Meanwhile, international investors are "distressed by the growing indications that India is not willing to abide by international rules and norms in relation to dispute resolution, " Columbia's Mr. Doering said.

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Lawfare is often buttressed by demands that the U.S. abide by so-called legal norms, both domestic and international.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

In addition to these formal apparatuses, lawfare is buttressed by demands that the U.S. abide by so-called legal norms, both domestic and international.

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The foreign ministry also stressed that China's arms exports abide by legal norms and pose no threat to global peace and stability in response to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on China replacing Britain as the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, says Beijing Times.

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