One of the events of the summer which has been seamlessly woven into the "new Cold War" narrative was Russia's suspension of its obligations under the CFE treaty. Although a law student should perhaps have something more to say about this, I don't, really, except to mention the obvious - that it's an example of the common phenomenon of "international law" - even treaty law - taking a back seat to political considerations.
The Accidental Russophile covered this story in a much more thorough and timely fashion, but I wanted to chime in with a couple of links and share a few articles which do explore the legal aspects of this brouhaha: a thoroughly footnoted article from the newsletter of the American Society of International Law; and several posts on the excellent international law blog Opinio Juris.
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