Thomas M. Frank This is Me

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1. 1. May/June 1998 ASIL Newsletter

   www.asil.org/newsletter/mayjun - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/14/2000   Last Visited: 8/14/2000

   Thomas M. Frank President
   
   In his New York Times column of May 2, 1998, Tom Friedman quotes George Kennan's reaction to the U.S. Senate's recent, overwhelming approval of NATO expansion : This has been my life, and it pains me to see it so screwed up..
   
   I know how he feels. that be exactly my reaction to America's current role in the international legal order.
   
   Obviously my life in international law is in no way comparable to Kennan's illustrious career in shaping American east-west diplomacy. But that scarcely assuages the anguish.
   
   The decade beginning in 1989, with the fall of communism, created an unparalleled opening in modern history : a moment in which the world, led by its Only Remaining Superpower, could have reshaped human destiny.