France and Germany are willing to sabotage their own economies (by sanctioning Russia) to uphold the ‘rules-based international order’. Yet they are not willing to say they will implement a simple ICC ruling. Why?
From Putin to Hamas and Ilham Aliyev to Xi Jinping, a wide array of actors appears to have got the memo that rules aren't important and the way to get things done is through 'policy by design', says Dr David McGrogan.
In an unusually frank outburst, the former French Ambassador to the US stated, "When the Americans want to do whatever they want, including when it’s against international law, as they define it, they do it."
