EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 43 MIN
Did Trump Kill International Law – Or Was It Already Dead?
from The World Unpacked · host Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Iran War marks the second time in two months that Donald Trump decapitated a country without real legal justification. But is this any different from the many times that past U.S. presidents—and other great powers—have violated international law?
What this episode covers
Oona Hathaway, one of the foremost scholars of international law, argues that Trump’s attacks on Iran and Venezuela represent a new level of American lawlessness that has fatally weakened the rules of war.
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