"The USA does not recognise the International Criminal Court as binding on it; Russia is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, contrary to all norms of international law, and the People's Republic of China is threatening to reunify Taiwan, even against the declared will of those living there - behaviour that can be explained by the logic of power. Accordingly, the only thing that prevails is the ability to assert one's own will, even in the face of resistance: power. Dependents must adapt to this power or flee. This is opposed to the logic of mutual commitment, which can also be understood as the logic of equal rights and as a factual logic. Accordingly, people are bound to one another by their humanity, countries by their economic, social, political and cultural networking, states by common challenges. Consequently, they respect one another as fundamentally equal and free - the basis of jointly accepted norms and procedures. Under the protection of this rule of law, conflicts can be resolved peacefully and common challenges can be discussed objectively."

"The U.S. does not acknowledge the International Criminal Court as binding on itself; Russia is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine against all norms of international law, and the People's Republic of China is threatening to reunify Taiwan even against the declared will of the people living there - behaviors that can be explained according to the logic of power. According to this logic, only the ability to assert one's own will even in the face of resistance prevails: Power. Dependent people have to adapt to this power or to flee. This is contrasted with the logic of mutual binding, which can also be understood as the logic of equal rights and the logic of subject matter. According to this logic, people are mutually bound by their humanity, countries by their economic, social, political and cultural interconnectedness, and states by common challenges. Consequently, they respect each other as principally equal and free - the basis of commonly accepted norms and procedures. In the protection of this rule of law, conflicts can be managed peacefully and common challenges can be discussed objectively."