Selective justice: How US lawmakers undermine international law abroad |
At times, the world’s incomprehensible contradictions push a person into such deep and inescapable reflection that logical reasoning itself begins to falter. How is it that a politician from one country interferes in the internal affairs of entirely different states and considers this a legitimate entitlement, while no one is able to question or hold them accountable for their actions? Has the global legal order changed, or has international law simply collapsed into failure?
The end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 will be remembered as an unusually surprising period. The war in Ukraine, sudden shifts in Caracas, and the tangled crisis in the Middle East all unfolded in rapid succession. In truth, this period should have gone down in history as a year of peace. Instead, as circumstances evolved, we witnessed entirely different scenes, alongside a renewed realisation of how ineffective international law has become in practice.
It is an undeniable and deeply regrettable fact that where justice is absent, laws are usually written by the unjust and by criminals. Much like........