The decision by a UN court on Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence will not have immediate consequences. But it has become another element in the general erosion of the European order that has been ongoing since the end of the Cold War. And the long-term consequences of this erosion are impossible to predict.
If U.S. President Barack Obama really does intend to try a new approach with Iran, then the most interesting thing will not be the pompous beginning, but the second stage.
Russia is now inclined not only to reject completely a path determined by Western values, but actually to deny that such values even exist.
