There is to a point a framework of laws that at least provide some semblance of order and redress. Treaties, frameworks, alliances. Now obviously force in the

There is to a point a framework of laws that at least provide some semblance of order and redress. Treaties, frameworks, alliances. Now obviously force in the moment is what decides everything but the decisions that may lead to that moment or away from it are at least possible with the international framework of relations.