DANIEL DREZNER:

If the U.S. joins France, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands in opposing something, it’s not clear to me whether the U.S. has really triggered “global animus” or just animus among international lawyers.

As Michael Reisman once said in my International Law class, it’s a serious mistake to think that the opinions of international lawyers represent anything much beyond the opinions of international lawyers.