The Soviet System of Collective Security Compared with the Western System

Bibliographic Data

ID9550328
AuthorsW W Kulski (University of Alabama, corresponding author)
Year1950
Volume44
Issue3
Pages453-476
Publication date1950-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2194024
OpenAlexW2327010836
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Without belittling other functions of the United Nations one must acknowledge that it is hardly capable of taking coercive action in the event of a breach of the peace or of an act of aggression. The United Nations cannot guarantee collective security against aggression, because any permanent member of the Security Council may prevent, by its single veto, the application of sanctions against itself or any other state guilty of aggression. This important gap in the Charter has been filled in by agreements negotiated outside the Organization. The process of negotiating such agreements is not completed, certain areas of the world not being as yet covered by the existing treaties of mutual assistance, but the main lines have already been traced with sufficient clarity

Action (physics · Aggression · Business · Charter · CLARITY · Collective action · Collective security · Computer security · International relations · Law and economics · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Security council · Sociology · State (computer science · United Nations Charter · Veto · Computer Science · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Psychology · Social Psychology

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