US 'rules-based order' needs rethinking: The Nation

As the geopolitical landscape shifted over the past decade and U.S. influence declines worldwide, Washington cannot continue to mischaracterize all its interventions or involvement in conflicts as defending the "rules-based order," said an article published by The Nation on Monday.

"Washington must accept that friends and allies will often go their own way if their interests are not aligned with America's on the world stage," said the article.

Indeed, incentives for breaking from Washington's "rules" have been made higher than ever by the expansive implementation of extraterritorial sanctions as a central tenet of U.S. statecraft, according to the article.

Some 40 percent of global oil reserves are under U.S. sanctions, creating enormous pressure on oil producers and buyers to shift to non-dollar oil sales, said the article.