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BLUF #8
The world is at a critical juncture. Recent military operations in Venezuela, ambitions for the Trump administration to own Greenland, and Russia’s escalations in Ukraine suggest that international law is ineffective at constraining powerful states from using force against other countries. Some also argue that international law should not even be under consideration when determining actions of strategic importance. But while international law is admittedly ineffective at holding these states accountable, its value—even from a realist and self-interested standpoint—should not be discounted. As hypocritical or unfair as it seems, the world is better off when international law is frequently violated than one when it is purely at the mercy of strength, force, and power, whoever happens to wield it.
Music:
Tomasz Redman
Noah Tan
Introduction videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213s-MHCe3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nWG0RKQ4aw
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SdhZ9vKGNq0
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