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Opinion | The Rule of Lawlessness

JL;DR SUMMARY Konstanty Gebert critiques former President Donald Trump's international policy proposals, emphasizing their disregard for the rule of law. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaU.S. Foreign PolicyDonald TrumpPolandInternational LawEthnic CleansingInternational Criminal CourtEuropean SecurityRussia UkraineKaliningrad

Places mentioned

Israel
"When President Donald Trump announced his plan for Gaza in February, critics immediately pointed out that it was immoral..."
Egypt
"neither Egypt, Jordan nor the Palestinians want any part of it..."
Jordan
"neither Egypt, Jordan nor the Palestinians want any part of it..."
Greenland
"This was not an oversight: The plans Trump has floated to take over Greenland..."
Panama
"This was not an oversight: The plans Trump has floated to take over Greenland, Panama or Canada also lack..."
Canada
"This was not an oversight: The plans Trump has floated to take over Greenland, Panama or Canada also lack..."
Russian Federation
"Another Trump proposalthe still developing deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraineshare..."
Ukraine
"without U.S. support Ukraine would go under anyway."
Poland
"More important, howeverand more pressing to those of us here in Poland and the Baltic statesis the U.S. choice to disregard the main transatlantic lesson of the 20th century..."
United States
"The Trump administrations initial moves on Ukraine suggested that it has drawn the opposite lesson. In all its actions toward Ukraine, starting with its vote against a UN resolution confirming Ukraines territorial integrity, the United States sends the message that it can live with lawlessnessby others and possibly itself."
Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
"but Poland has a border with Russia in Kaliningrad, and Russia has a military presence in Belarus, as it will in whatever is left of Ukraine."
Belarus
"but Poland has a border with Russia in Kaliningrad, and Russia has a military presence in Belarus, as it will in whatever is left of Ukraine."
China
"an incomparably preferable option to the alternative, exemplified by Russia, China and Iran, their proxies and associates."
Iran
"an incomparably preferable option to the alternative, exemplified by Russia, China and Iran, their proxies and associates."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Konstanty Gebert is a journalist in Warsaw, Poland."

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