@xanlopez.xyz I don't believe it's a binary thing, whether it exists or not, rather there are forces that seek to weaken it and forces that seek to strengthen it.
#RulesBasedOrder
#rulesbasedworldorder
#RulesBasedInternationalOrder

#Trump's first 100 days: The ’America First’ president is overturning the world order

In the chaotic first 100 days since Trump returned to office, he has waged an often unpredictable campaign that has upended parts of the #RulesBasedWorldOrder that Washington helped build from the ashes of WWII.

#AmericanAutocracy #NewWorldOrder #Chaos #Uncertainty #economy #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Government #democracy #Constitution #Law #power
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-first-100-days-america-first-president-is-overturning-world-order-2025-04-27/

#Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke a #war w/ #Israel
Evidence gleaned since #Oct7 shows Hamas #terrorists prepared for a ‘second wave’ of assaults amid hopes of inspiring #violence in the #WestBank & beyond

The first clues came from the bodies of slain terrorists: maps, drawings, notes & the weapons & gear they carried.

#WarCrimes #LawsOfWar #RulesBasedWorldOrder #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #Terrorism #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/12/hamas-planning-terror-gaza-israel/

Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war

Evidence gleaned since Oct. 7 shows Hamas terrorists prepared for a “second phase” of assaults amid hopes of inspiring violence in the West Bank and beyond.

The Washington Post

#TrumpTrial in #Colorado began today

In Sept, 6 Colorado voters filed the suit argueing that Trump is ineligible to hold office again under the #14thAmendment’s §3. That section disqualifies anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the #Constitution after having taken an #oath to support it.

#democracy #RulesBasedWorldOrder #NationalSecurity #PoliticalViolence #MAGA #DomesticTerror
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/us/politics/trump-colorado-trial-14th-amendment-jan-6.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

14th Amendment Trump Disqualification Trial Begins in Colorado

Some constitutional experts argue that a clause in the amendment should bar Donald J. Trump from becoming president again, but that view is far from universal among legal scholars.

The New York Times

Israeli attacks have killed ≥7,703 people in #Gaza & wounded >18,900, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Almost 3,200 children have been killed in Gaza, ofcls said. Israeli authorities said >1,400 people were killed in #Israel & >5,400 injured since #Hamas’s attack #Oct7. ≥32 #UnitedStates nationals are among those killed.

#war #LawsOfWar #terrorism #HumanitarianCrisis #CrimesAgainstHumanity #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #NonCombatants #RulesBasedWorldOrder #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity #geopolitics

A #Hamas field manual …& other docs found…(after) the group’s brutal attack on #Israel 2 wks ago illustrate some of its #MilitaryCapabilities & preparations for close-in, bloody killing.

It… lists instructions on operating weapons, identifies vulnerabilities in Israeli military equipment & offers tips on killing w/a knife.

#war #LawsOfWar #WarCrimes #RulesBasedWorldOrder #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #Terrorism #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/21/hamas-documents-plans-israel-attack/

Documents found on fighters reveal Hamas capabilities, bloody plans

A Hamas document lists instructions on operating weapons, identifies vulnerabilities in Israeli military equipment and offers tips on killing with a knife.

The Washington Post

Second gentleman #DougEmhoff said at a #WhiteHouse event with #Jewish leaders that #Hamas’s actions are “a #terrorist assault.”

“There are no two sides to this issue,” #Emhoff said, adding that images of the attacks “will be seared in our brains forever … and all the while, we see videos of these terrorists cheering on these atrocities.”

#Israel #WarCrimes #Terrorism #LawsOfWar #RulesBasedWorldOrder #HumanRights #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Security

“I’ve been doing this a long time,” President #Biden said at the #WhiteHouse. “I never really thought that I would see & have confirmed pictures of #terrorists beheading children.”
#Hamas #Israel #WarCrimes #Terrorism #LawsOfWar #RulesBasedWorldOrder #HumanRights #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Security

Americans who mistreated Iraqi #POWs were #CourtMartialed, #convicted, & #sentenced to time in military #prisons. The British still agonize over the past behavior of their soldiers in Northern Ireland, & the French over theirs in Algeria.

#Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine & #Hamas’s surprise attack on the #civilians of #Israel are both blatant rejections of that #RulesBasedWorldOrder, & they herald something new.

#war #LawsOfWar #WarCrimes #PoliticalViolence #HumanRights #geopolitics

There Are No Rules

States and quasi-states are using extreme, uninhibited violence against civilian populations.

The Atlantic