outlaw state, n.Definitions

An Outlaw state (n.) treats ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠international law and treaties with contempt: binding on everyone else, never on itself.

An Outlaw state (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by Kissinger's proviso, a privilege that must never be universalized: reserved to the United States, perhaps lent to its clients.