--- --- # The Cost of Abandoning International Law by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Mar 6, 2017 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Mar 6, 2017 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**These are the costs of abandoning international law.**](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/03/05/the-high-costs-abandoning-international-law/OXGzXIJP3th3Fc9EGNsXTN/story.html) By Jeffrey Sachs in the _Boston Globe_ **2\.** [**Why music ownership matters: How streaming undermines music’s cultural impact.**](http://thesmartset.com/why-music-ownership-matters/) By Ted Gioia in the _Smart Set_ **3\.** [**Our U.S.-based Army won’t get to the fight fast enough. Here’s how to fix that.**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/03/us-based-army-cant-get-fight-fast-enough/135872/) By Carter Ham in _Defense One_ **4\.** [**Police body cameras will do a lot more than just record you.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/3061935/the-future-of-policing/police-body-cameras-livestreaming-face-recognition-and-ai) By Alex Pasternack in _Fast Company_ **5\.** [**Is the nuclear family finished — and should we care?**](http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/how-single-women-are-changing-society) By Regan Penaluna in _Nautilus_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best Ideas: The Cost of Abandoning International Law ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4691759/the-cost-of-abandoning-international-law/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4691759/the-cost-of-abandoning-international-law/"},"headline":"The Cost of Abandoning International Law","datePublished":"2017-03-06T17:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:01.443Z","description":"Here are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4691759/the-cost-of-abandoning-international-law/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Army","Innovation","Music","Family","body cameras"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4691759/the-cost-of-abandoning-international-law/","name":"The Cost of Abandoning International Law"}}]}] ```