The tyranny of the rules-based global order.

[ShahdagMountains]

International law has become the handmaiden of evil.​

International law is essentially politics by other means, with no ultimate authority because it has no identifiable jurisdiction. The rule of law is vital for a civilised culture. But that involves laws passed within the jurisdiction of a democratic nation and which are therefore rooted in the consent of the people. That isn’t true of international law, which is contingent instead on global power politics.

Neither Putin nor Xi need any such encouragement. Putin invaded Georgia, annexed Crimea and marched into Ukraine while the rules-based order of international law was supposedly being upheld on the security council — by none other than Putin.

International law didn’t stop Bashar al-Assad from butchering half a million Syrians, nor Iran’s Islamic regime from waging terrorist war on the West for the past half century. Xi will invade Taiwan if, like Putin, he thinks he can get away with it. Far from incentivising such tyrants further, the Maduro coup will more likely mean they’ll be nervously feeling their own collars. Good.

It was right to rip up the rulebook on Venezuela

The idea that international law keeps the world safe is laughable: we’re all better off without dictators

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[Hafar1014]

Its socialism

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Its socialism

What is?

 

[ozro]

"International Law" is an imaginary concept.
The fact that it is either used by the strongest nations to punish weaker nations, or used by weak nations to protest the actions of stronger nations proves one thing.

Whichever nation has the strongest army and the most guns makes the rules.

All laws are enforced at the "point of a gun" .
Anything that isn't, simply isn't a law.

A better term would be "a suggestion for the conduct of relations between nations".

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

International Law was created by lawyers and that's where the problem begins.