I think we are well past the point where belief in a rules-based world order turns from optimism to delusion. Entrench yourself behind entire libraries of law books if you wish, it only makes for spectacular kindling.
To paraphrase Thucydides: the nuclear capable countries do what they want, and the non-nuclear countries suffer what they must.
All you have to do is train an LLM on the collected works and letters of John Searle; you could then pass your arguments along to the machine and out would come John Searle's thoughtful response...
To paraphrase Thucydides: the nuclear capable countries do what they want, and the non-nuclear countries suffer what they must.