The Fall and Rise of Peace Treaties

Bibliographic Data

ID3752160
AuthorsTanisha M Fazal (0000-0003-3314-5815, University of Notre Dame, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume108
Pages46-51
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAJIL Unbound (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2398-7723 • E-ISSN: 2398-7723
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s2398772300001835
OpenAlexW2976316322
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

When the United States terminated its seven-year occupation of Japan in 1954, it did so having signed a peace treaty. By contrast, the United States tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade Hamid Karzai to sign a Bilateral Security Agreement to accompany the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Even if Karzai had agreed to sign, the draft agreement bears much stronger resemblance to an alliance than to a peace treaty; it does not reference hostilities between the United States and Afghanistan, nor does it include any version of the term "peace treaty

Alliance · Peace treaty · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Mathematics

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