In a video address delivered on 12 January 2026, former US ambassador Chas Freeman argues the post-war system of international law and institutions is failing under great power coercion and impunity. He warns that US and Israeli conduct is accelerating global lawlessness, undermining democratic freedoms, and pushing the world toward a more dangerous, unstable order.

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/remarks-to-an-emergency-roundtable-the-strategic-implications-of-the-attack-on-venezuela/?utm_source=Pearls+%26+Irritations&utm_campaign=e5bc01705b-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c6b037ecb-e5bc01705b-745128237