the Sudanese government wants all the help, but no-one to talk about it. Do you ever wonder what diplomacy looked like before there was Twitter? Our First Official Peak into the…

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Sunday Smack

Happy Sunday, everybody! Yesterday was the Day of Poetry in Hungary and on that occasion another one of my old posts went viral. It is the second time in a short period that this happens. Thank you to everybody for sharing and liking my posts!  ❤ Hope you are having a beautiful Sunday and now ready to take a few minutes to read my favorite posts of the week. One Doctor’s Account of Yemen Under Siege Yemen quickly became a humanitarian disaster in just a few weeks time. This recount shows how serious the situation is. What Does the Word…

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Iran Agrees to Framework of Nuclear Deal

Iran Agrees to Framework of Nuclear Deal LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iran and European nations said here tonight that they had reached a surprisingly specific and comprehensive general understanding about next steps in limiting Tehran’s nuclear program, but officials said that some important issues needed to be resolved before a final agreement in June that would allow the Obama administration to assert it has cut off all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon.

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Sunday Smack

I hope everybody is having a beautiful first Sunday of Advent! Time to take out the Christmas decoration and start getting in the mood with various festivities of the holiday season! Thank you all for following! I hope you will enjoy this week’s posts. Extention Leave Iran Nuclear Deal Vulnerable to Hard-Liners I am now one of the sceptics who seriously doubt that this deal is ever going to happen. If the Iranians wanted to agree on a deal, they would have by now. Confiscating Passports: Is this a Good Way to Stop Citizens from Joining Jihadists in Syria and…

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U.S. and Allies Extend Iran Nuclear Talks by 7 Months

U.S. and Allies Extend Iran Nuclear Talks by 7 Months A yearlong effort to reach an enduring accord with Iran to dismantle large parts of its nuclear infrastructure fell short on Monday, forcing the United States and its allies to declare a seven-month extension, but with no clear indication of how they plan to bridge fundamental differences. No surprise here, the never ending talks will keep going on for another seven months… at least.

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Deal Reached to Halt Iran’s Nuclear Program | The Cable

Deal Reached to Halt Iran’s Nuclear Program | The Cable “Even if the deal succeeds in freezing Iran’s nuclear program, meanwhile, Washington and Tehran still remain on opposite sides of the Syrian civil war and face lingerng disputes over Iran’s support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, a network of heavily-armed Shiite militias in Iraq, and Shiite activist groups in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states. The nuclear deal could clear the way for further pacts down the road devoted specifically to issues like reducing Tehran’s support for the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.  For the moment, though, those disputes…

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