A farewell to wars : the growing restraints on the interstate use of force / Hans Blix, Director-General Emeritus, International Atomic Energy Agency.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blix, Hans, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aggression (International law).

War (International law).

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Since World War II, there has been a trend towards fewer wars, the Russian invasion of the Ukraine standing as a major 'aberration'. With decades of experience as an international lawyer, diplomat and head of UN Iraq inspections, Hans Blix examines conflicts and other developments after World War II. He finds that new restraints on uses of force have emerged from fears about nuclear war, economic interdependence and UN Charter rules. With less interest in the conquest of land, states increasingly use economic or cyber means to battle their adversaries. Such a turn is not free from perils but should perhaps be welcomed as an alternative to previous methods of war. By analysing these new restraints, Blix rejects the fatalistic assumption that there will always be war. He submits that today leading powers are saying farewell to previous patterns of war, instead choosing to continue their competition for power and influence on the battlefields of economy and information.

Contents:

Interstate uses of force, tensions, and restraints by regions since WWII

Interstate uses of force, tensions, and restraints during major phases of international relations since WWII

Incentives to the interstate uses of force and restraints

Historical evolution of norms and other means to restrain the use of force

Overview of disincentives to and restraints on the interstate use of force

Military strength to deter others from using force

Nuclear and other non-conventional weapons and means as deterrents and threats

Disarmament as restraint on the use of force

Preventing the interstate use of force by preventing or solving conflicts : mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, diplomacy

Restraints on the interstate use of force through legal norms

UN Charter articles relating to the use of force

The Security Council may use or authorize states or regional organizations to use force

The right to individual and collective self-defence as an exception to Art.2:4

Interventions triggered by factors unforeseen at the adoption of the Charter's ban on the interstate use of force

Interventions seeking regime change, protection of people or punishment

Findings regarding the role of norms to restrain the interstate use of force

States are saying farewell to wars.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Nov 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009392518

1009392514

9781009392549

1009392549

9781009392532

1009392530