European diplomacy should forge an international consensus that encourages legal frameworks over the use of force.
![A Palestinian man sits on a tracks of an Israeli excavator as he tries to prevent it from clearing his land during a protest against Jewish settlements, near the West Bank city of Ramallah [REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0deae2465067483ab8f4c3d5fbec74a1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Nathan J Brown is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and a Nonresident Senior Associate at the C... arnegie Endowment for International Peace.
European diplomacy should forge an international consensus that encourages legal frameworks over the use of force.