Paul Thabet

“But even if we succeed in that part, we have a second problem, maybe bigger, in the weakness of international courts generally.” “Do you think they’re weak?” Tatiana gave Mary a sharp look, as if to say Please be serious. “Nations agree to them only if they like their judgments. But judgments always side with one side or other, so the losing side is never pleased. And there is no sheriff for the world. So, the US does what it wants, and the rest of us also do what we want. The courts only work when some petty war criminal gets caught and everyone decides to look virtuous.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future