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Comment RSSA previous post noted a recent article on China’s claims in the South China Sea. The most knowledgeable person I know on this issue is my dear friend and former Georgetown colleague, Dr. Charles E. Pirtle. Professor Pirtle was a mainstay in the School of Foreign Service, where he served as an Associate Dean and taught political geography for over …
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February 5, 2012 # 12:10 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentBaltasar Garzón: His crime was looking up the truth . . .
February 5, 2012 # 11:49 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentAn excellent editorial in the New York Times reports on the strange trial of Spanish Prosecutor Baltasar Garzón:
Terrible crimes were committed during and after Spain’s 1936-39 civil war that no court has yet examined or judged. No one knows how many people were taken away, tortured and murdered. Now, one of Spain’s top investigating magistrates, Baltasar Garzón, …
