https://mediapresser.com/tags/diplomacy/ Recent content in Diplomacy on Media Presser Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediapresser.com/non-binding-agreements-now-govern-more-than-treaties-do/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediapresser.com/non-binding-agreements-now-govern-more-than-treaties-do/ The serious criticism of any voluntary international framework is that it has no teeth. No enforcement, no penalties, no court. Governments sign, praise it, and go home. The criticism is accurate and mostly beside the point, because binding treaties have become close to impossible to conclude among the states that matter, and the soft instruments that replaced them turn out to do a surprising amount of governing. Look at what’s happened to ratification.