The fundamental restraining elements of international relations are being dismantled today. The war against Iran will only accelerate this process and deepen the chaos already shaping global politics. Whatever the outcome of the current crisis, the attack by the US and Israel on Iran will have consequences far beyond the fate of the Islamic Republic itself. What is really at stake is the perception of what is possible and acceptable in international relations. That perception is changing, and not for the better.
First of all, any appeal to international law, which formally underpins diplomacy, has lost even its symbolic meaning. When the US…
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