Türkiye Sausages, Part II
" We are confounded by a surfeit of solutions to the climate crisis " Madam President, the most basic rules of international relations are being tested, not because we no longer know them. We do, but governments increasingly apply them selectively: international law applies until it becomes inconvenient; court decisions must be respected unless they challenge our own actions or those of our friends; sovereignty is sacred only unless someone else’s territory stands in the way of our ambitions. We cannot build courts, celebrate them when they prosecute our enemies and undermine them when they turn their attention to our friends. When grave violations go unanswered, they are more likely to be repeated. And for small states, this is existential, not simply a matter of principle. —Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Sep 25, 2026. History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the instit...
