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Pope Leo XIV reminded the world recently that “the rule of law is the foundation of all peaceful coexistence.” He was speaking on January 9, in the wake of the United States’ takeover of Venezuela and President Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Iran, Syria, and Canada. As the pope warned: “War is back in vogue.” But as far as the rule of law is concerned, the pope may well have been speaking about US domestic politics, which, like the international system, is now sliding into a lawless state of nature where might makes right, and life, to quote...