Now, as always, there is only one rule for resolving territorial disputes: the party who is stronger dictates the solution. Sometimes this party is a party of the dispute, sometimes it's the international community or its part, whenever it decides to get involved for whatever reasons. One can say that the ability to involve the international community on its sides is one of the strengths of the parties participating in the dispute.
Whatever principle is invoked to justify the decision is immaterial, and only serves to rationalize one's position. That there are 2 opposing principles that are routinely used, depending on convenience, only proves this point.
Probably this situation will also continue in the future, since there is no such thing as universal justice. |