>> Considering Russia and China are casually annexing territories, its pretty obvious this framework no longer exists >A pretty big overstatement. The only cros

>> Considering Russia and China are casually annexing territories, its pretty obvious this framework no longer exists >A pretty big overstatement. The only cross-border war between nations I can think of is Russia and Ukraine. If perfection is our standard, then of course the UN and everything else is a failure. Otherwise, the UN is doing this job effectively. This is a pretty good point, with nuclear weapons as an alternative explanation.