The Case for Dismantling the Rules-Based International Order, Professor Glenn Diesen, 23 December 2024¹

Core takeaway  The rules-based international order does not consist of any specific rules, is not accepted internationally, and does not deliver order. The rules-based international order should be considered a failed experiment from the unipolar world order, which must be dismantled to restore international law as a requirement for stability and peace. International law in accordance with the UN Charter is based on mutual constraints and sovereign equality. However, states do not constrain themselves, and international law can therefore only exist under a balance of power.  Under the hegemonic era…

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Venezuela after Trump’s strike: John Bolton vs John Mearsheimer¹

JJM vs John Bolton on Venezuela² 1. https://open.substack.com/pub/mearsheimer/p/jjm-vs-john-bolton-on-venezuela?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=1sxk3k  On 4 January 2026, John Bolton and I appeared on Tom Switzer’s³ new show — “Switzerland” — to talk about the US kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Although we were interviewed sequentially, the issues Bolton and I addressed were unsurprisingly very similar while the answers we gave were unsurprisingly very different. 2. Has President Trump made a historic mistake in Venezuela?   On his new program, Switzerland, Tom Switzer challenges John Bolton and John Mearsheimer on the Trump administration’s move to remove…

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