expect when violating ANYTHING they will go merrily on their way as all on the list(s) above have done. I suppose the only real threat would come from a direct attack on one of the members of the club.
It used to be the super powers kept each other in check by having them.....now anybody with a check book can get the technology.

Diplomacy and the UN both equal useless wasted energy.

If Pearl Harbor were to happen today we would be running around still trying to figure out who to send a note to expressing displeasure at the action.
Hence we have returned to becoming the paper tiger....with no teeth no less!!

BTK