Rebuilding International Law
In an essay for Liberal Currents, Y. L. Al-Sheikh argues that the rules-based international order was never as rule-bound as advertised — the Security Council veto and America's selective enforcement hollowed it out — and that the old arrangements will not be restored. He calls for expanding the Security Council's permanent membership, curtailing the P5 veto, full US participation in the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice, and a human-rights-based Middle East policy starting with recognition of Palestine.
