Joseph E. FALLON On April 4, 2019, NATO celebrated its 70th anniversary. Originally consisting of 12 members - “Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States”1, NATO had been created in 1949 at the … [Read more...]
U.S. withdraws from Iran nuclear deal: Legal Precedents, Geopolitical Implications
By Joseph E. Fallon Fulfilling a campaign promise1, on May 8, 2018, President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and begin reinstating economic sanctions on Tehran.2 Numerous legal precedents, spanning several decades, exist for President Trump’s … [Read more...]
FAILURE OF “THE MODEL INTERVENTION”: THE UN, NATO AND THE DEMISE OF LIBYA
Joseph E. FALLON Protests starting in Benghazi in the east soon spread across the country.4 But within a month, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces had defeated rebels in the west.5 By March 19, 2011, they were poised for military victory over rebels in the east.6 On that day, NATO, acting on UN … [Read more...]
GRAND STRATEGY AND TACTICS: U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN AND AZERBAIJAN
Joseph E. FALLON The reality of ”international relations” remains as Thucydides first described them in his History of The Peloponnesian War - ”right…is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”1 To counter the threat posed … [Read more...]
Geopolitics as Organized Chaos: Middle East Migration into Europe
Joseph E. FALLON Geopolitica drept haos organizat: migraţia din Orientul Mijlociu în Europa Această lucrare va examina patru întrebări critice, care trebuie să fie dezbătute public pentru a rezolva cu succes criza umanitară a migraţiei refugiaţilor din Orientul Mijlociu, care inundă Europa: 1) a … [Read more...]