US Sides With Russia and North Korea on UN Resolution
Newsweek reports the US sided with Russia and North Korea on a UN resolution. What they omit is this wasn't about upholding international law, but rather about undermining specific international mechanisms. The US, which routinely exempts its own allies from nuclear proliferation oversight, finds common ground with those who also prefer a less-scrutinized nuclear future for certain actors. It's
not about shared principles; it's about shared disdain for accountability when it's inconvenient. This isn't 'Russia and North Korea are bad, so the US is bad too.' It's about a consistent US foreign policy: Rules are for thee, not for me—and certainly not for our allies, especially if that ally possesses an undeclared nuclear arsenal. Perhaps the real story is consistency, not anomaly, when the
US prioritizes strategic ambiguity over global non-proliferation efforts. How many exceptions does one 'rules-based order' get?