Schmittian Revival in Foreign Policy

Commentators are reintroducing Carl Schmitt’s jurisprudence to argue that international law is a façade and that great‑power politics should openly replace liberal norms. This rhetorical move ties a mid‑20th‑century legal theory to current debates over interventions, assassinations, and the legitimacy of institutions. — If this framing spreads, it can normalize rejection of international legal constraints and provide intellectual cover for more aggressive, unilateral state actions.