Public Letter to The Washington Post Editorial Board

When political legitimacy becomes contingent on recognition by a superpower, populations lose their right to self-determination and democracy becomes a selective tool.

The danger is not merely hypocrisy, but normalization, a world in which coercion replaces cooperation and sovereignty becomes conditional.

Clear distinctions between America’s allies and adversaries no longer exist.

If the United States continues to indulge in ... power and military might ... and ignores the rule of law and the alliance system that have made [it] great, then that power and might will eventually slip through its fingers.