For some time now America has appeared to be intent on discarding the basic ordering instrument of relations between states - international treaties and the institutions that watch over them. The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with the former Soviet Union banning missile defense has been cancelled. A protocol seeking to supervise the prohibition of biological weapons production has been rejected. The Kyoto Protocol on climate change has been declared unacceptable to the US. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - negotiated with major US involvement - has been dismissed. The project of an international court of justice is ridiculed and resented.
For some time now America has appeared to be intent on discarding the basic ordering instrument of relations between states - international treaties and the institutions that watch over them. The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with the former Soviet Union banning missile defense has been cancelled. A protocol seeking to supervise the prohibition of biological weapons production has been rejected. The Kyoto Protocol on climate change has been declared unacceptable to the US. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - negotiated with major US involvement - has been dismissed. The project of an international court of justice is ridiculed and resented.