A war without clear justification . A president who threatens: "A whole civilization will die tonight." For many, the recent war between the US, Israel and Iran marks a further deterioration in international relations. "We're really at a low point in a rules-based order," Stacie Goddard, professor of political science at Wellesley College in the US, told DW. The rules-based order is generally defined as a set of norms and institutions established after World War II and took on new significance