2026-03-23
26 分钟through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story this is the point welcome
to this edition of the point an opinion show coming to you from beijing i'm li xin as the u.s israeli war against iran
drags on with no clear end in sight one basic question should never be forgotten is this war legal On March the 10th,
the United States submitted a letter to the United Nations Security Council describing its strikes on Iran
as necessary and proportionate.
Acts of self-defense on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
The US emphasized that the operations are carried out alongside Israel in collective self-defense.
But does this case truly meet the relevant legal threshold?
Meanwhile, as the war continues to escalate, what international rules
must be respected in a conflict that risks spiraling out of control?
What must be done to safeguard civilians and civilian targets?
Please to be joined here in the studio by retired Navy Captain Dr. Tian Shichen,
a former policy practitioner and legal advisor at the then Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry
of National Defense of China, now Founder and President of the Global Government Institution,
a non-government independent think tank based here in Beijing.
Dr. Tian, thank you very much and welcome to the point.
So, two very important concepts we're talking about here, or two very important laws we're talking about.
First is jus ad bellum, excuse my bad Latin, and the second is jus in bellum.
Respectively, they mean law before war and law during war.
Let's talk about this.