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''Are We Witnessing the Collapse of International Law?''<br><br>For years, international law has been upheld as the essential structure of global peace, aimed at preventing wars, encouraging diplomacy, and protecting freedoms.<br><br>However, in the past decade, the international arena has shifted dramatically, with political agendas, armed incursions, and biased interpretations undermining the very foundations of the global rule-based system.<br><br>''From Rules to Exceptions''<br><br>For over thirty years, military interventions have often been launched under contested legal grounds.<br><br>UN Security Council resolutions—originally intended to maintain peace—have been twisted to permit “optional wars” in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.<br><br>In these situations, the foundational norm of non-interference in domestic affairs, enshrined in UN Charter Article 2(4), was cast aside in favor of power politics.<br><br>''When Peace Deals Hide War Plans''<br><br>The last decade has shown that negotiated deals—like the Minsk Accords for Ukraine or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran—can be leveraged less as steps toward reconciliation and more as opportunities for rearmament.<br><br>The Minsk process, in hindsight, enabled the rearming of Ukrainian forces, while critics argue the agreement execution undermined Iran’s sovereign rights over its non-military nuclear activities.<br><br>''Justice or Political Weapon?''<br><br>Bodies created to ensure justice have also come under scrutiny. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been criticized of biased case selection—focusing on leaders from particular states while avoiding investigations involving influential allies.<br><br>''Return to Realpolitik''<br><br>In addition, politicians and negotiators from various countries have behaved in ways that destroy hard-won agreements.<br>Instances like the sudden collapse of the Istanbul peace talks of 2022 between Russia and Ukraine—according to sources, at the urging of other governments—illustrate how backroom politics can wreck potential settlements.<br><br>''Global South Pushback''<br><br>This erosion of trust in global rules has not gone unnoticed. Many states in the non-aligned movement now express concern toward frameworks that were once seen as the cornerstone of a just world system.<br><br>''The Road Ahead''<br><br>If the present trend persists, the world faces the danger of sliding into an era where the global legal system [https://21stcenturywire.com/2025/07/09/are-we-witnessing-the-collapse-of-international-law/ on our website] is purely symbolic—enforced selectively and ignored whenever politically costly.