POLI 244 Chapter : The Promise of Collective Security Cupchan NOTES.txt
30 Jan 2014
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The historical emergence of collective security: from the concert of europe to the. League of nations: collective security is all about balancing and the aggregation of military force against threats to peace. Promotes a more cooperative international environment making inter-state rivalry and aggression less likely. Charles and clifford kupchan advocated a theory of collective security based on military power as a main feature of international system in which the key to enhancing stability depended on the management of military power. For them, enhancing stability is equal to manage properly military power through international organizations, according to that, collective security could be defined as follows: band together to stop aggression (charles kupchan and clifford kupchan: 52) States agreement to abide by certain norms and rules to maintain stability and. The above definition captured the collective security s essentials: (1) reliance on legal norms; (2) rejection of individual action; and (3) the purpose of stopping aggression.
