International law and order has never truly existed. States complied when it served their interests and ignored it when the consequences were negligible.
It only semi functioned under a single superpower. Now there are several, and enforcement is meaningless.
And those who did had no alternative.
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International law and order has never truly existed. States complied when it served their interests and ignored it when the consequences were negligible.
It only semi functioned under a single superpower. Now there are several, and enforcement is meaningless.
And those who did had no alternative.