Tag: International Law

[Merz is] attempting to pursue realpolitik in a world where might increasingly makes right.

The long farewell to international law has begun. It is no longer the common currency of the postwar order.

The consequences of demolishing the old post World War II order will be felt for years to come.

[T]he country that wrote the rules decides it no longer wants to follow them.

[W]hat comes after Trump is even more dangerous: a world without principles, without red lines.

What we are witnessing is not merely a foreign policy crisis. It is a stress test of sovereignty itself, staged as spectacle.

The danger now is not that states will openly defect, but that they will quietly adapt to a rogue U.S.

[W]hat is illegitimate is any attempt to seize the natural resources of Venezuela and impose puppet leaderships on it.

[T]he Trump administration appears to have lowered its reservations about using force, prompting concern within the international community.

When has Washington ever respected the sovereignty of nations when it conflicts with its own interests?