The neglected crisis of the 21st century international order: cross-border security crises

The neglected crisis of the 21st century international order: cross-border security crises

Catched between the quasi-universally recognised internationally sovereign states, the international order is facing a crisis at the crossing points between national security and international cooperation. It is the situation of cross-border security crises, mixing legitimate and illegitimate claims, domestic and international law, in a context driven mainly by insecurity for people, the rights of the citizens, of the people, of the nations, and of the states.

The issue of cross-border security crises with regional amplification is not a particular attribute for the tension between Russia and Ukraine, in particular the active war in Donbass and Luhansk. A similar situation we find in Tigray, in Ethiopia, where the regional states are involved in the conflict between the federal government of Ethiopia and the Tigray authorities, with participation from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan. Myanmar is not so far from the same scenario, with the case of the genocide against the Rohingya minority, forced to relocate to Bangladesh to survive under a oppressive regime. What Turkey did in relation to northern Syria is not only about Turkish national security reasons in relation to the Syrian crisis, but also in relation to the Kurdish population. The actions on the ground of the Turkish proxies proved…