Yep, focused on that one single country breaking IHL and the like... Cause you're not supposed to look at other actors violating many, if not all, of those rules with impunity. Russia is breaking the rules and getting punished for it; we're breaking the rules and getting away with it. Who do you think is making a better case for a "might makes right" world?
The problem with Russia's vision of the great powers making the rules and forcing other nations to bend to their will is that Russia has demonstrated that it isn't really a great power anymore.
Even if they were, "might makes right" is the wrong lesson to learn from the rise of international law and rule-making after the European wars in the 20th century.
Yes, any credibility the ICC imagines it obtains by doing the right thing regarding Russian oligarchs won't balance out their debasement in issuing warrants for Israeli leadership.
Yup. The ICC vs the great powers is overall interesting (and none of the great powers come out in a positive light). The idea of sovereignty that Russia has (that international law is for lesser nations) is one that it shares with the US, China and India. The only "great power" that supports the ICC is the EU, but the EU isn't really a great power yet (it has the economic clout, but not the unity or the cohesive military clout).
@@hanrockabrand95The only bias is that the ICC has historically only gone against africa and south america- but it's only after it has threatened to prosecute the many crimes of Israel that it's suddenly "biased". Curious!
Stealing children is a particularly heinous crime. Even when you look at dictarships like the Junta in Argentina, which engaged in all manner of kidnapping and torture; these people managed to get themselves blanket immunity deals when they stepped down. Although immunity deals were eventually invalidated decades letter, some of the earlier prosecutions and outrage happened because of the stealing of children from victims of disappearances. The military did not have immunity for this specific crime because they either a) forgot to put into the immunity law but more likely, they b) just hoped nobody would notice. Putting child stealing on the immunity law would have raised some red flags. People might have asked how anyone could justify child snatching as a national security matter. I'm not surprised that the first Russian crime against humanity highlighted by the international community was the child snatching, even though Moscow seems intent on violating every section of the Geneva Convention.
Should we not also remove Russia from the UN Security Council as some claim Russia did not ratify after the old Soviet regime feel in 1991 this making present sitting in UN Security Council illitimate also did they pay the membership fee for the the later years? As growing up after the war I still does not understand how the west have not been able to control or stop the invasion and barbarism of Russia I think it was one of the mandates of our modern and democratic world’s order 😰😰🤬Slava 🇺🇦🇩🇰🇨🇦👨🏼🦳
@@perchristophersen8966 "I still does not understand how the west have not been able to control or stop the invasion and barbarism of Russia" have you ever heard of "Nukes"" or are you living in lala land?
The manner in which Ukrainian children have been kidnapped reminds me of the Nazis when they first invaded Poland. In accordance with their instructions, they stole many children of so-called "Aryan appearance", with incalculable psychological effect on the victims.
I feel I am well informed and have thought about the ramifications of all that I know is in play, then I hear another Anders podcast and realize there are more layers to that onion. Thanks Anders, I appreciate your insight 👍 From a former US naval aviator, now a Texas resident watching closely from afar.
I enjoy Anders' analyses on Danish TV - we have 2 channels, none of them are biased I am glad that his points are accepted and appreciated by those of you who are in the loop Now, what's the heck is going on with you?? 😕🤔
@@aleksanderfradkin7955 I would be a millionaire in russia just by selling my old used car and then moving there. Actually I'm planning on bying rubbles. To save money. I'm low on toilet paper and rubbles are slightly cheaper.
If it means they can 'buy' something militarily valuable from the Chinese, Pute will hand over named territory voluntarily. The Chinese are already grabbing resources in Eastern Russia. And the people there know it and are left poorer. So poor that they sign contracts and go to Ukraine 10,000 km away
Russia is a vassal state of China. Russia has already ceded a river island on the border and are now about to cede land along the Tumen River. "Why then has he floated the idea? That stretch of coastal access was ceded to Russia by the Ching dynasty in the 19th century and the PRC has wanted it back for decades."
@@Jaxck77 I would submit the USA did not ratify the treaty for essentially the same reason as Russia. Americans only like rules or laws that work in their favour.
Because 'bad actors' who do not recognise liberal democratic principles can use the ICC as a weapon against those who do accept, follow, try to implement, and enforce, those principles. However, nothing involving people is perfect, so if you want to pick holes in Western principles then there is plenty of opportunities to do so. In my opinion it's a question of balance, intent, commitment, and transparancy, I would support Western attitudes and ideologies any day compared with the sort of medieval ideolgy of despotic and kleptocratic kingship, barrons, and princes, of the current Russian regime, who enslave their populations for the comfort and enrichment of themselves, and their dynasties, without laws or restraints on their power.
Because the supreme law of the US is the US Constitution and no external treaty or convention can supersede it. It's simple if you understand what sovereignty means.
@@yurinator4411 Supreme law is international law.If you do crimes on foreign soil,then you will get prosecuted by that country as well as the ICC and ICJ.
Hahahahahahaha❤😂 If both of you have anything-human-with in you, you should travel to Crimea and Donbas and talk to locals... Before continuing to indoctrinatine the-sheep with-lie-based-hate-narative. Y-like this-deviation of reality simply because it makes Russians look bad. Have y-ever heard of coup in Ukraine, 16.000 Russian civillian casualties since 2014 coup, of wich 1500 were kids. Have y-ever heard of over one-MILLION Russians-expelled-from Ukraine since-unelected-nazis were installed by yr-wrstern"democracies"?
Just having fun, and watcing Puck deleting my comments systematicaly.. Hahahah❤😂 If both of you have anything-human-with in you, you should travel to Crimea and Donbas and talk to locals... Before continuing to indoctrinatine the-sheep with-lie-based-hate-narative. Y-like this-deviation of reality simply because it makes Russians look bad. Have y-ever heard of coup in Ukraine, 16.000 Russian civillian casualties since 2014 coup, of wich 1500 were kids. Have y-ever heard of over one-MILLION Russians-expelled-from Ukraine since-unelected-nazis were installed by yr-wrstern"democracies"???
Analysis of such quality and critical insight is what i would love to see established as standard for public broadcast journalism. You're doing a great job, thank you.
The ICC would carry more weight if it also had the ability to enforce against western nations like the US, and potentially Israel as well, given the US's response to the warrants the ICC issued against Israel. This is the fundamental problem...Russia isn't wrong that not all nations are treated equal by the ICC.
This is a great video. At first, I didn't really care about the Russian state's view of the ICC and wasn't planning on viewing the video. However, it's a very pertinent and interesting analysis and I'm very happy to have seen it. Great job!! 👍👍
I completely agree with your analysis. This fits their usage of lies, too. They use obvious lies as a demonstration of power. The "I know that you know that I know, that I'm lying, but you can't do anything against it."
A bit odd, but also understandable, that Ru frames the ICC as "created by the west and the USA" when the USA voted against it after the negotiations about it.
Unfortunately America reacted equally in 2002 regarding warcrimes committed in Irak by Americans. They are also not member of the ICC. They made the "the Hague Invasion Act", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act This is, and still is violence (America) versus denial (Russia). America should just recognize the ICC and be a member.
This is what I came here to say. I agree with Ukrainians defending themselves and agree with other nations giving support. I just think these arguments need to at least be included in the discussion. I really wonder if Russia would have invaded all these countries if the US hadn’t invaded Iraq under false pretenses.
@@julianvandercook Russia should have taken issue and gained support against the US actions using the UN for its intended purposes. Instead they are using it as an invalid argument to "justify" their own criminal actions. Two wrongs don't make a right.
@@nic.hROTFLMAO. Do you even remember what the world was like in 2000s? Colin Powell's performance was at the UN. Everyone was worried about an Islamic resurgeance. 'Cept Ukraine, which was busy filching natural gas from Russian pipelines meant for paying European customers.
@@nic.h Do you call Articles 51, 106 and 107 of the UN Charter "criminal acts"? These are exactly the UN Articles that Russia is currently IMPLEMENTING
Thanks for analysis, Anders. Sad news: Pete the medic, a South African helper in Ukraine just passed. He sustained fatal shrapnel wound while evacuating injured Ukrainian soldiers to safety. Totsiens boetie, en baie dankie vir alles...😞
Hi Anders. Good videos overall. I think it would be nice if you would add a picture of the mentioned person on the screen the first time you mention him in the video.
I think the most absurd idea in the whole thing is that Russa consider itself as a great power. It's not. By Russia logic, Moscow should submit to Washington and Beijing.
Thank you, Anders. This 100% mimics my own toughts and understanding. Many times I wanted to pause and point something out, the next moment you said it yourself. In the last part you repeated yourself several times and this was so right, as those points must be repeated over and over again. Thank you for a brilliant dive into a very important strategic topic.
Russia doesn’t think great powers should be able to do what they want. They think Russia should be able to do whatever they want and don’t care beyond that
Well done! Never thought that those war crimes were deliberate, chalked it up to corruption and incompetence. This has shifted my perception of things! Thank you!
Putin to General: Did you take Kyiv in three days? General: No. Putin: Did you take Kherson, Odessa, Kharkiv? General: No. Putin: Well then, what did you take in Ukraine?! General: _Three washing machines, two toilets, and a fur coat!_ 😂
Zelensky is on a visit to the doctor for examination for illnes. So he ask the doctor: "doc, do i have vovchansk ? No, says doc, you do not have vovchansk...Well doc, do i have kharkiv ? Doc answers: you do have kharkiv, but it will go away soon....🤣😅😂
Another aspect is the timing of the ICC. They just issued arrest warrents for Israeli ministers for specifically war crimes. ICC needed to show that they also persecute russians in a similar fashion. Your point on super powers wanting to do what they want is still standing though.
You always have great content Commander Nielsen. I sometimes take some issues with your interpretations or want to suggest some caveats or details you didn't get quite right. But in this case, I think your message is 100% accurate, valid and precise. It is important too, because the Russo-Ukrainian war isn't just a war. As you say: it is an ideological struggle, a continuation of the Cold War in many ways. This is why it is VITAL that Ukraine achieves as total of a victory as is humanly possible and that simple "defeat" of the Putin regime is unlikely to be adequate. The Russian Federation needs to be defeated to such an extent that it undergoes, whether as a result of internal or external pressure, major reforms which insure that another regime like the Putin regime never again emerges in the Russian Federation of any of its constituent states.
The UN Charter, in Articles 106 and 107, gives the right to the winners of the Second World War - the USSR, the USA, Great Britain and China - to apply all measures against the countries that fought against them to prevent actions aimed at revising the results of the Second World War. In particular, it is possible to use military force against these countries. To do this, it is enough to notify the other three winning countries, but not to get their consent. Forceful coercion of countries that want to revise the Yalta-Potsdam system in Europe can also be carried out by Russia, which is the legal successor of the USSR. Russia can stop attempts to revive Nazism in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Japan. Articles 106 and 107 of the UN Charter also apply to all those countries that refuse to inherit from the USSR - Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania. Their attitude that there was a Soviet occupation and the treaties of Friendship and cooperation concluded by them with the Third Reich move these countries into the ranks of the Hitlerite coalition. The same position is taken by modern Ukraine, which accepts as its predecessor the military-political formations of the OUN-UPA, created by Ukrainian fascists. Proves that all these post-Soviet republics belong to the Hitlerite coalition. Hence the possibility of revising the territorial acquisitions of countries that position themselves as supporters of the Hitlerite coalition. Plus SPONSORS OF the Nazi regimes (USA and Britain)
@@evgeniya7853 International law says any country can take territory from Russia and Russia can in turn go f*ck herself. Don't believe me? Watch this.
You can't be a sovereign country if your internal laws are superseded or contradicted by laws from outside the country. This is obvious. The US has also withdrawn from the ICC for precisely that reason. China and India never signed it either. The largest/most powerful countries in the world are not members. It's important to provide some context to the (ir)relevance of the ICC and of the UN, for that matter.
@@nic.h The UN needs to be disbanded. Its predecessor, The League Of Nations, was a monumental failure also. One world governments and national sovereignty are mutually exclusive concepts.
These are very, very valid points. The fact that it was necessary to make them illustrates how many in the West still haven’t grasped how dangerous Russia’s aggression is. Thank you for bringing this up. Glory and Victory for Ukraine.🇺🇦
Tell these people about the aggression List of countries INVADED, bombed/attacked by the United States (along with NATO countries) after World War II: Korea and China (1950-1953) Guatemala (1954) Indonesia (1958, 1966) Haiti (1959) Cuba (1959-1961) Guatemala (1960) Congo (1964) Laos (1959, 1964-1973) Vietnam (1961-1973) Cambodia (1969-1970) Guatemala (1960, 1967-1969) Grenada (1983) Lebanon (1958, 1983, 1984) Libya (1986, 2011) El Salvador (1980s) Nicaragua (1972, 1980s) Iran (1987) Honduras (1988) Panama (1989) Iraq (1991) Kuwait (1991) Somalia (1993) Bosnia (1994, 1995) Sudan (1998) Afghanistan (1998) Yugoslavia (1999) Yemen (2002) Iraq (1991-2003) Iraq (2003-2015) Afghanistan (2001-2015) Pakistan (2007-2015) Somalia (1992-1994, 2007, 2008, 2011) Yemen (2009, 2011) Libya (2011, 2015) Syria (2013 - present) Bombing YEMEN and LEBANON - right now + Supplying weapons to the Israeli army to exterminate the population of Gaza - right now
@@evgeniya7853 I see you started with Korea. So you should learn more about how the war started over there before using it in this spamlist. Not mentioning how does it look like over there now.
@@miroslavdusin4325 You should also learn more about the war in Ukraine (the fact of living there is not a guarantee of knowledge)... And what do you dislike Korea so much? North Korea is really a 100% sovereign state. Sovereign even in the financial sphere - independent of the dollar system
Maybe in the imperialistic meaning of "civilization": the greater the power and the ruled territory, the greater the civilization. So it's in the power sense, not in the moral sense.
@@Princip666 I mean, it's a country that collectively worships Hitler whilst 20% of their population shits in holes due to a lack of sanitary infrastructure.
"The Rules Based Order" is a term used by the United States to avoid talking about International Law and the I.C.C. because they do not adhere to International Law nor recognize that institution. Your point stil stands regarding the Russian Federation, but "The Rules Based Order" is a misleading term which in reality means: Order Based on the Rules set by the United States.
Serbia claimed that they don't recognized international court....Then they handed over Milosevic, Karadjic, Mladic etc as they become more of a liability then an asset and heroes.
When the ICC lawyers announced seeking an arrest order on israel, they were very clearly fearing for their lives, and half the western countries had top politicians damning them. USA has a law on the books requiring invading Hague if US or allied soldiers are arrested. "rules based order", sure.
You didn't get the point. The ICC goes after individuals. Like the guys who killed civilians on October, 7th. BTW did Hamass released the civilian hostages?
While I always find your videos informative I thing this specific topic hits a VERY soft point on the west and especially the US in how Russian propaganda has been as succesfull as its has been. The war in Iraq was such a big blow to the understanding of international law that it has been very easy for countries like Russia and China to play the game of "whataboutism".
You should have tied this to Netanyahu and Galant and US. US because they actually have a law which says that US can invade the Hague if it is accused of war crimes.
He could have tied it to Kim Jong Un, Ayatollah Khamenei and a bunch of other ratbags too... but he didn't because that would loose focus on Russian aggression and political gaslighting. Let's not forget they're LEADING the UN Security council at the moment. Just insane times
@@pineapplethief4418it does exist, American service member protection act. Bush literally had an outstanding order to invade Netherlands if any US soldier (and more importantly, politicians) get busted by ICC
Interestng. I can see the Russian argument. Its not like the USA or China gives any real credence to any international supernational institution if it goes against their interests. In a way it is a true observation of the world that '"great powers" play by their own ruels'.
@Anders Puck Nielsen • This video was very helpful. I understood that Russia wanted a different world order, but I didn't understand how they wanted it to work. Your explanation makes sense not just from the international perspective but also explains why the Russian people are so willing to accept oligarchs. This destruction of norms and institutions is easier for me to grasp on an international level, but I can finally see what the goal of the MAGA movement is. When you've been brought up to believe in equality, even if imperfect, it's hard to grasp that many, many other people reject that. I think President Zelensky's attempt to bring together countries of the world for his peace process becomes even more important. Unity among the smaller nations can make Russia's goal harder to achieve practically and intellectually. Thanks for another stimulating video.
@happyfelix1440 • I understood Anders to mean something more than just a redrawing of the map. I'm not familiar with Dr. Trenin's work, so I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the reference.
When the 'rules-based order' displays double standards and is used to impose unilateral sanctions on other nations, then that 'order' eventually falls apart, like what we're seeing.
I saw an article that said that the Russian invasion caused the collapse of the rules based international order, but it made no mention about the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
@@BratBugarinwho are you directing your copy and paste comment at, Vatnik? Does the Kommisar slip a few kopecs in your tin cup for every post even though they’re meaningless?m
It’s no surprise Russia views power structures the way it does. The Tsars always viewed the law as a tool to enforce the will of the autocrat, not as a mechanism to protect people.
"Tsars have always viewed the law as a tool for fulfilling the will of the autocrat, and not as a mechanism for protecting people" Aren't the "democratic" oligarchic CLANS of the United States doing the same thing?
Unfortunately it has already undermined the court's authority that the US has never been held accountable for obvious crimes.. Rules need to apply to everyone 🤔😟
Paper is patient - a dutch saying. Ironicly, it gains international allure by the use by Anne Frank, a Jewish girl and war victim. In this case, it means justice is a time game. We have to wait.
the wheels of justice grind slow but surely ....is the english equivalent ...criminals always think that they can escape but the legal system never sleeps , it just changes shift and once your name is on the list , they will find you
The thing is that they are different. And second thing is that the "rules based word order" is usually using the rules created in the West. So being fair is not the same as respect the same rules if they were created by one side.
Brilliant synopsis of what is really happening . Really appreciate your work. I have already voted in the UK election (by post) and voted to ensure that PUTINS INVASION MUST FAIL...as per House of Commons unanimous decision 24 feb 2022 Ukraine . Voted for the party with the best track record on Ukraine.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD The US is quite consistent on not recognizing the authority of any international body they don't hold special privilege over or can't ignore at will. I think the UN security council is the best example. If you know any significant examples to the countrary, I am all ears. I like to learn.
Great focus and clarity as always. Please comment on the degree to which Russia’s Int. standing comes from conspiring in the deal that had the ex-Soviet republics that give up nukes and related infrastructure. Was that a factor in Russia keeping the Soviet UN Security Council permanent seat assignment?
A big mistake we are making is to consider ruZsia as a State: it is not a State: it is a criminal and terrorist organization led by mafiosi. Have you ever met a mafioso who recognizes the laws and justice?
@@evgeniya7853 I'm laughing at your stupid comment which goes 100% against reality: 'every country has its mafia but in ruZsia it's the mafia that runs the country'
You are just a bitter old man with a life so unexciting that these power and war fantasies fuel you to write such non sense. Us young people are not interested in being wasted on the front against our russian brothers
Like in other wars, the perpetrators will mostly get off scot free. Almost all Germans and Japanese got away with their war crimes, with just a handful of high profile exceptions.
24 of the leading Nazis was indicted in Nuremberg as well as six German organizations by the IMT. Some were executed and that might seem like getting off scoot free, that trial shaped future war and also set the tone. The key is not to get after the soldiers per se ( of course SS men was and are still hunted by Israel and others ) but the main thing is to get leaders and that will hopefully scare future leaders from doing the same mistake. Russia however is what they always been and what they always will be, so no one will learn shit in that country.
ALL the Nazi criminals lived their lives safely in the USA, Canada, and Argentina, which welcomed them with open arms. Countries that refused to extradite them to the Soviet Union for the tribunal. If it were not for the USSR, then there would be no such thing as a "Nazi criminal" at all
Russia claims to be a UN member. Thereby arguing it's their agency as well. Either they are or they aren't, if they are they agreed to abided by international law, if they aren't it's time for them to stop having veto power on their claimed seat on the security council.
Very interesting! As has been pointed out already, Russia is not the only country that doesn't recognize the ICC. The USA even has an 'The Hague Invasion Act' that could theoretically turn this (otherwise rather boring) city into a war zone. They also seem to think that international law is something for small countries...
Fantastic Anders! The Kremlin will accept that we think we believe in these norms, but not that we actually believe in them.
Thanks, Vlad.
Given that their main adversory (US) has not ratified ICC, they know that we know it's only meant to be used to fry small fish.
You are censoring your comments, you don't believe in any norms that decent people uphold. Get lost.
@@Princip666 Begone, Hitler-worshipper
@@Princip666there is no mechanism for people who post comments to delete replies, learn how the internet works, you're embarrassing yourself
Well done Anders for keeping us focussed…
Not to mention keeping us laughing at the Rushin' military🤭
Cussed fo'sho
@@haughtyseven5053Not everybody's first language is English🤷♀️
One sided arguments. I would buy them if ICC prosecutes George W Bush and Tony Blair for the war on Iraq - provided USA ratifies the treaty.
Yep, focused on that one single country breaking IHL and the like...
Cause you're not supposed to look at other actors violating many, if not all, of those rules with impunity.
Russia is breaking the rules and getting punished for it; we're breaking the rules and getting away with it. Who do you think is making a better case for a "might makes right" world?
Unfortunately the USA, has also not joined the ICC for similar reasons. In refusing to be subject to any external authority, which has some validity.
It goes against their constitution. Try to understand why Israel let the ICC. They got a reason to leave.
It's good that US isn't in the ICC, or they would have had to water it down like the UN.
Yes, see the "Hague Invasion Act".
And that is not to divert from the actual crimes commited by Russia, but one should see the world as it is.
ICC is just a joke and a puppet of the USA, everyone was convinced of this by the example of Netanyahu.
I don’t support the US joining the ICC, but not for the same reasons as Russia
The problem with Russia's vision of the great powers making the rules and forcing other nations to bend to their will is that Russia has demonstrated that it isn't really a great power anymore.
Even if they were, "might makes right" is the wrong lesson to learn from the rise of international law and rule-making after the European wars in the 20th century.
@@fedos and the countries ruSSia bent over following WW2 are determined to never repeat that experience.
@@morstyrannis1951 In the end russia adopted hitlers naziism. They're the toilet of the planet.
@@morstyrannis1951meanwhile Russia is being bent over right now.
Actually John Mearsheimer also thinks in this way
You should do one on the US view of the ICC. Which isn't generally too positive.
Yes, any credibility the ICC imagines it obtains by doing the right thing regarding Russian oligarchs won't balance out their debasement in issuing warrants for Israeli leadership.
Yup. The ICC vs the great powers is overall interesting (and none of the great powers come out in a positive light). The idea of sovereignty that Russia has (that international law is for lesser nations) is one that it shares with the US, China and India. The only "great power" that supports the ICC is the EU, but the EU isn't really a great power yet (it has the economic clout, but not the unity or the cohesive military clout).
Would be very interesting. Although, I do think there are valid concerns about bias, corruption, and the way the ICC is run.
@@hanrockabrand95The only bias is that the ICC has historically only gone against africa and south america- but it's only after it has threatened to prosecute the many crimes of Israel that it's suddenly "biased". Curious!
It’s clear. The US doesn’t like the idea of an international court being able to bring arrest warrants against former let alone current presidents.
Stealing children is a particularly heinous crime. Even when you look at dictarships like the Junta in Argentina, which engaged in all manner of kidnapping and torture; these people managed to get themselves blanket immunity deals when they stepped down. Although immunity deals were eventually invalidated decades letter, some of the earlier prosecutions and outrage happened because of the stealing of children from victims of disappearances. The military did not have immunity for this specific crime because they either a) forgot to put into the immunity law but more likely, they b) just hoped nobody would notice. Putting child stealing on the immunity law would have raised some red flags. People might have asked how anyone could justify child snatching as a national security matter.
I'm not surprised that the first Russian crime against humanity highlighted by the international community was the child snatching, even though Moscow seems intent on violating every section of the Geneva Convention.
Should we not also remove Russia from the UN Security Council as some claim Russia did not ratify after the old Soviet regime feel in 1991 this making present sitting in UN Security Council illitimate also did they pay the membership fee for the the later years? As growing up after the war I still does not understand how the west have not been able to control or stop the invasion and barbarism of Russia I think it was one of the mandates of our modern and democratic world’s order 😰😰🤬Slava 🇺🇦🇩🇰🇨🇦👨🏼🦳
@@perchristophersen8966 "I still does not understand how the west have not been able to control or stop the invasion and barbarism of Russia" have you ever heard of "Nukes"" or are you living in lala land?
The manner in which Ukrainian children have been kidnapped reminds me of the Nazis when they first invaded Poland. In accordance with their instructions, they stole many children of so-called "Aryan appearance", with incalculable psychological effect on the victims.
Seems Russia is using the Geneva convention more as a checklist.
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072too scared of nuke when every other country has them.
I feel I am well informed and have thought about the ramifications of all that I know is in play, then I hear another Anders podcast and realize there are more layers to that onion. Thanks Anders, I appreciate your insight 👍 From a former US naval aviator, now a Texas resident watching closely from afar.
I enjoy Anders' analyses on Danish TV - we have 2 channels, none of them are biased
I am glad that his points are accepted and appreciated by those of you who are in the loop
Now, what's the heck is going on with you?? 😕🤔
Thank you, Anders Puck Nielsen, for another excellent analysis. Very much appreciated - and helpful, of course.
🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Yes. Victory and peace for _all_ Ukrainians. Cheers from Copenhagen Oblast, Denmark. Слава Україні!
@@aleksanderfradkin7955 I would be a millionaire in russia just by selling my old used car and then moving there. Actually I'm planning on bying rubbles. To save money. I'm low on toilet paper and rubbles are slightly cheaper.
Russia: we want to destroy the international legal order.
China: We want to retake Outer Manchuria from you.
Russia: No! Not like that!
😂😂😂😂
They will retake it. Just you wait..
is outer Manchuria more important to Russian that Ukraine? Not now I think.
If it means they can 'buy' something militarily valuable from the Chinese, Pute will hand over named territory voluntarily.
The Chinese are already grabbing resources in Eastern Russia. And the people there know it and are left poorer. So poor that they sign contracts and go to Ukraine 10,000 km away
Russia is a vassal state of China.
Russia has already ceded a river island on the border and are now about to cede land along the Tumen River.
"Why then has he floated the idea? That stretch of coastal access was ceded to Russia by the Ching dynasty in the 19th century and the PRC has wanted it back for decades."
Just for the record: The US doesn't recognize the ICC either. Thanks for your great analysis once more!
And they’re right to do so. No court should ever be completely independent of legislative oversight.
@@Jaxck77what are your thoughts on the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals? Should they all be pardoned posthumously? 🤮
@@Jaxck77 I would submit the USA did not ratify the treaty for essentially the same reason as Russia. Americans only like rules or laws that work in their favour.
@@vernonmcphee6746 True, same as india and china. They all want to keep playing Great power politics
@@Jaxck77They do have oversight. It's called the UNO General Assembly.
As a matter of fact: The USA is not accepting the rulings from ICC about war crimes. Why?
Because they want to do whatever they want, and get away with it.
Because 'bad actors' who do not recognise liberal democratic principles can use the ICC as a weapon against those who do accept, follow, try to implement, and enforce, those principles. However, nothing involving people is perfect, so if you want to pick holes in Western principles then there is plenty of opportunities to do so. In my opinion it's a question of balance, intent, commitment, and transparancy, I would support Western attitudes and ideologies any day compared with the sort of medieval ideolgy of despotic and kleptocratic kingship, barrons, and princes, of the current Russian regime, who enslave their populations for the comfort and enrichment of themselves, and their dynasties, without laws or restraints on their power.
Because the supreme law of the US is the US Constitution and no external treaty or convention can supersede it. It's simple if you understand what sovereignty means.
@@yurinator4411 Supreme law is international law.If you do crimes on foreign soil,then you will get prosecuted by that country as well as the ICC and ICJ.
@@yurinator4411 with the side effect to submit war crimes without getting prosecuted.. eg torturing people - only to save democracy🤮
Very insightful! Thanks Anders!
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Thank you, Jake for your own contributions. You have validly pointed out how a war in Ukraine is a threat to all of Europe.
Hahahahahahaha❤😂
If both of you have anything-human-with in you, you should travel to Crimea and Donbas and talk to locals... Before continuing to indoctrinatine the-sheep with-lie-based-hate-narative. Y-like this-deviation of reality simply because it makes Russians look bad. Have y-ever heard of coup in Ukraine, 16.000 Russian civillian casualties since 2014 coup, of wich 1500 were kids. Have y-ever heard of over one-MILLION Russians-expelled-from Ukraine since-unelected-nazis were installed by yr-wrstern"democracies"?
Just having fun, and watcing Puck deleting my comments systematicaly.. Hahahah❤😂
If both of you have anything-human-with in you, you should travel to Crimea and Donbas and talk to locals... Before continuing to indoctrinatine the-sheep with-lie-based-hate-narative. Y-like this-deviation of reality simply because it makes Russians look bad. Have y-ever heard of coup in Ukraine, 16.000 Russian civillian casualties since 2014 coup, of wich 1500 were kids. Have y-ever heard of over one-MILLION Russians-expelled-from Ukraine since-unelected-nazis were installed by yr-wrstern"democracies"???
Analysis of such quality and critical insight is what i would love to see established as standard for public broadcast journalism. You're doing a great job, thank you.
Put propaganda instead of analysis and I would totally agree.
The ICC would carry more weight if it also had the ability to enforce against western nations like the US, and potentially Israel as well, given the US's response to the warrants the ICC issued against Israel. This is the fundamental problem...Russia isn't wrong that not all nations are treated equal by the ICC.
Thank you so much All the best from Sweden
Tak Anders
Altid en fornøjelse med dine gennemtænkte analyser 👍
Helt enig!
Ditto her.
This is a great video. At first, I didn't really care about the Russian state's view of the ICC and wasn't planning on viewing the video. However, it's a very pertinent and interesting analysis and I'm very happy to have seen it. Great job!! 👍👍
greetings from germany 🇩🇪…love your analysis! 💪🏼
Ditto
Thanks for the update and views 🇺🇲🇺🇦
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I completely agree with your analysis.
This fits their usage of lies, too. They use obvious lies as a demonstration of power. The "I know that you know that I know, that I'm lying, but you can't do anything against it."
Brilliant. Thank you.
Interesting aspect. Thanks!
Always something to learn...
Thank you, Anders for a great analysis of a complex situation.
A bit odd, but also understandable, that Ru frames the ICC as "created by the west and the USA" when the USA voted against it after the negotiations about it.
It's a joy to hear an intellectual speak analytical on this war. Best wishes
Unfortunately America reacted equally in 2002 regarding warcrimes committed in Irak by Americans. They are also not member of the ICC. They made the "the Hague Invasion Act",
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
This is, and still is violence (America) versus denial (Russia). America should just recognize the ICC and be a member.
This is what I came here to say. I agree with Ukrainians defending themselves and agree with other nations giving support. I just think these arguments need to at least be included in the discussion. I really wonder if Russia would have invaded all these countries if the US hadn’t invaded Iraq under false pretenses.
@@julianvandercook Russia should have taken issue and gained support against the US actions using the UN for its intended purposes. Instead they are using it as an invalid argument to "justify" their own criminal actions.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
@@nic.hROTFLMAO. Do you even remember what the world was like in 2000s? Colin Powell's performance was at the UN. Everyone was worried about an Islamic resurgeance. 'Cept Ukraine, which was busy filching natural gas from Russian pipelines meant for paying European customers.
@@julianvandercook Which countries exactly did Russia invade?
@@nic.h Do you call Articles 51, 106 and 107 of the UN Charter "criminal acts"?
These are exactly the UN Articles that Russia is currently IMPLEMENTING
Thanks for analysis, Anders. Sad news: Pete the medic, a South African helper in Ukraine just passed. He sustained fatal shrapnel wound while evacuating injured Ukrainian soldiers to safety. Totsiens boetie, en baie dankie vir alles...😞
What a waste of life.
Heroyam slava! Rest in peace, Pete my friend and inspiration 😿
Hi Anders. Good videos overall. I think it would be nice if you would add a picture of the mentioned person on the screen the first time you mention him in the video.
I think the most absurd idea in the whole thing is that Russa consider itself as a great power. It's not. By Russia logic, Moscow should submit to Washington and Beijing.
But theyre going to take _Kyiv in THREE DAYS!_ 😂
They confuse 'being powerful' with 'being a jerk'. This is why they have no friends, and why they will fail with their goals.
Russia may only have the GDP of Belgium, but it also has nuclear weapons which we are afraid of. Just saying. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
@@AtlasAnderssonIf that were the only criterion, then Serbia would qualify for the "great power" status too. 🙊
They are well on their way to becoming a vassal of China, they just haven't realized this yet.
Thank you, Anders. This 100% mimics my own toughts and understanding. Many times I wanted to pause and point something out, the next moment you said it yourself. In the last part you repeated yourself several times and this was so right, as those points must be repeated over and over again. Thank you for a brilliant dive into a very important strategic topic.
Russia doesn’t think great powers should be able to do what they want. They think Russia should be able to do whatever they want and don’t care beyond that
Well done! Never thought that those war crimes were deliberate, chalked it up to corruption and incompetence. This has shifted my perception of things! Thank you!
Putin to General: Did you take Kyiv in three days?
General: No.
Putin: Did you take Kherson, Odessa, Kharkiv?
General: No.
Putin: Well then, what did you take in Ukraine?!
General: _Three washing machines, two toilets, and a fur coat!_
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@Goenzoy87 He did say "Kyiv in three days."
Don't forget they also stole that raccoon from the Kherson zoo
@bootsa876 There are clips of him screaming it all over the internet.
Zelensky is on a visit to the doctor for examination for illnes. So he ask the doctor: "doc, do i have vovchansk ? No, says doc, you do not have vovchansk...Well doc, do i have kharkiv ? Doc answers: you do have kharkiv, but it will go away soon....🤣😅😂
@@james82184 Nobody wants raccoons anyway😆
I really appreciate these short insights you give us, Anders. It is all thought provoking stuff. Please don't stop giving us your short video essays.
Another aspect is the timing of the ICC. They just issued arrest warrents for Israeli ministers for specifically war crimes. ICC needed to show that they also persecute russians in a similar fashion. Your point on super powers wanting to do what they want is still standing though.
You always have great content Commander Nielsen. I sometimes take some issues with your interpretations or want to suggest some caveats or details you didn't get quite right. But in this case, I think your message is 100% accurate, valid and precise. It is important too, because the Russo-Ukrainian war isn't just a war. As you say: it is an ideological struggle, a continuation of the Cold War in many ways. This is why it is VITAL that Ukraine achieves as total of a victory as is humanly possible and that simple "defeat" of the Putin regime is unlikely to be adequate. The Russian Federation needs to be defeated to such an extent that it undergoes, whether as a result of internal or external pressure, major reforms which insure that another regime like the Putin regime never again emerges in the Russian Federation of any of its constituent states.
Amen to that.
It is for the Russian PEOPLE to decide which "regime" to be in the country... And not to the descendants of the Nazis
The UN Charter, in Articles 106 and 107, gives the right to the winners of the Second World War - the USSR, the USA, Great Britain and China - to apply all measures against the countries that fought against them to prevent actions aimed at revising the results of the Second World War. In particular, it is possible to use military force against these countries. To do this, it is enough to notify the other three winning countries, but not to get their consent.
Forceful coercion of countries that want to revise the Yalta-Potsdam system in Europe can also be carried out by Russia, which is the legal successor of the USSR.
Russia can stop attempts to revive Nazism in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Japan.
Articles 106 and 107 of the UN Charter also apply to all those countries that refuse to inherit from the USSR - Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania. Their attitude that there was a Soviet occupation and the treaties of Friendship and cooperation concluded by them with the Third Reich move these countries into the ranks of the Hitlerite coalition. The same position is taken by modern Ukraine, which accepts as its predecessor the military-political formations of the OUN-UPA, created by Ukrainian fascists. Proves that all these post-Soviet republics belong to the Hitlerite coalition. Hence the possibility of revising the territorial acquisitions of countries that position themselves as supporters of the Hitlerite coalition. Plus SPONSORS OF the Nazi regimes (USA and Britain)
@@evgeniya7853 International law says any country can take territory from Russia and Russia can in turn go f*ck herself. Don't believe me? Watch this.
There is no freedom of speech in Russia.. That's why the families of United Russia have real estate in NATO countries.
As always, Anders, you have given an excellent video. Great analysis.
Thank you!
Fascinating explanation of the Russian mindset.
Simultaneous grandiosity and victim mentality
This has nothing to do with the Russian mentality. These are your own ideas, mirrored in Russian
Anders Puck Nielsen and Jade McGlynn both have superb understanding on that topic, each in their own way.
@@larsrons7937 no they do not, they just tell you what you are willing to hear, that makes you easier to agree with them.
The russian mindset is a mix of Soviet nostalgia, fear, and desperation turning into aggression.
General comment for the yt algorithm. Slava Ukraini!
Thank you Anders!
*_comment for the algorithm_*
~ 💞 Winston-Salem, NC
Extremely helpful - had never considered this. Thank you
Really nice to see a bit more videos from you lately. Thank you alot.
Top analysis. Simple concepts and well evidenced but with profound applications.
Thank you Sir!
Thank you!!
You can't be a sovereign country if your internal laws are superseded or contradicted by laws from outside the country. This is obvious. The US has also withdrawn from the ICC for precisely that reason. China and India never signed it either. The largest/most powerful countries in the world are not members.
It's important to provide some context to the (ir)relevance of the ICC and of the UN, for that matter.
Probably shouldn't claim to be members of the United Nations then as they come with obligations
You would not find context here. A. P. Nielsen only presents facts that fit into the narrative.
@@nic.h The UN needs to be disbanded. Its predecessor, The League Of Nations, was a monumental failure also. One world governments and national sovereignty are mutually exclusive concepts.
Anders is so insightful. He shed's light on the deeper motivations at play. Thanks!
These are very, very valid points. The fact that it was necessary to make them illustrates how many in the West still haven’t grasped how dangerous Russia’s aggression is. Thank you for bringing this up. Glory and Victory for Ukraine.🇺🇦
if you haven't noticed the west is becoming increasingly irrelevant .... and by no fault other than our own.
Tell these people about the aggression
List of countries INVADED, bombed/attacked by the United States (along with NATO countries) after World War II:
Korea and China (1950-1953)
Guatemala (1954)
Indonesia (1958, 1966)
Haiti (1959)
Cuba (1959-1961)
Guatemala (1960)
Congo (1964)
Laos (1959, 1964-1973)
Vietnam (1961-1973)
Cambodia (1969-1970)
Guatemala (1960, 1967-1969)
Grenada (1983)
Lebanon (1958, 1983, 1984)
Libya (1986, 2011)
El Salvador (1980s)
Nicaragua (1972, 1980s)
Iran (1987)
Honduras (1988)
Panama (1989)
Iraq (1991)
Kuwait (1991)
Somalia (1993)
Bosnia (1994, 1995)
Sudan (1998)
Afghanistan (1998)
Yugoslavia (1999)
Yemen (2002)
Iraq (1991-2003)
Iraq (2003-2015)
Afghanistan (2001-2015)
Pakistan (2007-2015)
Somalia (1992-1994, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Yemen (2009, 2011)
Libya (2011, 2015)
Syria (2013 - present)
Bombing YEMEN and LEBANON - right now +
Supplying weapons to the Israeli army to exterminate the population of Gaza - right now
@@evgeniya7853 I see you started with Korea. So you should learn more about how the war started over there before using it in this spamlist. Not mentioning how does it look like over there now.
@@miroslavdusin4325 You should also learn more about the war in Ukraine (the fact of living there is not a guarantee of knowledge)...
And what do you dislike Korea so much? North Korea is really a 100% sovereign state. Sovereign even in the financial sphere - independent of the dollar system
@@evgeniya7853 Sovereign state? It is a dictatorship where people live in slavery. Stop this propaganda bst for dummies.
That was the best lesson in international political science I've had in years. Thank's Anders.
The funniest words that can be put together in the present day... "Great power" & "russia" hilarious! Fantastic comedy! Made my week!!! 😂🤣😂
The Russian military is a complete and total, 100% JOKE. They are losing to tiny Ukraine, Ukraine didnt even have an army 4 years ago.
Yes, it's just a country of 11 time zones and 6000 nukes, no big deal.
@@Tom_Quixote You'd think they'd be able to take more than 10% of tiny Ukraine. Yet Rusha' still loses🤭
USA couldn’t even beat the Taliban lol so relax.
Thanks Anders, great insight. However, enforcement is the problem.
Unbelievable that Russia has the nerve to call itself civilized.
Maybe in the imperialistic meaning of "civilization": the greater the power and the ruled territory, the greater the civilization.
So it's in the power sense, not in the moral sense.
Seethe and cope.
Unbelievable that EU , UK and USA has the nerve to call themselves civilized.
@@Princip666 I mean, it's a country that collectively worships Hitler whilst 20% of their population shits in holes due to a lack of sanitary infrastructure.
@@6teeth318-w5k At least they don't worship Hitler like russians.
Thanks for your high quality videos! Very educational.
Really excellent account, lucid and helpful as always.
Well done Sir. You hit the nail on the head.
"The Rules Based Order" is a term used by the United States to avoid talking about International Law and the I.C.C. because they do not adhere to International Law nor recognize that institution. Your point stil stands regarding the Russian Federation, but "The Rules Based Order" is a misleading term which in reality means: Order Based on the Rules set by the United States.
Very interesting and competent. Thanks.
Serbia claimed that they don't recognized international court....Then they handed over Milosevic, Karadjic, Mladic etc as they become more of a liability then an asset and heroes.
Yes, US citizens will also EXTRADITE their criminals in accordance with international anti-terrorism legislation...
Thank you so much for this video, people need to understand this
When the ICC lawyers announced seeking an arrest order on israel, they were very clearly fearing for their lives, and half the western countries had top politicians damning them. USA has a law on the books requiring invading Hague if US or allied soldiers are arrested. "rules based order", sure.
You didn't get the point. The ICC goes after individuals. Like the guys who killed civilians on October, 7th.
BTW did Hamass released the civilian hostages?
Source?
@@zacklewis342 look up "invade Hague act"
@@zacklewis342 Try the Herculean task of googling Invade Hague Act
@@zacklewis342 I've tried providing it twice, but the comment keeps being deleted. Try searching for some of the words I've used.
Thanks for sharing your expert view on this matter. Excellent stated!
While I always find your videos informative I thing this specific topic hits a VERY soft point on the west and especially the US in how Russian propaganda has been as succesfull as its has been. The war in Iraq was such a big blow to the understanding of international law that it has been very easy for countries like Russia and China to play the game of "whataboutism".
Thanks. !!
You should have tied this to Netanyahu and Galant and US. US because they actually have a law which says that US can invade the Hague if it is accused of war crimes.
"law which says that US can invade the Hague"
lol
He could have tied it to Kim Jong Un, Ayatollah Khamenei and a bunch of other ratbags too... but he didn't because that would loose focus on Russian aggression and political gaslighting. Let's not forget they're LEADING the UN Security council at the moment. Just insane times
Which clauses in the US law are you refering to?
@@futte8024en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act#:~:text=820%2C%20enacted%20August%202%2C%202002,criminal%20court%20to%20which%20the
@@pineapplethief4418it does exist, American service member protection act. Bush literally had an outstanding order to invade Netherlands if any US soldier (and more importantly, politicians) get busted by ICC
Super interesting ... as always.
Interestng. I can see the Russian argument. Its not like the USA or China gives any real credence to any international supernational institution if it goes against their interests. In a way it is a true observation of the world that '"great powers" play by their own ruels'.
A world which we want to leave behind
@@henriikkak2091I agree for sure, but I doubt the USA or China agrees.
@@henriikkak2091 You may want to, but it's reality and eventually reality bites. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Well said. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
The evil Russians are obviously completely and totally in the right on this... ... ... if they manage to win
Thanks again.
@Anders Puck Nielsen • This video was very helpful. I understood that Russia wanted a different world order, but I didn't understand how they wanted it to work. Your explanation makes sense not just from the international perspective but also explains why the Russian people are so willing to accept oligarchs.
This destruction of norms and institutions is easier for me to grasp on an international level, but I can finally see what the goal of the MAGA movement is.
When you've been brought up to believe in equality, even if imperfect, it's hard to grasp that many, many other people reject that.
I think President Zelensky's attempt to bring together countries of the world for his peace process becomes even more important. Unity among the smaller nations can make Russia's goal harder to achieve practically and intellectually.
Thanks for another stimulating video.
The Russian goal is a new Jalta or the 1815 congress. D. Trenin wrote about it a lot.
@happyfelix1440 • I understood Anders to mean something more than just a redrawing of the map. I'm not familiar with Dr. Trenin's work, so I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the reference.
What does the collapse of US hegemony and the building of a world with MULTIPLE poles of power have to do with International institutions?
Awesome as always!!! 👏
When the 'rules-based order' displays double standards and is used to impose unilateral sanctions on other nations, then that 'order' eventually falls apart, like what we're seeing.
I saw an article that said that the Russian invasion caused the collapse of the rules based international order, but it made no mention about the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Thank you for your videos!
No more Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Russia is now Mordor of fear, mobilization and alcohol
I am Russian. It's always been this way, to be true🤷♀️
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
@@BratBugarin You're talking about Putin's "Kyiv in 3 days"?
If you say so... Clearly you haven't read either
@@BratBugarinwho are you directing your copy and paste comment at, Vatnik? Does the Kommisar slip a few kopecs in your tin cup for every post even though they’re meaningless?m
Thank you for your excellent work, Puck. ❤
It’s no surprise Russia views power structures the way it does. The Tsars always viewed the law as a tool to enforce the will of the autocrat, not as a mechanism to protect people.
"Tsars have always viewed the law as a tool for fulfilling the will of the autocrat, and not as a mechanism for protecting people"
Aren't the "democratic" oligarchic CLANS of the United States doing the same thing?
Unfortunately it has already undermined the court's authority that the US has never been held accountable for obvious crimes.. Rules need to apply to everyone 🤔😟
The theft of children is so execrable.
Like the US under Trump?
Enlighten us dumb peasants what kids did Trump steal? Credible sources would be appreciated
Since when evacuating orphans from the warzone is a bad thing?
@yellowtunes2756 since russia is the cause of the war zone and it put those children in concentration camps
@@NeungView Trump stole children ? Cool story. Any references ... other than Russian.
Always the best from you.
Paper is patient - a dutch saying. Ironicly, it gains international allure by the use by Anne Frank, a Jewish girl and war victim. In this case, it means justice is a time game. We have to wait.
the wheels of justice grind slow but surely ....is the english equivalent ...criminals always think that they can escape but the legal system never sleeps , it just changes shift and once your name is on the list , they will find you
@@Bob-nd2mrSometimes those wheels grind too slowly, and the guilty have blissfully died in their own beds, rather than face any justice.
Excellent point. Thank you!
This is interesting to understand the difference in definition of sovereignty in the West vs. in Russia.
What's difderence?
Thank you ! An excellent video.
Thanks Anders
I think this is one of the most important video ever
To set this in simple terms, Russia wants us to undersand them but they don't need to understand us. That makes things complicated...
The thing is that they are different. And second thing is that the "rules based word order" is usually using the rules created in the West. So being fair is not the same as respect the same rules if they were created by one side.
Anders you always give a concise and logical blog that helps understand what is happening. Please keep it up
Brilliant synopsis of what is really happening . Really appreciate your work. I have already voted in the UK election (by post) and voted to ensure that PUTINS INVASION MUST FAIL...as per House of Commons unanimous decision 24 feb 2022 Ukraine .
Voted for the party with the best track record on Ukraine.
I live in the UK and I don't know which party you are referring to. Please clarify.
Such indictments are necessary to allow humanity to move forward.
It's somewhat unsetteling that some of the analysis also applies to the hostility of the US towards the ICC.
All of it does. The US wants rules for everyone except themselves.
@@Simon-ow6td The US went back and forth on the ICC based on the president being a Democrat or Republican. Stop acting like it's a constant policy.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD The US is quite consistent on not recognizing the authority of any international body they don't hold special privilege over or can't ignore at will. I think the UN security council is the best example. If you know any significant examples to the countrary, I am all ears. I like to learn.
I guess the WTO is the only meaningful example I can come up with?
Wow. An angle I've never seen before.
Thank you for this!
so informative
Great focus and clarity as always. Please comment on the degree to which Russia’s Int. standing comes from conspiring in the deal that had the ex-Soviet republics that give up nukes and related infrastructure. Was that a factor in Russia keeping the Soviet UN Security Council permanent seat assignment?
Suddenly agreements on reducing and preventing other countries acquiring nukes became conspiracy hahahaha😅
A big mistake we are making is to consider ruZsia as a State: it is not a State: it is a criminal and terrorist organization led by mafiosi. Have you ever met a mafioso who recognizes the laws and justice?
Aren't you laughing at the nonsense you've written? Were you hit on the head with a shovel during an argument in the sandbox?😂
@@evgeniya7853 I'm laughing at your stupid comment which goes 100% against reality: 'every country has its mafia but in ruZsia it's the mafia that runs the country'
You are just a bitter old man with a life so unexciting that these power and war fantasies fuel you to write such non sense. Us young people are not interested in being wasted on the front against our russian brothers
Thank you, that was an excellent clarification of the issue.
Like in other wars, the perpetrators will mostly get off scot free. Almost all Germans and Japanese got away with their war crimes, with just a handful of high profile exceptions.
24 of the leading Nazis was indicted in Nuremberg as well as six German organizations by the IMT. Some were executed and that might seem like getting off scoot free, that trial shaped future war and also set the tone.
The key is not to get after the soldiers per se ( of course SS men was and are still hunted by Israel and others ) but the main thing is to get leaders and that will hopefully scare future leaders from doing the same mistake.
Russia however is what they always been and what they always will be, so no one will learn shit in that country.
Putin, and the two highest ranked generals is pretty high profile.
@@aaronwalsh8469Yep, comparable to Adolf and Goering
ALL the Nazi criminals lived their lives safely in the USA, Canada, and Argentina, which welcomed them with open arms. Countries that refused to extradite them to the Soviet Union for the tribunal.
If it were not for the USSR, then there would be no such thing as a "Nazi criminal" at all
Excellent analysis Anders.
“The supreme art of war is to undermine the enemy's agencies, authority, and education.” ― Sun Pu, The Art of Maskirovka
Russia claims to be a UN member. Thereby arguing it's their agency as well.
Either they are or they aren't, if they are they agreed to abided by international law, if they aren't it's time for them to stop having veto power on their claimed seat on the security council.
Very interesting! As has been pointed out already, Russia is not the only country that doesn't recognize the ICC. The USA even has an 'The Hague Invasion Act' that could theoretically turn this (otherwise rather boring) city into a war zone. They also seem to think that international law is something for small countries...
Brilliant insight, Anders. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience in these matters.