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==== International agreements often fail to achieve their intended results ====

==== International agreements often fail to achieve their intended results ====

While international agreements certainly have their place and peace/peacemaking are always a good thing to pursue, research indicates that most international agreements fail to achieve their aims ([https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122854119 International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects], PNAS, August 1, 2022, 119 (32) e2122854119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122854119). Given men's frequent cases of poor thinking/planning and the sinfulness of human nature, this is not entirely surprising.  

While international agreements certainly have their place and peace/peacemaking are always a good thing to pursue, research indicates that most international agreements fail to achieve their aims ([https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122854119 International treaties have mostly failed to produce their intended effects], PNAS, August 1, 2022, 119 (32) e2122854119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122854119). Given men's frequent cases of poor thinking/planning and the sinfulness of human nature, this is not entirely surprising.  

*[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4443781-history-shows-that-no-ceasefire-or-treaty-with-russia-can-be-trusted/ History shows that no ceasefire or treaty with Russia can be trusted], The Hill, 2024

*[https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4443781-history-shows-that-no-ceasefire-or-treaty-with-russia-can-be-trusted/ History shows that no ceasefire or treaty with Russia can be trusted], The Hill, 2024

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016, U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations: "Russia has acted contrary to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Open Skies Treaty, and the Incidents at Sea Agreement. Russia has altered the human rights landscape within its own country, decreasing democracy and begging questions about the future of governance, not just in Moscow, but across the Federation. Moreover, Russia has joined the civil war in Syria and begun militarizing the Arctic."[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg28077/html/CHRG-114shrg28077.htm#:~:text=While%20Russia%20is%20currently%20in,between%20500%20and%205%2C500%20kilometers.]

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016, U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations: "Russia has acted contrary to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Open Skies Treaty, and the Incidents at Sea Agreement. Russia has altered the human rights landscape within its own country, decreasing democracy and begging questions about the future of governance, not just in Moscow, but across the Federation. Moreover, Russia has joined the civil war in Syria and begun militarizing the Arctic."<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg28077/html/CHRG-114shrg28077.htm#:~:text=While%20Russia%20is%20currently%20in,between%20500%20and%205%2C500%20kilometers. RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS OF BORDERS, TREATIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS]</ref>

West and Ukraine acting badly:

West and Ukraine acting badly: