When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the reaction extended beyond a simple violation of sovereignty. It concerned the disintegration of an entire normative framework that had characterized post-Cold War international relations. Two years later, as Israel’s military response to the October 7 Hamas assault unfurled with unprecedented magnitude and destruction in Gaza, the international order experienced a concurrent collapse, not of security assurances, but of long-established humanitarian principles. Together, Ukraine and Gaza represent the bookends of a new chapter in global politics: a post normative epoch in which the influence of established norms is waning, institutional authority is increasingly challenged, and geopolitical interests override legal and ethical considerations....