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<journal-id>1870-4654</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anuario mexicano de derecho internacional]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Anu. Mex. Der. Inter]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-4654</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-46542023000100003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24487872e.2023.23.17891</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[War in Ukraine: How Did we Get there and is there a Way Out of It?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Guerra en Ucrania: ¿cómo llegamos allí, hay forma de salir de esto?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="fr"><![CDATA[Guerre en Ukraine: comment y sommes-nous arrivés et existe-t-il un moyen d&#8217;en sortir?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Müllerson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rein]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Tallinn University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<fpage>3</fpage>
<lpage>31</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-46542023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-46542023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-46542023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In 2022 the world has entered into a phase of geopolitical and geo-economic reconfiguration with the emergence of multipolar elements. The armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine is a military phase of a geopolitical standoff between the collective West, embodied mainly by the United States and NATO, and those for whom Western domination is not acceptable, epitomized in that case by Russia. But how did the world, after the Fall of the Berlin Wall and justified expectations of a peaceful future, find itself in a situation where the use of military force has become almost normal, at least until it is used against those Europeans who had chosen the &#8220;right side of history&#8221;? How and why, towards the end of history, the most important principles of international law became twisted and reinterpreted to such an extent that soon there may not be a last man left to contemplate this end? As history gives some hints about right as well as wrong ways of ending military confrontations, I will try to show in this essay how it all went wrong and what could be done about it.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En 2022 el mundo ha entrado en una fase de reconfiguración geopolítica y geoeconómica con la aparición de elementos multipolares. El conflicto armado en el territorio de Ucrania es una fase militar de un enfrentamiento geopolítico entre el Occidente colectivo, representado principalmente por Estados Unidos y la OTAN, y aquellos para quienes la dominación occidental no es aceptable, personificada en ese caso por Rusia. Pero ¿cómo es que el mundo, después de la caída del Muro de Berlín y las expectativas justificadas de un futuro pacífico, se encuentra en una situación en la que el uso de la fuerza militar se ha vuelto casi normal, al menos hasta que se usa contra los europeos que habían elegido el &#8220;lado correcto de la historia&#8221;? ¿Cómo y por qué, hacia el final de la historia, los principios más importantes del derecho internacional se torcieron y reinterpretaron hasta tal punto que pronto no quedará un último hombre para contemplar este final? En tanto la historia da algunas pistas sobre las formas correctas e incorrectas de poner fin a los conflictos militares, intentaré mostrar en este ensayo cómo salió todo mal y qué se podría hacer al respecto.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="fr"><p><![CDATA[Résumé En 2022, le monde est entré dans une phase de reconfiguration géopolitique et géo-économique avec l&#8217;émergence d&#8217;éléments multipolaires. Le conflit armé sur le territoire ukrainien est une phase militaire d&#8217;un bras de fer géopolitique entre l&#8217;Occident collectif, incarné principalement par les États-Unis et l&#8217;OTAN, et ceux pour qui la domination occidentale n&#8217;est pas acceptable, incarnés en l&#8217;occurrence par la Russie. Mais comment le monde, après la chute du mur de Berlin et des attentes justifiées d&#8217;un avenir pacifique, s&#8217;est-il retrouvé dans une situation où l&#8217;usage de la force militaire est devenu presque normal, du moins jusqu&#8217;à ce qu&#8217;il soit utilisé contre les Européens qui avaient choisi la «bon côté de l&#8217;histoire »? Comment et pourquoi, vers la fin de l&#8217;histoire, les principes les plus importants du droit international ont été déformés et réinterprétés à tel point qu&#8217;il ne restera peut-être bientôt plus un dernier homme pour contempler cette fin? Alors que l&#8217;histoire donne quelques indications sur les bonnes et les mauvaises manières de mettre fin aux affrontements militaires, je vais essayer de montrer dans cet essai comment tout s&#8217;est mal passé et ce qui pourrait être fait à ce sujet.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hegemonía occidental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="fr"><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></kwd>
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