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The game and the stakes of the conflict in Ukraine
What is at stake in this new geostrategic “Great Game” is the rivalry between, on the one hand, the old empires (Russia, China, Turkey or the former Ottoman Empire, Iran or the former Persian Empire, etc.) and, on the other hand, the “American hyperpower” (Védrine, 1998). More precisely, we are on the verge of the emergence of a world that is not multipolar, but “Apolar” or “non-polar”, i.e. an international situation in which no major military or economic power (such as the United States, China, etc.) or even a group of powerful states (for example, the G7) can have total influence over the rest of the world. In other words,…
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Manufacturing Political Violence
In this article, we will briefly present a state of the art on the factors leading to political violence applicable to various configurations of armed conflicts (terrorism, civil war, etc.) in the French and English-speaking scientific literatures. Let us start with the Francophone literature, which identifies four main factors leading to political violence. The first factor to political violence refers to the “general context” (Coolsaet, 2015) or structural context, such as socio-economic and political marginalisation. Thus, the majority of political violence are individuals in a state of precariousness (Khosrokhavar, 2014) and political exclusion (Burgat, 2016). The second factor corresponds to...
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Security Council stalemate: can the UN General Assembly adopt a resolution authorizing military action?
To put it in simple terms: no, it is not possible in the current state of international law. This question concerns the articulation of competences between the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations (UN). As a matter of principle, Article 12 of the UN Charter specifies that while the Security Council is fulfilling its functions, the General Assembly cannot make any recommendation unless the Security Council requests it to do so. Specifically, Article 12(1) of the UN Charter declares that: “While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in…
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Nuclear weapons under the scrutiny of international law
In 1996, in its advisory opinion on Nuclear Weapons (ICJ Reports 1996), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) examined the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Moreover, it is worth to mention that nowadays the creation of such a treaty is under discussion, particularly in the context of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Let us turn to this advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in order to understand what is at stake on Nuclear Weapons. Thus, the Court analyses treaties (concerning the environment, humanitarian law, human rights, the UN Charter, and so on…) for rules concerning nuclear weapons. In addition, the Court examines treaties…
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