Citing
international documents, conventions, treaties when dealing with Russia is an
exercise in futility. A more meaningful task would be locating a single
international convention or treaty that Russia and/or its predecessor the USSR
have not violated in large part or ignored entirely. Conventions and treaties
nonetheless remain international norms of a civilized international community
that must be taken into consideration when dealing with Russia. Russia' failure
to comply, often arrogantly, should be perceived as an unwillingness on the
part of Russia to be a part of that civilized international community with
consequences. Thus Russia must be considered a pariah and a global danger much
more significant because of its size than other states like Syria, Iran, North
Korea or terrorist formations such as ISIS, al-Quada or the Taliban.
