Corruption of Blood: The End of a Rules-Based World Order
Journal: Beijing Law Review
Year: 2023

In its foreign policy, the US purports to found its actions on a “rules-based order”. What exactly comprises a rules-based world order is a matter of debate, but it must be founded on rules, which have certain properties. These properties arise from both the logic of rules and are to be found in legal decisions which consider the exercise of executive discretion. President Obama’s foreign policy executive orders in regard to Crimea “the Executive Orders” could not be described as being founded o