Despite its shortcomings, the Tokyo Trial marked the first time in human history that international judicial practice systematically established aggressive war as an international crime and made clear that national leaders must bear individual criminal responsibility for launching wars of aggression. It sent a signal to the world that aggression would be punished and atrocities would be brought to justice
The two nations stand at a pivotal moment for forging a strategic, constructive and stable relationship based on a new type of framework for major-country relations
The Islamabad talks neither prevented the blockade nor closed the diplomatic door. But they revealed a sobering truth. After four decades of enmity and two rounds of devastating war, Washington and Tehran trust each other so little that they prepare for battle even as they sit at the bargaining table
