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

> > 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. Well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War There's that 2008 skirmish. Not that I disagree with your post though.