The war in Iran suggests many of the doctrines, rules and assumptions that shaped US military strategy for decades might no longer apply. Margaret MacMillan, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Oxford talks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about the consequences of dispensing with the international rules‑based order that attempted to govern global conflict and constrain the use of force under law.
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