Book contents
- A Farewell to Wars
- A Farewell to Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Interstate Uses of Force, Tensions and Restraints by Regions since World War II
- 3 Interstate Uses of Force, Tensions and Restraints during Major Phases of International Relations since World War II
- 4 Incentives to the Interstate Uses of Force and Restraints
- 5 Historical Evolution of Norms and Other Means to Restrain the Use of Force
- 6 Overview of Disincentives to and Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force
- 7 Military Strength to Deter Others from Using Force
- 8 Nuclear and Other Non-conventional Weapons and Means as Deterrents and Threats
- 9 Disarmament as Restraint on the Use of Force
- 10 Preventing the Interstate Use of Force by Preventing or Solving Conflicts
- 11 Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force through Legal Norms
- 12 UN Charter Articles Relating to the Use of Force
- 13 The Security Council May Use or Authorize States or Regional Organizations to Use Force
- 14 The Right to Individual and Collective Self-Defence as an Exception to Art. 2:4
- 15 Interventions Triggered by Factors Unforeseen at the Adoption of the Charter’s Ban on the Interstate Use of Force
- 16 Interventions Seeking Regime Change, Protection of People or Punishment
- 17 Findings Regarding the Role of Norms to Restrain the Interstate Use of Force
- 18 States are Saying Farewell to Wars
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Interstate Uses of Force, Tensions and Restraints during Major Phases of International Relations since World War II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
Book contents
- A Farewell to Wars
- A Farewell to Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Interstate Uses of Force, Tensions and Restraints by Regions since World War II
- 3 Interstate Uses of Force, Tensions and Restraints during Major Phases of International Relations since World War II
- 4 Incentives to the Interstate Uses of Force and Restraints
- 5 Historical Evolution of Norms and Other Means to Restrain the Use of Force
- 6 Overview of Disincentives to and Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force
- 7 Military Strength to Deter Others from Using Force
- 8 Nuclear and Other Non-conventional Weapons and Means as Deterrents and Threats
- 9 Disarmament as Restraint on the Use of Force
- 10 Preventing the Interstate Use of Force by Preventing or Solving Conflicts
- 11 Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force through Legal Norms
- 12 UN Charter Articles Relating to the Use of Force
- 13 The Security Council May Use or Authorize States or Regional Organizations to Use Force
- 14 The Right to Individual and Collective Self-Defence as an Exception to Art. 2:4
- 15 Interventions Triggered by Factors Unforeseen at the Adoption of the Charter’s Ban on the Interstate Use of Force
- 16 Interventions Seeking Regime Change, Protection of People or Punishment
- 17 Findings Regarding the Role of Norms to Restrain the Interstate Use of Force
- 18 States are Saying Farewell to Wars
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter gives brief descriptions of Post-WWII interstate conflicts linked to the main phases in great power tensions: the bipolar Cold War, with Korean war 1950, the Viet Nam war 1965, Interventions, Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, the Détente and unipolar conflict resolving world that followed the break-up of the Soviet Union and the multipolar world that is emerging thereafter with terrorism, Russian intervention in Georgia and war in Ukraine and sharp tensions between the Koreas and in the East and South China Seas.
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- A Farewell to WarsThe Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force, pp. 33 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023