US disregard of international law must not be tolerated

“I don’t need international law.” In an interview with The New York Times, US President Donald Trump made this strikingly candid declaration, asserting that his authority as commander-in-chief is constrained only by his own moral code. These remarks, in light of the US military action in Venezuela, its territorial ambitions towards Greenland and its decision to withdraw from 66 international organisations, offer a stark portrait of power politics. Taken together, Trump’s words and actions amount...