A Farewell to Wars
The Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force
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- Author: Hans Blix, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Date Published: November 2023
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009392556
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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.
Read more- Describes restraints on the use of force in a historical context and explains incentives and restraints at play in several interstate conflicts since WWII
- Outlines the different factors including military deterrence, fear of nuclear war, interdependence, diplomacy and UN Charter rules that contribute to upholding international peace
- Describes the differences in law-making and law enforcement between the community of states and the state community
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'Is the plague of war slowly becoming a thing of the past, despite its occasional outbreaks? Stepping back from the here and now, this colossal work shines a light on the big picture of all the armed conflicts that have taken place, but also the conflicts that have been settled without bloodshed, since the Second World War. A huge task, fulfilled successfully and argued plausibly, this is a ray of hope in these bleak times in international relations.' Beatrice Heuser, University of Glasgow
See more reviews'For some seventy years, Hans Blix has contributed significantly to the study and practice – and practical application – of international law. For decades, he served as Sweden's most senior international legal official in its Foreign Ministry, eventually as Foreign Minister, as Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and as the chief of the international inspectorate surveying Iraq's armaments. A pre-eminent preoccupation has been substituting the rule of law for recourse to international warfare. His study, A Farewell to Wars, while hopefully entitled, comes as Europe has reverted to being the field of major aggression and embattled self-defence. Its timeliness is all the greater.' Judge Stephen Schwebel
'Hans Blix deserves our gratitude for sharing his impressive experience. His book provides an excellent insight into the international legal order as it stands today. And it challenges readers to continue with the search for a farewell to wars without taking this goal for granted.' Dieter Fleck, Journal of Conflict & Security Law
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- Date Published: November 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009392556
- length: 310 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 160 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.651kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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: mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, diplomacy
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 Article 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.
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