In the past weeks and months we have been able to witness some indications that the new US administration is adopting a new approach to international law. This was to be expected if one considers that already during the presidential campaigns in 2008 Senator Obama and Senator McCain had vastly different positions on the various topical issues of international law (see the overview assembled by the American Society of International Law on the two candidates view on international law here and here) and that Senator McCain on many topics (although not on all) was holding the same views as President Bush. It is perhaps too…