America's Ambivalent Commitment to International Justice
The Biden administration sees fit to chastise other states for ignoring the decisions of international tribunals. But one would expect that US leaders might at least reconsider their own sore loser strategy toward these important institutions.
NEW YORK – On the recent fifth anniversary of an international arbitral tribunal’s ruling that rejected Chinese claims over the South China Sea, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken implored China to respect the decision. But Blinken’s lecture to China’s leaders raises the thorny issue of America’s own approach to the international rule of law under President Joe Biden.