Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers recently expressed worry that the U.S. is getting increasingly “lonely” on the international stage. In his view, China, Russia, and Iran are rapidly teaming up to counter the U.S.-led Western alliance, and he...
In international politics, national sovereignty is a sacred principle that must be steadfastly safeguarded. But in deferring to this tenet, one must ask what makes a particular nation sovereign. In whom does supreme authority reside within that nation’s borders? Is it...
On March 2, 2022, just days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, members of the United Nations voted to adopt United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1, which condemned the invasion and, among other things, called for a full withdrawal of Russian forces from...
